Calling All Cake Cars On This One!!!!
Decorating By SweetAsLemmons Updated 6 Jul 2006 , 12:34pm by Doug
I am making my grandparents 50th anniversary cake. the whole freakin' family will be there, 400 people! It is a sit down service, waiters and everything, no buffet. I am making one giant dummy display and am going to have sheet cakes in the back, 9 FLAVORS! Oh yeah!!! (Hey, I'm the only one who ever went to culinary school, have to impress them, he he 
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Only problem is HOW DO I SERVE? I am willing to get my butt in the kitchen and plate the slices myself if I have to, but I am trying to keep it as functional as possible. I need ideas ladies. Remember: sitdown service, absolutely no buffet. Thanks gals! 
preslice the sheets (since no one will see anyhow)
and then the head waiter and an assistants can plate them quickly. -- they won't have to serve all at once anyway...got to clear dinner service
then burn a few calories on the dance floor (clear and serve cake time) -- DUCK DANCE!!!!!
Wow..that is some Family..Heck I don't think I even know 400 people let alone family!! HA!HA! I agree with Doug....pre slice and have the waiters/servers plate them and serve.
but how should they go about finding out who wants what?
Is it possible to put slices on plates and have the waiters wheel the selections table to table and carts asking guests what they would prefer and pass it out that way?
I wonder if 9 flavors, while impressive, is just too much for this type of affair. Even if you went with 5 flavors, everyone would be extremely impresssed. Heck, you made cake for 400 people afterall, right????
i dont know if your family is rsvp-ing or anything like that. but, i'm guessing at a party with 400 people there will be place settings with name tags? if people are rsvp-ing you could have them say which flavor they want at that time. at my brother's wedding the name cards were color coded (appropriate colors, not neon or anything) cardstock, so it was reeeeally easy for the waiters.
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