One vendor fewer on the wedding day.
A wedding cake from the kitchen that is also cooking the dinner means one delivery, one setup and one person to call when the timeline moves. It also means the cake and the dessert table were designed together, so the sweet end of the reception looks like one idea instead of two.
The design starts with your colors, the flavors you both love and the guest count, which decides the tiers. Fresh flowers, fruit, sugar work or a clean finish are all on the table. A cutting cake with a sheet cake in the kitchen is the practical answer for a big room.
Dessert pricing starts at $6 per person. Send the invitation, the florals or a photo you love and the design starts from there.
The dessert table that sits beside the cake.
See more from real eventsDelivered standing to the ballroom, the manor house and the tent.
Akron weddings put cakes in very different rooms. The manor house at Stan Hywet on North Portage Path seats 175 and tents receptions in the gardens. Todaro’s on Akron Peninsula Road runs ballrooms up to 1,000 and Guy’s on East Waterloo from 50 to 400. Happy Days Lodge in Peninsula holds 200 in a hall built for the national park around it. Each one means a different drive, a different door and a different table for the cake.
Tiered cakes travel assembled from 647 E Market Street across Akron, Fairlawn, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow and Green. For Canton, including Gervasi’s 200 seat pavilion, and for Kent, Medina and Cleveland, we can finish the top tiers at the venue so nothing arrives leaning.
The cake is usually settled with the catering menu after the tasting. If the cake is a separate order, book it when the venue is set.
What comes with it.
Tiers to the guest count
The number of tiers follows the headcount, with a cutting cake and a sheet cake in the kitchen for the biggest rooms.
Designed to the wedding
Colors, flowers, fruit and finish matched to the invitations and the room.
With the dessert table
Cups, bars and cheesecakes designed alongside the cake so the sweet table reads as one idea.
Delivered and finished on site
Stacked and dressed at the venue, with the stand and the cutting set if you need them.
Also from this kitchen.
You and your guests will want Dani to cater your next event! Best food there is! So much great food at reasonable prices! Tasteful Expectations will have your guests praising your event and asking for their number to cater their next event! Happy 10th Anniversary! My family is enjoying your rib dinner and grilled chicken chef salad. Delicious!
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Before you book.
Can we order the wedding cake without the catering?
Yes. Wedding cakes are ordered on their own and delivered to the venue, though most couples who book the catering take the cake from the same kitchen so there is one vendor on the day.
How far ahead should a wedding cake be ordered in Akron?
As soon as the venue and the date are set. A tiered cake with a detailed design needs weeks of planning, and spring and fall Saturdays book across every caterer and baker in Summit County.
Can we taste the cake flavors first?
Ask when you send the request. Cake flavors are usually settled alongside the catering menu, and for a cake ordered on its own we will tell you how a tasting works for your date.
How do you get a tiered cake to the venue in one piece?
Assembled and secured for the drive across Akron and the near suburbs, and finished on site for longer drives to Canton, Kent, Medina and Cleveland. We bring the stand and dress the cake at the venue.
Two ways to start.
Know your date, headcount and menu direction? Send the short form and we will call you. Prefer to give us everything at once? Use the full catering request.
Tasteful Expectations, LLC.
647 E Market Street
Akron, OH 44304 330.573.2738 Tastefulexp1@gmail.com
Every request gets a reply within three to five business days.
647 E Market Street
Akron, OH 44304 330.573.2738 Tastefulexp1@gmail.com
Every request gets a reply within three to five business days.