I love Disney cakes. And I love this thread. Thanks, Lurkyloo and others, for keeping it updated with prices and contact info, and of course, all of the wonderful photos. Our next trip is coming up in 6 months and I'm pretty sure I will be treating us to a cake. Seeing as I still dream about our delicious wedding cake from the Grand Floridian (almond cake with amaretto mousse), I will probably order it there. As delicious as our wedding cake tasted (LOVED it!!!!), the design process still stings, though. I'm not sure if the bakery is to blame for that or if it was my wedding planner, but I'm wondering if I should attempt a do-over. For my wedding, I requested an UP! themed cake. The design they proposed was a sheet cake with some balloons drawn on top and some dry ice to give the effect of clouds. I envisioned a tiered wedding cake, which I had told my planner from the very beginning. Well, we never did get past this design and somehow I ended up designing my own cake using some of the standard wedding cake designs I was able to locate online (that was long before I knew about Pinterest, Disney Facebook Wedding groups, etc.). I was happy with how it turned out, but I still dream about what might have been with that UP! cake... There's only going to be me, DH, and our two 3-year olds on this trip, so we don't need a full-sized wedding cake, but I'm curious what they might be able to come up with. Or maybe I'm just setting myself up for disappointment and should keep it simple and go with "Happy Anniversary!" Other suggestions are definitely welcome
Just for fun, here are a couple of pics from J and N's 1st birthday (made by a local bakery, not Disney).
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Do you mind sharing the bakery you used? I'm staying at Bonnet Creek and the Disney Bakery (understandably) will not deliver there, and I would really like for the cake to be a surprise for my moms 70th b-day, so picking it up would ruin the surprise. I am having a hard time finding a local bakery that can deliver/that can do what I am looking for. (If you can't share on the board for some reason, would you mind PMing me?) Thank you!!!
I'm sorry if that part of my post was confusing.... the birthday cakes were from their party back home in Michigan. I just shared them because I thought they were cute and might be good inspiration cakes for someone looking for ideas. The base layers were for our guests and each fed 40 (we had tons of leftovers!). We peeled the black fondant off of the Mickey hats and the kids got those as their "smash cakes." I believe I paid $75 per cake.
Do you mind sharing the bakery you used? I'm staying at Bonnet Creek and the Disney Bakery (understandably) will not deliver there, and I would really like for the cake to be a surprise for my moms 70th b-day, so picking it up would ruin the surprise. I am having a hard time finding a local bakery that can deliver/that can do what I am looking for. (If you can't share on the board for some reason, would you mind PMing me?) Thank you!!!
this cake ordering thing hasn't really been doing as great as I thought it would. I'm dealing with Chef Brian, and everytime I ask a questions or prices I get a really blunt email. Pretty much it seems like I'm just bothering him. My original quote was 85$ for an 8 inch buttercream cake with a white chocolate mickey on top, then it went up to 145$ because I asked about having 5 chocolate covered strawberries on it. then down to 106$ when I asked him to remove the strawberries since they weren't worth 60$, I'm not sure how my 85$ cake is now a 106$ cake when nothing's changed, but I feel like i'll just upset him even more if I ask a question about that!.... sigh, this is not how I pictured this experience.
I think you may be reading too much into an email response. They no doubt deal with a lot of guests and are answering a lot of emails so they are direct and to the point. If you need to have a conversation about a cake that is more involved maybe try calling? As for the price I'd just ask. Mention that the original quote for xyz was $85 and now it's $106 and you just want to verify which was correct.
this cake ordering thing hasn't really been doing as great as I thought it would. I'm dealing with Chef Brian, and everytime I ask a questions or prices I get a really blunt email. Pretty much it seems like I'm just bothering him. My original quote was 85$ for an 8 inch buttercream cake with a white chocolate mickey on top, then it went up to 145$ because I asked about having 5 chocolate covered strawberries on it. then down to 106$ when I asked him to remove the strawberries since they weren't worth 60$, I'm not sure how my 85$ cake is now a 106$ cake when nothing's changed, but I feel like i'll just upset him even more if I ask a question about that!.... sigh, this is not how I pictured this experience.
I had the same "problem" when I received e-mails back. I frist I was dealing with Donald at the Contemporary. After I sent an e-mail about wanting to make my step-daughers 10th birthday special and wanted to order a Minnie themed cake, I was (unrealistically) expecteding a response like "We would love to assist you in making the most fabulous Minnie themed cake to make your step-daughter's birthday extra magical...". Instead I got, "do you have a budget? - Donald"
So I first I thought maybe Donald was like Donald Duck and a little grumpy but then Brian eventually e-mailed me and while not as short, the responses were straight to the point. I know their job includes making these wonderful cakes so they have to be quick on e-mail, I am just not a short answer/e-mail person so I was a little thrown off.
But once Brian and I settled on what the cake looked like and I told him I would call to order it he did add "Have a Magical Day" which is the Disney stuff I was expecting.
So in short...it's not just you. Now as for the price...not sure about that. I would definitely ask how it changed. I am paying $106 also for an 8 inch fondant cake with a ears and a bow on top.
does anyone have the price list of the white chocolate figures? what's the price difference between mickey, mickey and Minnie anniversary and the castle?
does anyone have pics of cakes pirate themed?
Thanks
Jay.
we are having dinner at CRT for our sons birthday he will be 5.
if pics are posted can you tell me roughly how much the cakes are. I am wondering if any new cake toppers have been added?
This was ours that I posted recently. It was a 4 layer 6 inch cake and cost $120 from the Contemporary bakery. I probably have other pirate cake pics saved to my computer from when I was searching for ideas. Not sure if it's okay to post them or not though since they aren't mine.
love this! do you have the details? price ect?
Do you mind sharing the bakery you used? I'm staying at Bonnet Creek and the Disney Bakery (understandably) will not deliver there, and I would really like for the cake to be a surprise for my moms 70th b-day, so picking it up would ruin the surprise. I am having a hard time finding a local bakery that can deliver/that can do what I am looking for. (If you can't share on the board for some reason, would you mind PMing me?) Thank you!!!
does anyone have the price list of the white chocolate figures? what's the price difference between mickey, mickey and Minnie anniversary and the castle?