Hi everyone! This is my first post and my first wedding cake order...sooooo, I may have lots of questions. Currently, my main question is this: The bride wants a pretty wedding cake for display and to be cut. As far as the cake to be served, sheet cakes in the back are fine. The guest list is about 200 people. What should I suggest as far as size for the display cake? And, then how many or what size sheet cakes for the serving?
Thanks in advance for all of your help! 
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Congratulations on your order. What size display cake does the bride want? Two or three tier? If she wants 3 a 6-10-14 round will serve 95 (according to earlenescakes serving chart) without using the top tier. Wilton says and 11x15 will serve 60 and 12x18 72 servings. Alot will depend on what design she has in mind!
Thanks!
She isn't sure how many tiers she wants. I told her I'd come up with a drawing for her to look at. So far, I've made it 3 tiers...the top and bottom tiers to be 3in high and the middle tier to be just one layer. Do you know what I'm talking about...just a thin layer in the middle for depth of design??
As far as design, something plain and elegant. Her girls' dresses are wine and their flowers are white roses with wine tips. I was thinking round cakes, smooth white buttercream. Royal icing white roses with wine tips here and there in the "corners" of the tiers. Some delicate scrolling and dots to frame the flowers. As well as a thin, thin wine-colored ribbon at the bottom of each tier.
to me the size of the cake depend alot on the size of the room if it is a large room you do not want a tiny cake... very likely for 200 you will not need a sheet cake.
As far as servings of a sheet cake do look if it is a sheet cake 12x18 or a 2 layer 12 x 18 to get 98 servings from a 12x 18 sheet cake the pieces would have to be very tiny I believe the 98 servings is for a 2 layer cake not a sheet cake.
Personally I do like the kitchen cake to be 2 layer like the wedding cake The guests have no idea they are served a different cake. It is also much easier to cut a 2 layer square or rectangle cake as opposed to a round cake.
Tell me about it! I helped a friend of mine with a wedding cake last weekend...and among many other annoyances...I also had to stay and cut the cake!!!! My friend and I made quite a mess cutting the two layer round cakes!!!!
From now on...I will only do the baking and decorating...NO CUTTING OR SERVING!!! 
Congrats on your wedding cake order! 
I think I would go with a 3 tier main cake...and then 2 or 3 large sheet cakes for the kitchen. I agree that the sheet cakes should be only one layer. The people that get the sheet cake will not know the difference. Usually people just want a piece of cake!
Thanks for the congrats! It is now official! I met with the bride today, showed her my sketches (and my practice top tier) and she wants me to do it!!
I'm very excited! The nerves haven't quite kicked in yet. I still have plenty of time for that. The wedding isn't until June!!
She did tell me this cake is going to be the dessert for the wedding..that's a little nerve racking!!
However.....I've been thinking...she wants to put fresh flowers on the cake - which is what I thought, too. I told her I could talk to her florist, etc. But...what that led me to wonder...do I need to set up and decorate the table that the cake is on??? Or do I need to just worry about the cake, its stand and putting the flowers on?
I keep seeing all these pics online of cakes in the reception hall and they seem to have the table all decked out. Is that my job!?!? 
It's doubtful you will be asked to tablescape the cake table.
Congrats on your first wedding cake! It's an awesome responsibility to be asked to be such a huge part of a girl's wedding day.
There are only two things that happen at the reception: the bride and the cake. Make sure you get lots of practice! 
~ Sherri
You will want to get the florist info. and contact them sometime before the wedding. Many florists like to be the one to put the flowers on the cake. They will usually be the ones to deck out the tables as well. It just depends. The wedding I did last weekend...the florist put the floweres on the cake and table. We met them up at the reception hall.
Congrats on getting the order!
You will want to get the florist info. and contact them sometime before the wedding. Many florists like to be the one to put the flowers on the cake. They will usually be the ones to deck out the tables as well. It just depends. The wedding I did last weekend...the florist put the floweres on the cake and table. We met them up at the reception hall.
Congrats on getting the order!
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