I was at WDW over the weekend and decided to investigate the on-property options for picking up a cake (for those who dont want to order a cake for a restaurant meal using the Cake Hotline or for their hotel room using Private Dining at their resort). Most of this info has been mentioned on this thread before, but I thought Id put it all together in one post (also, I scored a copy of BoardWalk Bakerys cake order sheet, so Ill post that below!)
In a nutshell, only the
BoardWalk Bakery offers fancy cakes for pickup, and those must be ordered 48 hours in advance. (The cakes on display at the bottom of the case are not for sale.)
The
Main Street Bakery in the Magic Kingdom offers only 6-inch Sara Lee cakes for pickup, and I was told you need to give them a few hours notice so they can defrost the cake for you. They also have simple pre-made cakes at some of the resort food courts. The only one I investigated was Pop Centurys, so Ill put that info below.
BoardWalk Bakery
There are no readymade cakes for sale here except the frozen 6-inch ones you can also get at restaurant podiums, but with 48 hours notice you can arrange to pick up a fresh cake. Ill post their cake ordering form below, but the basic options are
6-inch readymade cake (frozen cake) -
$21+ tax
- serves 4-6
- no special decorations
- Vanilla Cake/Vanilla Buttercream only
- no advance notice
6-inch fresh cake -
$21+tax
- serves 4-6
- no special decorations
- Vanilla Cake/Vanilla Buttercream OR Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Buttercream
- 48-hour notice required
8-inch fresh cake -
$32+tax
- serves 8
- no special decorations
- Vanilla/White Chocolate Filling/White Chocolate Icing OR Chocolate/Dark Chocolate Filling/Dark Chocolate Icing
- 48-hour notice required
Mickey head cake -
48+tax
- serves 8 (chepic reports it may serve 14-16!)
- no special decorations
- Vanilla Cake or Chocolate Cake
- 48-hour notice required
Special Cakes
- prices vary
- special decorations are extra
- 48-hour notice required
10-inch, serves 16: $45 for cake +
$30 for decorations
1/4 sheet, serves 20: $55 for cake +
$35 for decorations
1/2 sheet, serves 40: $80 for cake +
$40 for decorations
Full sheet, serves 80: $120 for cake +
$55 for decorations
Cake Flavors
Chocolate
Vanilla
Marble
Filling Flavors
Buttercream
White Chocolate Mousse
Dark Chocolate Mousse
Fruit Mousse
Icing
White Buttercream
Chocolate Buttercream
Whipped Cream
Order Form:
They had a Mickey head cake and a princess-themed cake on display at the bottom of the case.
And they appeared to be working on a custom cake that day.
Main Street Bakery at the Magic Kingdom
The only cakes available for pickup here are the 6-inch frozen Sara Lee cakes that you can order at the podium at any MK restaurant. They cost $21 + tax and require a few hours notice if you want them defrosted first. Heres a picture of the frozen cake we got at the podium at Tonys Town Square (plus some Halloween sprinkles). If you like supermarket cake, you will like the Sara Lee cakes.
Value Resort Food Courts
The only place I investigated was Pop Century, but I would imagine the All-Stars have similar offerings. There were two kinds of 6-inch cake in the refrigerated case near the bottled drinks: Vanilla Cake w/ Vanilla Buttercream and Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream. These also appear to be Sara Lee cakes. The price is $21 + tax.
??!??!!?!??? They are going to put a rose on the cake anyway, (unless the design has changed since last year) tint it red and put some glitter on it and charge a few dollars, not increase the cost of the cake by 50% or more. I was prepared to pay a bit more for the castle topper, heck, I figured $35 for the larger cake and another $25-30 for the castle cake, making it $60-65; instead it was twice that, plus tax and gratuity. There is no difficult decorating, they just have to tint the icing. 
We picked white cake & white icing. I was really surprised how big it was. Four of us ate it and only finished off one of his ears. We had it boxed up and took it back to the room and will be eating it all week. One thing - found out later that the birthday girl loves "milk" chocolate and there's tons of delicious dark chocolate shavings and glaze. Just in case your chocolate lover is picky - like mine! 
