Wedding Cake Activities
Most newly married couples have a large wedding cake at their reception. There are many advantages and disadvantages to this custom. There are other options that the couple can choose rather than having the typical wedding cake with all its expense and sugar.
Traditionally, wedding cakes are made by a professional who delivers the cake to the place where the reception will take place. Many wedding cakes have fallen before they ever reached their destination. What a waste of time and money to have that happen and what a terrible disappointment to the couple and their guests.
Wedding cakes are usually very expensive and there are so many choices of color and type of cake and frosting that even something as seemingly simple as choosing your wedding cake can be a very real source of frustration and stress between the two people planning their wedding.
Then there is the concern for the guests. Are there guests who are allergic to chocolate? How many guests are diabetic and cannot share in the wedding cake because they cannot have the sugar?
Also, trying to figure out how large a cake is needed adds to the stress of all the wedding plans. How many guests will either not want cake or will eat more than their share and will the cake run out before all the guests have had their piece of cake?
How can the couple or their wedding planner avoid all this and still have a successful wedding reception? Are there other options that could eliminate or at least lower the expense of the cake and all the frustration?
What about having 2 smaller cakes, one with sugar and one without sugar? What about having cupcakes instead? Or perhaps having cupcakes for the children and a smaller cake for the rest of the guests would work out better.
It probably could save some money having cupcakes and a smaller cake. It would also give you more choices about who could do the baking. You probably have friends who would love to feel more involved in the preparations for your wedding and reception. They would feel honored to make cupcakes for your reception.
Something you could have done that would be more personal would be to have cupcakes made with the initials of the bride and groom on them. If you have a spring wedding, the colors of frosting could be all in spring colors, like yellow and pink and lavender.
Perhaps a little prize could be baked right inside some of them or a slip of paper telling the guest to sing a song or make a special toast to the bride and groom. Or perhaps it would give the guest a special dance with the bride or groom.
Whatever the couple decides about the cake, or even if they decide not to have one, the main thing is that they enjoy the wedding day and having their family and friends with them to share this special time.