Info On Individual Cake Boxes. Help Would Be Appreciated.
Decorating By Sugarshock Updated 1 Aug 2007 , 7:50pm by alanahodgson
Hi,
can anyone tell me more about the custom about giving out the individual cake boxes. I know what they are but havnt dealt with them before. For instance, do you just cut the cake for the guests and put in the boxes or is it for left over cake...? Its not too common around here but I have a consult with a bride on Friday and she said someone else throws those in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Do you mean for the guest or for the top tier? If you mean for the guest, I would have to charge for those no way that is not built into the price of the cake that is way to costly. I actually had boxed caked at my wedding and they were pre boxed by the bakery. For each guest instead of handing out the wedding cake at the end of the meal I had a special dessert served. She might mean boxes for her left over cake. You might want to clarify with her.
For one wedding cake I did, the bride had purchased (on her own) the individual cake boxes that I think you are talking about. She had only purchased maybe 30 boxes. WHen I was cutting the cake, some of the guests came up to ask if they could have their's boxed to go home in a box the bride had mentioned. So, I just sliced and boxed as requested, otherwise I sliced and plated. Hope that helps!!
She was refering to the individual boxes, I asked to clairify that. I couldn't really believe that either I mean I looked around a little bit after she called an the first price I found was 50 for 24.95 and that was a sale price, for 300 people thats about $150!
Thanks for your help everyone, I'm going have to figure out how to handle this with her.
" Thanks for your help everyone, I'm going have to figure out how to handle this with her."
Nothing to figure out... you don't furnish boxes for each guest... that is the bride's responsibility.... If you are in doubt, call around to some other decorators in your area... even WalMart and other chain groceries... IF they do, they are building the price of the boxes into their cakes..... Don't let her get to you, Hon.....
This custom goes WAY back (and I mean WAY!!!!!!!!! back .... even before MY time!) to the days when the brides cake was pretty much for display. The cake served to the guests was the groom's cake which was usually a fruit cake. The brides' cake was cut and placed in these boxes (you can also get wax lined cake bags for the same purpose) for the guests to take home. The superstition was that a young lady who slept with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow would dream of the man she was going to marry.
I haven't seen this done in years. Back when I first started, I would bring some of the wax lined bags with me as part of my above-and-beyond service, but only so I could put any left over CUT pieces that were on the table in these bags before I left. Rarely more than 10 or 12 were used when I did this.
I remember when I was young and my parents would go to a wedding, they would bring home a slice of cake wrapped in a napkin. The cake was not actually served at the wedding, but sent home with the guests. This ties in with what indydebi was saying.
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