Will you choose a wedding cake, dessert buffet or both?
25/05/2025 09:00 | Inspiration
Dessert is the course of the menu that all sweet tooths look forward to. Will you opt for a traditional wedding cake at your wedding? Will you go for a dessert buffet with lots of variety? Or will you serve both to your guests? We have put together a few arguments to make your choice easier!
Photo (above, from left to right): Cake: Crèmerie François – Photographer: The Fresh Light / Cake: Sweet Baking Ruby – Photographer: Erine Wyckmans / Cake: Meraki Cake Studio – Photographer: Cindy VDL Photography
Three reasons to choose a wedding cake
1. Keeping tradition alive
For many, as a classic tradition, the wedding cake cannot be left out of a wedding celebration. Do you have a traditional wedding and/or have you long dreamed of a big wedding cake and the symbolic ‘cutting of the cake moment’? Then be sure to choose a wedding cake at your wedding already!
Photo: Cake: Karolien Beyens
2. A beautiful eye-catcher
A wedding cake is a real eye-catcher that you can fully customise to your theme. Together with your professional cake baker, you decide on the flavours, style, colours and finish. Your pastry chef will then turn it into a real gem. When the cake is brought into your party room, it is guaranteed to create a wow effect with your guests - and beautiful photos!
Photo: Cakes: Le Boudoir des Délices
3. A romantic moment
Cutting your wedding cake is one of the most fun and relaxing moments between you and your loved one on your wedding day. Cutting the cake together and letting your partner taste that first bite, under loud cheers from your guests, is simply wonderful! This moment also makes for very cool photos.
Photo & Cake: The French Cake Company
Three reasons to choose a dessert buffet
1. All your favourite treats
Can't choose between all the possible desserts and flavours? With a dessert buffet, you don't have to and you can taste all the goodies! So a buffet with different small desserts is the ideal choice if you want lots of variety. Everyone can fill their plate with their favourite delicacies to their heart's content.
Photo: Cake: Karolien Beyens - Photographer: David Wagelmans Photography
2. Something for everyone
Not only does a dessert buffet offer something to suit everyone's taste, it also makes it easy to cater for specific dietary requirements or needs of your guests. Will there be vegans or people with gluten intolerance, for example? With a buffet you can easily provide desserts for them too. So there really is something for everyone!
Photo: Desserts: A Touch of Camille
3. Festive atmosphere
If you have a seated dinner with fixed seating, it is cool for your guests to have a chat with other people at the dessert buffet. A buffet provides extra interaction and a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. Your guests will be ready for the dance party.
Three reasons to choose both a wedding cake and a dessert buffet
1. Best of both worlds!
This third option is our favourite and gives you the ultimate total experience! A wedding cake and a dessert buffet complement each other perfectly. You retain a traditional value and a ‘cutting moment’ with the wedding cake, and you offer your guests many more delicious treats with the dessert buffet. This fantastic combination is guaranteed to ensure a festive experience and lots of happy faces!
2. The picture is complete
While a wedding cake and dessert buffet can both look beautiful on their own, together they complete the picture. Your wedding cake will be an eye-catcher surrounded by lots of delicious desserts. Your guests will be presented with a richly filled table, making their mouths water!
3. Matching your theme
Both a wedding cake and a dessert buffet can be tailored to your wedding theme. In addition to choosing colours and decorations that fit your theme, go for desserts and flavours that fit the season. If your caterer uses seasonal and local products, it is also good for the environment!
Photo: Cake & Dessert: Sweet Baking Ruby - Photographer (left): Birgitt Surma Photo
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