Gristmill Wedding Cakes
Design Your Wedding Cake
We can help you design the perfect cake for your wedding. A wedding cake is a beautiful center piece for the reception and we believe that it can be delicious, feed all your guests, fit within your budget and provide a dessert on your first wedding anniversary. We can mix and match cake sizes, tiers and sheets to design the perfect cake.
To design a cake that is right for you, it helps to know approximately how many guests you want to feed. If you plan on saving the top tier, subtract that tier's serving amount from the total servings.
Your main cake doesn't have to feed everyone as you can add side sheet cakes. Sheet cakes can be lightly decorated and scored to facilitate serving or they can be masterfully decorated to be the main attraction. Ordering a small show-piece cake and supplementing it with sheet cakes may be an economical alternative.
Wedding cakes can be stacked in tiers or assembled using different pillar and plate systems, adding a dramatic effect. A deposit is charged for these systems and your cake will come with a list of parts. All parts to these systems must be returned. It's imperative to share this information with the servers so all parts are saved and returned.
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Cake Flavors & Fillings
Our basic cake flavors are Moist White, Rich Devil's Food, Spicy Carrot, Smooth Champagne, and Marvelous Marble. We make our own cakes and icings, so we can customize recipes to make your special occasion just a little more special. Cake fillings range from our "tried and true" standards of cream and fruit fillings, to fresh fruits and custom mousses. Book a tasting and pick your favorites. We recommend mixing it up so everyone at the wedding can enjoy their piece of cake!
Sizes and Shapes
Wedding cakes come in many shapes and sizes. Round cakes are the standard shape, all other shapes are non-standard and will result in higer price per serving.
A tier in a stacked or pillared wedding cake contains 2 layers of cake with a filling and generally measures about 4 inches in height. A sheet cake, on the other hand is a single layer cake (usually split and filled) measuring about 2 inches high. When cut into servings, the over all weight of serving remains constant, but one cuts tiered cake serving smaller than a sheet cake servings. See the table for approximate number of servings.
- Tiered cake serving size is 1" x 2" (by 4 inches in height)
- Sheet cake serving size is 2"x 2" (by 2 inches in height)
| TIERED CAKES | SHEET CAKES | |||
| SIZE | ROUND SERVES | SQUARE SERVES | SIZE | SERVES |
| 6" | 16 | 18 | 8" x 12" | 24 |
| 7" | 20 | 24 | 12" x 16" | 48 |
| 8" | 28 | 32 | 16" x 24" | 96 |
| 9" | 36 | 40 | ||
| 10" | 48 | 50 | ||
| 12" | 68 | 72 | ||
| 14" | 92 | 98 | ||
| 16" | 118 | 128 | ||
| 18" | 148 | N/A | ||
Prices
Prices will vary depending the kind of cake, the fillings and how elaborate the design. Our prices start at $3.00 per serving for a basic wedding cake design. Elaborate designs, non-standrad shapes, custom fillings and icing will increase the per serving price.
Standard fees to consider when budgeting
If you are working with a flourist who is to provide fresh flowers for decorating the wedding cake, please keep in mind that there is a flower placement fee if we are required to work with the flowers and decorate the cake with the fresh flowers. Laying a finished arrangement or a wedding cake top on the cake is part of our standard delivery process.
All delivered cakes have a minimum delivery fee of $25.00 which covers venues within a 10-mile radius. For deliveries further than 10 miles a per mile rate will be tacked onto the minumum fee. The per mile rate is unstated as fuel prices are unpredictable at this time and subject to change.
A refundable security deposit is required for the use of our plate and pillar systems. We require that all pieces of the system be returned undamaged. We will provide a box inwhich the servers can conveniently place the system components. Systems are not modular and cannot be replaced piece-meal, so one damaged component will result in the loss of your entire deposit. These systems are expensive investments, so please respect them.
Fountains also require a refundable security deposit and a small non-refundable rental fee.
Judge for Yourself. Book a Tasting!
Tastings are by appointment only as we want to spend quality time with you. We know how important it is that you have all the information you need to make the best choice about your wedding cake.
Tastings are not drop-in affairs and are designed to provide two to four people a taste of our standard cakes, icings and fillings. Tastings of custom cakes and fillings require notice in advance and may result in a higher fee for the tasting.
The tasting is the perfect time to bring in your design ideas and magazine clippings and talk to us about how best to customize your wedding cake. We need you to be prepared for a productive discussion as we like to limit the tastings to 30 minutes.
Tastings are $25.00. Please be ready to pay when you arrive for your scheduled appointment. You can reserve your wedding date by putting down a wedding day reservation deposit. This deposit will be subtracted from the final price of your cake when you pay the final balance absolutely no later than 30 days prior to your wedding day.
Reserve your date as early as possible
It is never too early to reserve your date and to order your cake, but it can be too late. On average wedding planners and couples book the cake six months in advance of the actaul wedding day. You can book closer to the wedding day, but the longer you wait the more you risk your date being unavailable.
For a summary of what you have read on this page, you can view or print the Gristmill Wedding Cake Information Flyer in .pdf format.
