Cake & desserts
Makes the cake and desserts. Build the tiers or dessert table and the plan sizes servings to your guest count and puts the cut on the timeline your caterer reads.
Also called: cake, wedding cake, baker, desserts, dessert table, cupcakes.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 7 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
What look are you picturing for the cake?
Any flavors you're dreaming of?
How do you picture the dessert?
Wishlist mirror of the dessert_format candidate fact.
What must the baker be able to make?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
What format?
Delivery & setup
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Servings needed
DERIVED. Pairs with display_only tiers so a tall cake doesn't over-count servings.
Dietary versions needed
DERIVED from the shared guest needs profile — the baker and caterer see consistent numbers.
Flavors & fillings
Design, colors, and inspiration
Cake tasting
Who cuts and serves?
The other side of the caterer's cake_handoff — the two instances agree on who cuts.
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
How it lands on your day
Cake delivery & setup
Cake cutting
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced per serving.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Delivery & setup, Cake stand / display rental, Venue/caterer cutting fee.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, cake & desserts, items, schedule, contacts.
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Plan your cake & desserts — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.