Comments on: Wedding Cake Alternatives

By: Christal

Christal — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:42:32 +0000

Were having cake but only the top layer will be real..and just for ourselves. Were also having a desert bar with candy, mini parfaits, cakes and pies for our spring/summer wedding.♥ This is wonderful inspiration!

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By: kelly

kelly — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000

I recently got married and had Cold Stone Creamery in Lockport cater our wedding reception. This is the store we always go to since it is in the town we live in but when I was picking out my flavors and toppings another bride was booking her engagement party and she lives in NorthBrook and they said it was no problem to cater an event that was alittle bit aways

I choose the option of having the ice cream sundae bar atation and everyone loved it! I was going to do the option of the portabkle frozen stoen that they would mix the ice cream and candy on just like in the store but the sundae bar was a little bit cheaper.

We had our whole wedding catered for way cheaper than our cake or a chocolate fountain would have cost. This Cold Stone in Lockport is really pretty reasonable and did a beautiful job. My theme was fall with leaves and broze colors and they set their table up to match my theme for free!

At Christmas thats all my family could talk about was the sundae bar. I would go to this Cold Stone off 159th even if I moved away because they treated us so good. I couldnt decide on my flavors or she let em try all of them again and again and gave me really good suggestions.

We also had a Cold Stone Candy station setup with cold stone containers on the way out for people to et on the way home
They also do total Ice Cream cakes!

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By: melody

melody — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:44:42 +0000

these are really beautiful ideas. thanks for those! i have been toying with the idea of having ice cream cones at my wedding…i think it would just be the most darling aesthetic. they would be scooped-per-order, of course…although i’m thinking that ice cream sandwiches would be a really adorable idea as well. (obviously i’m an ice cream lover…) any ideas?

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:38:37 +0000

For my wedding, we had chocolate candies from my favorite hometown chocolaterie, Bomboys (havre de grace md) in vintage glass jars with custom labels with whimsical little saying like “we tied the knot” on the choco-covered pretzels, and so on-we had 50lbs of chocolate and 30 guests and people LOVED it. We had small cake, but no one really ate it b/c they were too busy with the chocolate apothecary bar! I recommend this avenue to anyone who enjoys whimsy and romance-plus the guests can serve themselves, and it only cost us $200 for all that chocolate.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:43:06 +0000

This reminds me of my sister-in-law’s wedding. She is on a gluten free diet and wanted to still enjoy dessert at her own wedding, but she needed to get creative with the wedding cake. So her caterer recommended pavlova. It was beautiful! You inspired me to blog about it. Have a look at the photo and read the post at the link below. (Forgive me, the blog is still quite new, but feel free to share with anyone.)

http://tiffanyandink.blogsite.org/?p=43

Whether you need to, such as in my sister-in-law’s case, or just want to, there are so many creative ideas to the traditional wedding cake. Thanks for sharing!

By: Kelley

Kelley — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:18:43 +0000

Thanks for the no-cake-at-my-wedding shout out! I’m a dessert buffet bride and lovin’ this inspiration.

By: abby larson

abby larson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:10:38 +0000

I think that it’s kind of luck of the draw, if that makes sense. If you have a coordinator or someone that can urge guests to “dive in,” they will! If not, much of the candy will probably just sit there. I do think that having a dessert is nice though, whether it’s a cake or a dessert/candy bar.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:31 +0000

I tend to think that the success of your themed desserts (i.e. candy and cookie bars) have a lot to do with the types of people attending. I think the older more traditional crowd would prefer wedding cake, whereas the more carefree “kids at heart” crowd would go crazy for nerds rope and swizzle sticks.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:56:51 +0000

I find that although the majority of wedding cakes I’ve seen LOOK like absolutely gorgeous little works of art, the taste tends to leave sometihng to be desired. People are so wrapped up in having it look good, they forget that the taste is what will be remembered. I love the idea of the little parfaits, that idea never even crossed my mind! The last pic of the mini desserts is absolutely drool-worthy! YUM.

Chelsea- I LOVE the pie idea especially for fall. Pumpkin, Pecan, Apple, yum yum.

Wow I think I may be eating dessert for lunch today.

Kate, I don’t remember hearing about the potato bar but that sounds scrumptious too, expecially since I’m a meat and potatoes girl.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:55:56 +0000

Molly~

I hardly ever see people take the candy from the candy bars. The one wedding that I took my daughter to, we got a lollipop and it was the ONLY one gone at the end of the night. IMO it’s just another trend gone crazy, a la the grits/mashed potato bar from a few years ago. I think it’s definitely one of the places you can save money and nobody will miss it.

By: molly

molly — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:37:03 +0000

I am reading this blog from Australia and have noted the candy bar concept popping up a lot over the last few months. It’s interesting – while I love the idea and think it looks gorgeous, I just don’t think it would ever work well in Australia. Of all the weddings I have ever been to, only about 30% of people eat the dessert and practically no one eats the wedding cake. I think everyone is way too focussed on the drinking and dancing by that stage.

I am interested to know how dessert/candy bars go down in the states. Are the sweets a real focus at a wedding, or do they tend to get ignored like they do down here?

By: Chandra

Chandra — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:19:58 +0000

I highly recommend the Vanilla bake shop! I used to work right down the street from it and the mini ice box treats shown in the photo (the southern banana pudding is my fave), as well as the cupcakes (red velvet is to die for), are delicious!!! I wanted to have the dessert bar at my reception next year, but my venue charges a $3.00 cake cutting fee:(

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:17:23 +0000

I like the look of candy bars, but they are so overdone IMO. I am so tired of seeing them at every wedding! I love the first, second and last picture though. I love the idea of a bite size dessert bar! So cute!