Even Sweeter!

Yesterday was our second cake tasting. This time, the bakery was recommended by the Event Coordinator at our Venue. The place was called Tasteful Cakes, which seemed promising, especially since lack of taste was our concern with last week's tasting.

The cakes really were tasteful. We only got six varieties: strawberry, dulce de leche, chocolate mousse, peach, raspberry lemon, coconut pineapple. The first three were the clear winners, and we pretty much scraped those off the plate. We looked through their book while scraping, and found one cake that seemed like a good choice: it was pretty simple, with a pattern of frosting dots that would be easy to do with our color scheme.

Here's the downside: this cake, with three tiers (which feeds 100 people), will cost $785. Excuse me? They charge by the serving, and it's $7.50 per serving (which I would have thought would be $750, so I'm apparently missing $35 somewhere). Their prices range from $5 to $13 per serving, and on the cake we liked, "you're paying for the pattern." It wasn't even much of a pattern. The cake with the gold leaf accents would definitely be on the $13 list.

We walked away because of the price tag. I knew wedding cake would be more expensive than non-wedding cake, but I would much rather spend that money on something more important than a cake that people probably won't put too much thought into eating.

A slight departure from last week's thoughts on cake, I know. But who in their right mind wants to pay $785 for a cake? Or $750; I still don't see where the extra $35 comes in.