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Wedding cake or dessert table? It’s a question couples consider when they’re planning a wedding reception. With weddings today being highly personalized events, the choice depends on the type of wedding celebration you’re planning. We’ll break down the wedding cake and dessert table considerations for you.
Why Choose a Wedding Cake?
Wedding cakes continue to remain a popular choice for couples, particularly when you consider how many more options are available to brides and grooms. For example, some couples are opting for simple wedding cakes or two or more smaller wedding cakes rather than the single traditional three-, four-, or five-tier cake.
The tradition of the cake cutting is what motivates couples to opt for a wedding cake at their reception. It’s a moment brides and grooms want to capture in their wedding photos.
Part of the appeal of choosing a wedding cake table concept for your reception is working with individuals like our talented team at Frost Artisan Bakery to bring your vision to life. When working with your bakery, it’s helpful to bring photo concepts and flavor ideas to your wedding cake consultation. And who doesn’t love a wedding cake tasting, where you can sample multiple frostings, fillings, and cake flavors available to you?
What About a Wedding Dessert Table?
Wedding dessert tables are ideal for couples who want to give their guests variety and quantity. When you choose a dessert table for your wedding, you not only get to pick the types of desserts you wish, but you also get to select the platters, towers, pedestals, dessert boards, and other serving pieces to add to the presentation for your guests.
Besides the visual variety that comes with choosing a wedding dessert table, a dessert table is as much a feast for the taste buds as it is for the eyes. You can bring more variety to your wedding dessert presentation with a host of sweets for your guests to appreciate, such as cupcakes, decorated cutout cookies, specialty mini dessert bars, eclairs and cream puffs, tarts and tortes, and more.
Factors to Think About for a
Wedding Cake or Dessert Table
Your Guest List
How many guests will be attending your reception, and what is the makeup of the guests? Will you have adults only or a mix of children and adults?
Food Service Style
Are you planning to serve sit-down meal, or are you offering a buffet service option for guests? Knowing how much your guests might eat from the savory portion of your food menu can help determine whether a cake or dessert table is more desirable.
Tradition
As we mentioned before, if tradition is an important part of your wedding style, then you’ll likely want a wedding cake to be part of your celebration.
Time, Place, and Setting
Will your reception be indoors or outdoors? What time of year will you be getting married? The environment of your wedding may determine whether you decide to go with a wedding cake or dessert table.
Your Preference for Desserts
While it’s tempting to think about planning the perfect event to please your guests, remember that your wedding is about you and your partner’s preferences. If both of you eat sweets in moderation, then a simple tiered wedding cake that will serve you and your guests is entirely appropriate. But if you both love every taste of the sweet life possible, then a dessert table may be your best choice.
It’s Your Wedding
Make It the Sweetest Day Possible With Frost
Regardless of whether you decide to go with a wedding cake or dessert table for your reception, you can count on the talents of our Frost Artisan Bakery team to help you create a memorable dessert experience for you and your guests. Contact us to schedule a consultation for your ideal wedding desserts!
