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Wedding Cake Checklist: Ordering, Delivery and Serving

A cake order is more than choosing a design. Confirm how many people it should serve, who handles it at the venue and any individual dietary requirements before paying a deposit.

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Brief the cake supplier

Share the event date, location, expected number of servings, style and approximate budget. Explain whether the cake is dessert for everyone or one of several sweets. Ask the supplier how many portions its proposed design is intended to provide rather than applying a universal size rule.

Discuss ingredients and guests

Ask about flavours, fillings and ingredients, and identify any relevant dietary requests. If a guest has an allergy, connect them with the cake supplier and venue to discuss ingredients, preparation and service. A description alone does not guarantee an allergen-free product.

Confirm delivery and storage

Give the supplier the venue’s address, delivery window and contact. Ask the venue who receives the cake and whether it has the storage conditions the supplier requires. Follow the supplier’s instructions for the actual product and discuss safe handling with the people responsible.

Agree cutting and serving

Ask whether the venue or caterer cuts and serves the cake, provides plates or utensils and charges a cake service fee. Confirm the timing with the MC and caterer. If the cake has hired stands or decorations, agree who returns them and when.

Read the quote and handover

Check design, quantity, delivery, setup, deposit, balance and any change or cancellation terms in writing. Name a coordinator who can answer questions and confirm the arrangement if the event timing or location changes.

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Cake with a dessert buffet

The hosts expect 90 guests but also plan other desserts. They ask the cake maker to recommend a serving plan, confirm the venue will receive and store the cake as instructed and ask the caterer who will cut it. The number is illustrative and is not a portion recommendation.

Your next steps

  1. Share the guest count, serving style and design brief.
  2. Discuss ingredients and individual dietary needs.
  3. Confirm delivery, storage, cutting and serving.
  4. Record costs, timing and collection responsibilities.

Common questions

How much cake is needed for every guest?

It depends on the design and how it will be served. Give the supplier your actual guest count and dessert plan and ask for a recommendation.

Will the venue automatically cut a cake from another supplier?

Ask the venue or caterer. Service, equipment and charges vary.

Useful next steps

Sources and further reading

Keep the next step connected

Event budget planner in Australian dollarsPlan event expenses, review supplier quotes and track recorded costs alongside your guests and event tasks.Event planning tasks and timelineKeep event preparation tasks and the event-day schedule connected in one organiser workspace.

Continue planning

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