Cake tasting? Before or After a Deposit is made?

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That's fair! If reviews are good and you're not crazy picky makes sense, especially if cake wasn't all that important to you anyways.

View quoted message Lol true. I’d prefer tasting prior to making a deposit too but might just risk it because the cake vendor is a last minute addition anyway. We didn’t want one before but as things opened up, we opted for it. Haha.

View quoted message Right! Thank you Vinod 🙏🏻

View quoted message Oh nice. I’m confident in her cake because the reviews are amazing! Might just take the risk. We are going for basic flavours anyway so hopefully that won’t be screwed up 😊

View quoted message Thanks Hank. I haven’t tried their cake before that’s why I’m skeptical. Although, the reviews are phenomenal. Might take the risk

View quoted message Thank you. I’m actually going for basic flavours like vanilla and red velvet but sadly it can be screwed up as basic as it is. Haha! But I I’d just go with my instinct. Thanks Christiana.

View quoted message Thanks a lot Samantha. I will order something similar to get a feel of the quality of their cake 😊

Hmm, that's a tough one! I think I would need to try the cake prior personally. Whether that be in the form of a tasting or purchasing cupcakes or something if they offer that. We will be getting a vegan cake and unfortunately a lot of bakeries just aren't very good at making them lol.

Bakers do ask for a deposit before to book your date and cake tasting happens months before the date to know what flavour and cake combination you like for them to make. A local eatery providing cakes didn't ask for a deposit as she took care of me as family and had some of the custards tasted for sampling given the baker was making a Italian sponge cake. The payment was made the week of the wedding as the result was just phenomenal. Very satisfied. Its best to check with the bakery on their policy of payments.

My fiance and I made our deposit without doing a tasting. Since we're getting married in a difference province, tasting isn't an option for us. We're crossing our fingers for the best but since we've picked one of the top bakeries in the city, we're confident we'll have a great cake!

We opted to use regular bakery for our cake rather than a specialty wedding cake baker. This way, their wedding cake flavours are based on the selection they normally sell so we just picked up a few slices from different bakeries and decided which one to go with based on how they tasted. You get to try things without any major financial commitment and there are no surprises on the final product.

How long of advance notice does your baker require? If they need less than a month, you can opt to pay the deposit after the tasting but you might risk them not being available.

If you have to give a deposit beforehand, have you at least tried their other cakes before? Did you enjoy it? If so, you can at least settle for a generic flavour if the funky ones at the tasting don't work out.

I think it depends on how important the cake is to you. If you're not a big cake person and you're just going with something basic like vanilla or chocolate I think you can skip the tasting altogether - although it's fun to do haha. But if the cake is something that's really important to you I would go with another vendor that will offer a tasting further in advance so you know what you're paying for before you pay your deposit.

I'd be a little worried about not getting to do a cake tasting only a month before the wedding. If you end up not liking what they offer then that doesn't leave you much time to find one you do like. For us, we did ours about 4 months out and only after the tasting did we put a deposit down. Depending on how far away your wedding date is, maybe in the meantime find and schedule some other tastings to get a better idea on variety and what's out there? But if you feel confident enough in the vendor you're currently looking at then I'd just go for it, or maybe order something similar from them to what you think you'd like in cupcake form to get a better idea what you'll be getting from them quality wise?