How to Save Money on the Wedding Reception - Buffet Dessert Menu

Wedding Buffet Dessert Menu

For many wedding guests the wedding reception is what is remembered the most and having a buffet wedding dessert menu will add to that memory and save on your wedding budget. When there is a selection of cakes, cookies, candy, and other delectable desserts to choose from every guest will find something they like, if not several items. This will also save money by deviating away from the $500+ traditional wedding cake.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

1. Wedding Reception on a Budget

   The traditional wedding cake is a wedding tradition but is a major expense. The cost for a piece of cake starts at $3 - $6 per slice. Choosing to have a symbolic, but small wedding cake, surrounded by a variety of other desserts can save money on the wedding reception.

2. Wedding Reception Ideas - Buffet Dessert Menu

   Saving money on your wedding reception, by replacing the traditional wedding cake, provides additional advantages to make your wedding reception unique and memorable.
   • What a better place for wedding guests to mingle than standing around a dessert buffet table. While guests select their dessert options they can chat and families can get to know each other.
   • A desert menu that provides a variety of options gives everyone, including those not fond of wedding cakes, a choice for their final course of their wedding reception food.
   • The selection of desserts can carry your wedding theme and/or colors.
   • Wedding reception food can represent your ethnic background, a family tradition, or represent where you are going on your honeymoon.

3. Wedding Dessert Menu Buffet Style

   There are many ways to have an attractive dessert menu buffet table.
   • Ask your wedding caterer what choices of desserts they could supply.
   • Check with your local bakery to discuss dessert options for the wedding reception.
   • The grocery store has a fantastic selection of desserts. Pre-order a variety of them and ask someone to pick them up and set up the dessert buffet table.
   • Ask friends and family to make their favorite dessert for your wedding reception.

Tips & Warnings

• Save money on the wedding reception by offering a selection of desserts to satisfy most wedding guest's tastes. Have a small symbolic wedding cake to keep the tradition of the Bride and Groom cutting the cake and feeding it to each other. A wedding reception is a celebration and what a better way than to enjoy a variety of delectable desserts.

Resources

• How to Find and Use Free Wedding Budget Calculator