Cake Tasting Boxes

Due to being a home-based microbakery, I unfortunately don’t have the capacity to offer vegan/gluten-free/dairy-free wedding cake tasting boxes with the same variety and price as regular cake. With my regular tasting boxes, I have a select weekend each month, and have usually at least a half dozen couples sign up and pay. They choose from a limited menu of popular flavors which I regularly stock for sample boxes. That way more* of my time and ingredients are compensated for, and I can stay in business. (*I still charge/pay myself less per hour for sample boxes than regular cakes, as sample boxes are a form of advertising to my target audience which is engaged couples.)

Vegan/df/gf cakes unfortunately do not have enough demand to allow me to do this, as I get fewer than 2 special requests per month, and never for the same dietary preference or flavor. Additionally, vegan/df/gf ingredients are significantly more expensive for quality butter and egg substitutes, etc. Therefore, if couples want to try the vegan/DF/GF cake–or even custom designed flavors not already on my menu–etc, they need to buy a cake through my regular ordering process. For the hours it takes to prepare each batter, filling, buttercream, etc, I simply cannot make multiple vegan/df/gf cake flavors just for a sample box to only sell one of, and then charge the low $35 that I do for regular boxes.

I know wedding costs can be expensive, so that is why if a couple orders a vegan/etc. cake and is preparing for a wedding, if they like my cake I put 50% of the tasting box cost towards their wedding cake–if it is a total order that exceeds $350. (For example, they buy a vegan cake to taste that is $120, and then for their wedding, they place an order for a vegan cake for $120 and a regular non-vegan sheet cake or cupcakes, if the order total is over $350, then $60 from their first vegan cake order is credited towards the deposit.)

Not at this time. My sample boxes are priced competitively for Utah’s wedding cake industry. I pay myself significantly less for my time spent making sample boxes than I do for other orders. It is a risk I choose to take as, as an engaged couple is in the market for a wedding cake, which is my business focus. I would love to be able to sell small serving desserts for people to enjoy whenever, however my business focus is on designing wedding cakes. I am also frequently nearly fully-booked, so I unfortunately can’t stay in business and provide quality service to my wedding couples if I am selling sample boxes to people who aren’t genuinely interested in purchasing a cake for a wedding. Sometimes after bridal expos I have extra sample boxes which I will price for quick-sales. If you are interested in these you can email me and ask to be added to the alert list.

Legally (and logistically) I cannot ship my products out of state. For my wonderful out-of-state couples who are looking to order a cake for their Utah destination wedding, I ask them to please use reviews to make a decision. My reviews can be found on Google maps and Zola.

Unfortunately, no. I do not have the employees or the bandwidth to both produce and deliver the sample boxes.