Should I Let You Eat Cake At My Wedding?
I’ve been pondering over this cake thing for a while now. I know it’s still early but I want to do as much planning while I have time now, so later on (next year) I can just relax and get ready to walk down the aisle to be Mrs Chau.
Should we have a wedding cake? Almost every wedding I went to had served cakes and had the cake cutting ceremony. While it is a nice tradition to follow, the heavy cream and densed cake just doesn’t seem that appealing especially after a 12 course Chinese banquet which comes with desserts. At the end of the night, would the guests still haven room to eat a piece of cake?
For the past few years I don’t even have cakes at my birthday dinners. I found that my friends hardly even touch it as they are all so full from the meal. Last year, when I went to a friend’s wedding, I saw that a lot of people left with cakes still on their plate. The interesting thing was that they finished the Chinese desserts (she had a Chinese banquet).
Now if I know that most of the guests would not eat the cake, should I still get one? The answer, for me, is no. Although wedding cakes at Chinese bakeries aren’t too expensive, approximately $3-5 per serving, it’s still money. I don’t really like the thought of wasting $400 on a cake that’s going into the garbage at the end of the night.
We still haven’t made a final decision on this yet, but we’re both leaning towards having a dummy cake for the cutting ceremony and just serve the Chinese desserts which usually consist of a bowl of sweet soup (mine will not be the traditional red bean soup with dumplings) and petit fours (usually cookies, sesame balls and/or coconut pudding).
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cake owns~ :p (I don’t have one in mine.. so..)
the idea of having a fake one is cool.. hehe
or..how about not serving the Chinese desserts and force ppl to eat the cake, then it won’t be a waste at the end lo