$500 starting for a

donaldseeyore · Apr 15, 2016

MAD HATTER CAKE???!!!

My husband was ordering a cake for my 40th birthday He told the woman he was speaking with that he wanted a 2 tier cake for my daughter and I. She said the Mad Hatter (topsy turvy) cakes start at $500. Does that seem right?

Pixie Dust ✨ · Apr 15, 2016

Yes. Custom cakes are very, very expensive.

DisBuckMan · Apr 15, 2016

At Disney? Sure.

AshleeH · Apr 15, 2016

Absolutely. Average two-tier cakes would be expensive anywhere - throw in custom shapes and having to spend more time on stability and that price doesn't surprise me at all.

TheRustyScupper · Apr 15, 2016

donaldseeyore said:
the Mad Hatter (topsy turvy) cakes start at $500. Does that seem right?

The baker and sales people are direct descendants of P.T. Barnum.

SgtTibbs · Apr 15, 2016

I have no idea, but I REALLY want to see some photos and get a taste review if you do get it. Oh, and Happy happy Birthday!

Happyinwonerland · Apr 15, 2016

Even not at disney, Topsy turvey cakes are in the $300-$500 range for a small one. I'm not surprised by the price at all.

Happyinwonerland · Apr 15, 2016

SgtTibbs said:
I have no idea, but I REALLY want to see some photos and get a taste review if you do get it. Oh, and Happy happy Birthday!

I say they should buy 2 cupcakes, and use the $490 savings to buy something more meaningful than a cake. They could even mail you a cupcake with the savings

3DisneyFanz · Apr 15, 2016

At Disney that's a bargain. We spent $200 on a single tier 10" round cake for our sons first birthday and it just had white chocolate characters on it with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme.

L&Lfan · Apr 15, 2016

I'll stick with Sara Lee or Pepperidge Farm. Expensive birthday cakes mean nothing to me.

tomatecerise · Apr 16, 2016

Offer a Disney cupcake hunting, more fun, more variety

brertoad · Apr 16, 2016

Wow, that is expensive. Sounds like a fun thing to do. I wanted to order something special for one of our birthdays, but just never got around to it. I absolutely love the cake thread.

Minniesgal · Apr 16, 2016

We were $200 for a single their Mad Hatter

And it was worth it

tstidm1 · Apr 16, 2016

This seems to be not much more than what one of the better custom cakes in the nation charges (Charm City Cakes in Baltimore), so that seems reasonable. You would pay about $400 in a major city for that. I went with a Mini-Cake for Mom's 75 and it was $50-60 with tax and Tip. Awesome cake from the Contemporary Hotel Bakery.

bumbershoot · Apr 16, 2016

DisBuckMan said:
At Disney? Sure.

At any private cake baker near a big city.

I married in 2003 and got a big but basic (and incredibly delicious and totally from scratch) cake I used for my birthday from our wedding cake lady. Buttercream, not fondant, and a simple shape. And it was $100. And worth it.

Now, would I go with a cake from Disney? Nope but for lack of quality, not bc of price. I'd find a great cake bakery in town and go with them. The volume of Disney, even with the fancy cakes, means they aren't going to be the quality I want in an expensive cake.

SunnieRN · Apr 16, 2016

We've bought three custom cakes from Disney. One was a pirate cake for my grandsons birthday. Adorable but not the best tasting cake.

One was a tinkerbelle cake I got for my adult daughter. Good cake, but the "custom tinkerbelle", which I was promised would be "spectacular" was a plastic cake topper. The cake as I said though, was the best cake I'd had at Disney.

The third cake was one my daughter got her boyfriend. A small square one tiered cake with buttercream frosting. Cute, masculine, but the cake was very dry. They ranged in price from $100 to $275 for the "custom tinkerbelle cake".

I know in the future I will do mini cakes. Castle types or with Mickey decorations. I like the idea of a celebratory cake, but would prefer a lower price. Point.