Here at The Country Lane Cottage we work with each bride and groom to make their wedding cake personalized and special. All of our cakes are custom designed to reflect each personal style of the bride & groom. Bring us details about your wedding plans and we'll create the perfect cake for your reception. Inspirations can come from the tiniest detail about your event, from floral decor, to bridal attire, to the invitation design or the season of the wedding. Remember, your cake, like your wedding is a reflection of who you are as a couple. Your family heritage, how you met, what you like to do together, even how the groom proposed could contribute to the design of your cake.
Tastings are available upon request. A tasting is free for two people. All other people are 5.00 per person. A tasting includes 2 different cake flavors and 2 icing choices. Fillings and other flavors are available for tasting for $3.00 ea. Tastings are held in our home bakery only. (All fees are waivered if you order with us.)
We recommend booking your event as far in advance as possible, to ensure the date of your wedding is available. Bookings are made on a first come, first pay basis. We are a home-based bakery and are limited in the number of events we can handle each weekend.
If you have a picture of a cake you’d like, we always welcome them! We offer cake shapes in - Round, square, heart, hexagon & square. Go ahead and mix and match too! Design elements include, but aren’t limited to: Basket weave, elegant dots, polka dots, sotas and austrian lace work, pattern press designs & spirals.ect...
Colors: – anything from classic white, to black! If a traditional wedding cake isn’t your style, we can do decorative cupcakes on tiered stands, or individual petite fours. Prices vary based on design.
Call to have a consultation. Normally evenings and weekend afternoons are our appointment times. However, we are flexible! Call or e-mail and we’ll set up a time and date that works best for you! Appointments are held at our home bakery. However, often times we can set up a time and place to meet. (Tastings are only held in our home.)
We deliver our wedding cakes within the Guthrie, Dallas, & Polk County areas and MANY of the surrounding areas as well. Delivery fees do vary based on location of event.
Important Information
1. Please check for your date’s availability.
2. Please be aware of our per-serving price (see below).
3. Many of the questions you may have can be answered here on our site.
(This page also contains need-to-know policies about ordering a cake.)
4. Don't forget the base/stand for your cake. It is an often overlooked detail that can really set off your cake. You may rent a stand from us or purchase one to supply us with.
5. If not using a stand don’t forget your cake board! Covering a cake board with a coordinating cloth can also bring even more pizzazz to your dream cake.
6. Appointment times may be set for tasting and catalog viewing. (A tasting is NOT required to order a cake. We just recommend them! This way you know exactly what you are ordering.)
7. There is a minimum $50 retainer’s fee required to reserve your date. (This is NOT added to the cake cost.)
Pricing
· All cakes are priced per serving.
· Wedding cake serving prices start at $3.00 for Buttercream icing or $3.75 for rolled faux fondant icing.
· Cakes more time-consuming or the intricacy of the design are higher in price.
· Wedding Cupcakes start at $2.50 each. (Extra adornments may add to price)
· Fondant decorations, hand piping, or other decorations may add to the cost.
· For a custom quote, email us.
Cake Serving Information
Things to consider when choosing your cake sizes:
· How many people you are serving?
· How many tiers do you want your cake to be?
· Are you saving the smallest tier for your first anniversary? (If so, do not include it in the number of servings counted for the guests.)
· If you are expecting a large crowd, would you like to serve a sheet cake alongside the specialty cake?
(A sheet cake can be kept in the kitchen and served along with the specialty cake to accommodate large numbers of guests. However, since it will be behind the scenes there is no need for time-consuming, elaborate decoration, thus making it more affordable.)
The average wedding cake consists of 3 tiers: 6, 10, & 12 and feeds about 100 people. Mentioned above, if extra is desired a sheet cake can be served for a lot less.
Often an invited guest will bring a companion, or an invited couple may bring their children. Order your cake size by the number of guests you expect and not the number of invitations you sent.
On average about 2/3 of all invited guests come. (Less, if most of your guests live out of town, and more, if the majority live locally.)
If you are having a groom's cake, you can divide the number of servings between the two cakes. The bridal cake is usually the larger of the two.
Extra Information
· A cake tier is 2 layers of cake iced together with a filling in the middle, making it 4.5" tall.
· An average wedding cake is 3 or 4 tiers.
· Wedding cake serving size is 1"x 2"x cake height (4.5").
$50– Non refundable retainers fee required to reserve wedding date.
$30– Set up and delivery of wedding cake. (additional .40 cents a mile out of specified radius.)
$45– refundable deposit for cake supplies. (This will be returned as soon as all cake supplies eg. Separator plates, pillars etc…)
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