Cupcake Advice
My wedding is next Saturday, so the final guest count for my cupcake lady is due this Saturday. We're having 110 come and my parents and I are in a huge argument over how may cupcakes to order and how to serve them. The most ridiculous argument ever, I know! My vendor and I settled on 150-160 cupcakes, enough for everyone to get one and some to get seconds.
My mom is concerned that everyone will want to taste all of the delicious flavours and that we'll run out. Our flavors are Mexican hot chocolate, chocolate merlot and pumpkin spice. My dad is concerned that his family will be the greedy ones and take 3 or 4, leaving none for the people who come up later. This is an issue because he has 50+ people in his family who are coming to the wedding. I think that most people have the social graces to see how many people are in the room and how many cupcakes there are and take one accordingly. It's not like I'm hosting a wedding full of 5 year olds! We're not having them plated or passed out - we have unique flavors and I want people to be able to pick what they want. I also know some people only eat yellow/vanilla/strawberry cake, some people won't eat cake, etc. I think our numbers will even out.
Is there a solution to this? More cupcakes? My dad doesn't want to order more (he's paying) but he doesn't have a good solution instead. I thought about placing a small sign saying "Only take one" or something to that effect but that seems so rude. Right now our shaky plan is to call tables out to come and a get a cupcake and then leave all the tables my dad's family is sitting at for last. If they figure out this plan and call us on it, then we'll look bad but it's the best we have right now. Is there a solution that's so apparent that I'm just not thinking of it? How did everyone one else handle their cupcake distribution. I could care less about sweets so I'm not bothered at all but I get that "wedding cake" is a highlight for people.
My mom is concerned that everyone will want to taste all of the delicious flavours and that we'll run out. Our flavors are Mexican hot chocolate, chocolate merlot and pumpkin spice. My dad is concerned that his family will be the greedy ones and take 3 or 4, leaving none for the people who come up later. This is an issue because he has 50+ people in his family who are coming to the wedding. I think that most people have the social graces to see how many people are in the room and how many cupcakes there are and take one accordingly. It's not like I'm hosting a wedding full of 5 year olds! We're not having them plated or passed out - we have unique flavors and I want people to be able to pick what they want. I also know some people only eat yellow/vanilla/strawberry cake, some people won't eat cake, etc. I think our numbers will even out.
Is there a solution to this? More cupcakes? My dad doesn't want to order more (he's paying) but he doesn't have a good solution instead. I thought about placing a small sign saying "Only take one" or something to that effect but that seems so rude. Right now our shaky plan is to call tables out to come and a get a cupcake and then leave all the tables my dad's family is sitting at for last. If they figure out this plan and call us on it, then we'll look bad but it's the best we have right now. Is there a solution that's so apparent that I'm just not thinking of it? How did everyone one else handle their cupcake distribution. I could care less about sweets so I'm not bothered at all but I get that "wedding cake" is a highlight for people.