A few months ago, we (and by “we,” I mean “I”) decided we’d be ordering our wedding cake from the cleverly-named Maui Wedding Cakes. They’re one of three bakeries on the island, so we (whoops — “I” again!) did Eeny Meeny Miney Moe.
They estimated that a two-tier cake for 50 would run us around 300 bucks and asked us to contact them again once we had specifics about what we wanted. (I really couldn’t care less as long is its chocolate and tasty, but apparently Rob has very strong feelings about whether or not he can possibly get married if there is going to be a SQUARE CAKE.)
So over the weekend I sent them this picture and said, “Can you do this?”
Today, I received this response:
Option: CUPCAKES
30 Chocolate cupcakes with White buttercream icing
30 White cupcakes with White buttercream icing
fresh single purple orchids, purple and hot pink dots
6″ cake on top (serves 6-8 )
Choice of basic cake bodies and fillings (see below)
White Buttercream Icing
Smooth sides with Pearl Beading
fresh purple orchids, purple and hot pink dots
cupcake stand rental
We set up cupcakes on the stand
$4015.00
The sad thing is, after a year and a half of wedding planning, I wouldn’t be too surprised if that was NOT A TYPO.
Sent her a response with a lot of sentences that ended with “?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!??!?!!!!!!!???” I’ll keep you posted.
Tags: buttercream, chocolate, cupcakes, Eeny Meeny Miney Moe, icing, Maui, square cake, wedding cakes, wedding planning
May 14, 2008 at 1:30 pm
That is exactly what we are doing :) From our experience, it MUST be a typo. For 300+ with all the bells and whistles it’s about $1200 here.
May 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm
CostCo only charges $14.95 for the most delicious cake in the world. I seriously think I’m going to have them make our wedding cake.
May 14, 2008 at 8:26 pm
That’s over $60 per cupcake!!!!!?!!!!? And I thought a $5 cupcake in Lincoln Park was expensive. You could make over 200 Betty Crocker cupcakes for the price of 1 $60 cupcake; although, Sarah always says, “it’s not the size, it’s the quality that counts.”
May 15, 2008 at 12:14 am
OK, good news. The $4,015 estimate was for “the SOLID GOLD cupcakes,” the lady joked. It’s $415 for the chocolate ones. Which is still, like, eight bucks a cupcake, but that at least makes sense in the world of markups on anything bearing the description “wedding” or “island.” They’d better be DELICIOUS.
May 15, 2008 at 5:28 am
Andy, you are walking into so many snarky remarks ….
May 15, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I’ll make you cupcakes in my Maui condo for $50 plus supplies ;) haha
May 15, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Solid Gold Cupcakes? Do they wear bell bottoms and dance to 70s music?! Glad that wasn’t the real price. Sad I have to miss out…I heart cupcakes.
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