Wedding Cake AND Ice Cream?

What about having a chocolate groom`s cake in addition to the white wedding cake? Or specially decorated wedding cookies. Or petits fours.

Oh my gosh! No it does not look cheap or tacky to only have 1 dessert. Our reception is also at a VERY high end place in our city and they offer a desert buffet. I think we will just give our guests that and not "wedding cake". I don`t even know that we will have a wedding cake. I think that the ice cream would melt and then it`s kind of yucky! I personally wouldn`t have it. It seems to `birthday` to me. I would just stick to the one dessert. It`s a wedding, people are eating for free, drinking for free, and having a good time. They won`t care if there is not 2 types of dessert.

Nix the ice cream...at my wedding i had a lemonade cake and mom wanted a chocolate cake...for the same reason..she didnt want to look cheap....arrrgh well i found this woman who was written up in InStyle magazine for her amazing brownies...we called her and se made small heart shaped brownies and leaned them against the cake slice...they looked beautiful....berries are always pretty next to cake as well! have fun

I would definitely do a second dessert. But I would not do ice cream. As other people mentioned it melts and it`s kind of more for birthday party anyway. But what about a compromise? Like a nice mousse?

That thing looks like a pain. I can see it now everyone is crowding around it and trying to dip all at once. Not to mention that it isn`t very attractive looking. It might work as one part of a Viennese dessert table, but I can`t afford to do a whole viennese dessert table. So I think I`ll stick with one or two elegant served desserts thank you.

You can have an elegant presentation of ice cream - individual servings or a sundae bar. We have done both. You need to find a local ice cream store that will accomodate your choice. Yes, ice cream is fragile, but it can be done. Ice cream has been well recieved!!

What about something other than ice cream for dessert?

Actually I was just at a bridal show and the chocolate fountain is awesome! It is kind of expensive to rent I think but "OH MY" is all I can say. I thought it would be a pain too but it worked really well. I couldn`t keep my jr bridesmaids out of it!
We aren`t doing a wedding cake, we don`t like it. We are going to have flavored cheesecakes and cookies with maybe some fruit. I think something simple would be fine, most people aren`t going to be too concerned about desserts anyhow. I went to a wedding once where hardly anybody ate the cake and it was huge! I can imagine how much got thrown away Just one dessert is normally plenty, but it up to you. I would not do ice cream though! Though we have thought about an ice cream cake cause that is our favorite, not that it is going to happen!

The answer to your first question is NO... It will not look scimpy... And you don`t need to serve ice cream. As for answering the next unasked question as to whether the parents have a say, they`ll always have a say because they`re parents.

If you`re having a big formal wedding, just remember this... Formal weddings will always have formal critics, be aware that with 300 people you`re going to have those that love the wedding and those that are going to say that the wedding was terrible. That`s the nature of the formal wedding... Everything that occurs at the wedding has been done 1 million times over and there is a standard to live up to...

If you want to make the most of your wedding, put a few surprises in it... Try to make your wedding as un-formal and unpredictable as possible...

The best method is accomplish this is to get everyone involved in the wedding... An apple-bobbing area for both the youngest and oldest attending the wedding, a live cover band - they generally make great Master of Ceremonies and they`ll let you sing with them onstage generally after their 1st set, and buffet-style dinner where your guests can choose on the spot what they want and go back for seconds. I`d also suggest hiring a Spongebob Squarepants, or Scooby-Doo mascot to entertain the kids which will likely create a lot of photo opportunities too... This way you`ll have a formal wedding to enjoy without the formal wedding expectations to live up to.

No kids, sorry. But thanks for your input. We are having a live band, though.

This is your wedding and I would try to nicely remind her of that. I`ve never heard of a wedding with ice cream served. I agree that it would turn into a big mess. I have been to some weddings where small "finger type" desserts were served in addition to the cake.........maybe, fresh strawberries, a fancy cookie that one of her relatives made that was part of their tradition. However, when it`s all said and done, the ice cream issue is not all that impor tant. You might want to talk to the caterer about the extra cost and ask the caterer to talk with mom when you two a ren`t around.

Do what you want, this is your day. Don`t worry about if someone thinks you are being cheap. This day for you should be about love not money.

You`re mother, I`m sure, means well, but hey, you`re paying for this too. If she`s not flipping the bill for the ice cream - then you do as you please. We served our wedding cake as well - and everyone loved it. Each tier of our cake was actually different flavors - yummy!! Serve the cake - by the time dinner comes around, not many people are looking for the dessert, as they have already stuffed themselves with the main course. I would prefer to put that money elsewhere, like into a European Coffee setup to compliment your cake (we did that too)! Good luck!

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