OFFICIAL Disney Cake Chatter Thread - Part III

[Wanna be Ariel]

My sister is a huge Lady and the Tramp fan...sooo this happened at Tony's for her birthday.

Love that. That is a huge looking cake

 

[kimmy85]

Hi all-

After reviewing all the posts in this thread, I had decided on a chocolate on chocolate mini wedding cake to be delivered to either our room at CBR or to our ADR at Kouzzina on our anniversary. Either location would still utilize Boardwalk Bakery.

I read on a separate website, that folks have been "talked out" of getting a mini wedding cake by Boardwalk Bakery staff. I specifically want this smaller cake since there are only 2 of us on our trip and we don't know if we will have a working fridge at CBR in the event that there are leftovers.

Has anyone heard of Boardwalk Bakery steering orders away from the mini wedding cakes? My backup plan is to order the same cake for delivery at BOG on our arrival day (day before anniversary) since that would be serviced by Chef Brian/Contemporary and posters on this thread rave about him.

Any feedback/thoughts/advice would be appreciated! Our trip is 29 days away...

 

[lurkyloo]

I've never had any trouble with BoardWalk Bakery, but I know sometimes if you get a front-line CM and not a pastry chef, they'll act like there are not a lot of options. If this happens to you, just call back or ask for the email of a pastry chef. And if you order through CBR, you won't be dealing directly with BWB staff at all, so you should have no problem.

 

[alomba11]

When I ordered my cake for POR they use boardwalk bakery and the cm tried to "talk" me into a 6 in cake :/ I politely said no I would like a 2 tier mini cake! Just be persistent and polite

 

[kimmy85]

Hmmm, polite and persistent - well, I'll have to work on one of those...

Thank you lurkyloo and alomba11! I appreciate the advice.

 

[Dotsie]

Here is the "CARS" cake. I believe it was $100.

 

[chasadchick]

Love that. That is a huge looking cake

Not to big, it was an 8"

 

[Angel Ariel]

I think the answer to this is yes, but I just want to make sure. Can you have cakes delivered to Liberty Tree tavern? The Contemporary would be in charge of that, right?

I know in March I contacted the Contemporary directly..but I thought I read in this thread recently that now you call the cake hotline for the contemporary as well? Just want to double check the procedure!

 

[Colleen27]

Thank you so much! Do you have any pictures??

 

[1EvilQueenfan]

That's so pretty. Thank you!

 

[Susiec]

What did this run and what was the cost

 

[kohler2009]

We were very pleased with our Peter Pan cake from Chef Brian we got for our now 3 year old's birthday! We were quoted $50 for the two tier mini cake, chocolate with peanut butter mousse filling. I can't find my receipt, but with tax, gratuity (which I was automatically charged 18%) and delivery to our room at Wilderness Lodge it was about $65. The only hiccup is that we'd ordered the cake to be delivered between 2-3pm so it would be in the room when we got back. They don't start deliveries until 4 so by the time we got it the birthday boy was napping. Needles to say we didn't tackle it till after dinner so it had melted a wee bit and we took half of it home! But it made for a tasty treat when we got home!

This is EXACTLY what I need to get for by DHs birthday! Thanks for posting!!

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[Colleen27]

What did this run and what was the cost

Umm... I think $40? $35 base price for the mini-cake and $5 for a custom flavor combo.

ETA: I went back and found the short review I posted at the time. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=45048632&postcount=269

The specifics:

mini-cake from Contemporary bakery, delivered to the California Grill on 5/27
vanilla cake with passion fruit mousse filling
buttercream icing with no specific design request, just "something whimsical in Figment colors"
$40 plus tax and tip

The review:
Our best Disney cake experience thus far. The cake to icing ratio on these mini-cakes is perfect in my opinion, and the tangy-tart passion fruit was an amazing balance to the sweeter buttercream and the little candy flowers. There's not a whole lot of actual cake, but what there was was moist and an excellent vehicle for the filling & icing. I was very happy with the overall look of the cake as well. The colors are a bit distorted in the picture, it was sunset at a window table and I wasn't playing with my white balance to get better shots, but the purple/orange/yellow was just what I had in mind. This size cake is supposed to feed two, but after a nice dinner it was plenty for the four of us (my mother & I, a light-eater 10yo, and a 3yo). After two good-but-not-great experiences with the Grand Floridian bakery, this cake taught me something - from now on, birthday dinners will be at the Contemporary!

 

[mrsclark]

Looking for a little help from the cake experts.


First, we are staying at BCV on our upcoming vacation. I am already in talks with YC/BC Private Dining to create a cake celebrating my 30th birthday (actual date was in mid August but we will be celebrating while there the first week in September). If I have it brought to the room by room service rather than a restaurant an 18% service charge will be added right? Am I expected to tip on top of that? If I get my dream cake 18% extra won't be cheap to add on top of that but perhaps the convenience is worth it (I would have to rearrange my ADRs to eat at a date at YC/BC close to when I originally wanted to get it, but it would still be several days off from my perfect delivery date).

Second, I am planning to get a white chocolate 3-D Donald on top of the cake - I can either have it fully hand painted or just touched with a little gold. I found the picture of a fully painted Donald, but was wondering if anyone had a quick link to any of the gold touched characters (doesn't have to be Donald)? Or at the least words I could search the boards for to find a picture? The difference in price between the two is $115 so even though I love love love the fully hand painted Donald, I am not sure I love it for $115 more!

Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!!!

 

[Wanna be Ariel]

Not to big, it was an 8"

I guess the picture made it look bigger

 

[kimmy85]

Looking for a little help from the cake experts.

Second, I am planning to get a white chocolate 3-D Donald on top of the cake - I can either have it fully hand painted or just touched with a little gold. I found the picture of a fully painted Donald, but was wondering if anyone had a quick link to any of the gold touched characters (doesn't have to be Donald)? Or at the least words I could search the boards for to find a picture? The difference in price between the two is $115 so even though I love love love the fully hand painted Donald, I am not sure I love it for $115 more!

Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!!!

Hello-

I am definitely not a cake expert (as I am ordering for the first time myself in 2 weeks), I did find two images of the white chocolate Donald on another site. One is gold touchups and the other appears to be fully painted.

Here's the thread:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/wdwmagic-takes-the-cake-the-official-cake-talk.863023/

It is more than halfway down the first page - there are pictures of cakes listed alphabetically by character.

Good Luck!

 

[Woodmnky]

I've ready through the last 20 pages or so and I am in cake overload.

I am thinking of ordering a birthday cake for my 3 yo DS to be delivered to Chef Mickey's on our arrival day. I would like something Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed. I am not interested in fondant and would like to keep the cost down with either a 6 or 8 inch cake.

Can I get one of the stand up 2D images? Are these only certain images or will they work with me to find an image? Any idea of the general cost?

If I don't go with one of the 2D stand ups, is there anyway to make a cake more 3D without going all out? Ordinarily I choose Decopac type things so there is a little toy/figure on the cake, but I understand that is not possible.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[lurkyloo]

I know in March I contacted the Contemporary directly..but I thought I read in this thread recently that now you call the cake hotline for the contemporary as well? Just want to double check the procedure!

Other way around: You call the Cake Hotline for Magic Kingdom cakes now, even though they are made by the Contemporary. You can still call the Contemporary directly for cakes to be delivered to the resorts it services, just not the MK.

First, we are staying at BCV on our upcoming vacation. I am already in talks with YC/BC Private Dining to create a cake celebrating my 30th birthday (actual date was in mid August but we will be celebrating while there the first week in September). If I have it brought to the room by room service rather than a restaurant an 18% service charge will be added right? Am I expected to tip on top of that?

The room service charge includes gratuity, and yes, it will be assessed on the cake if you have it delivered to the room.

Can I get one of the stand up 2D images? Are these only certain images or will they work with me to find an image? Any idea of the general cost?

Yes. They will choose an image unless you send one in. The cost is usually rolled into the price of the cake, but I'm thinking it's not more than about $15. Otherwise, I'd just bring my own 3-D figures and tell them to leave space to put them on the cake.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Other way around: You call the Cake Hotline for Magic Kingdom cakes now, even though they are made by the Contemporary. You can still call the Contemporary directly for cakes to be delivered to the resorts it services, just not the MK.

Thank you for the clarification! I'm hoping to get a cake for dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern, so I guess I'll be calling the Cake Hotline this time!

 

[lurkyloo]

Can't wait to see how it turns out!