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Will someone please make 325 mini cardamom cakes for us to use as wedding favors? Even mini bundt cakes like these on Style Me Pretty would do.
I think people might think I’m crazy for taking on this project. Good thing my mom and future mom have graciously volunteered to put their ovens to use and help me with my baking extravaganza!
Let’s do some calculations shall we? 325 cakes divided by six cakes per pan = ~55 pans. Since we can fit two pans per oven at a time, that is ~27 batches. With three ovens, we each have to make 9 batches of cakes. That actually doesn’t seem too bad, if you ask me. Hopefully the moms will agree!
As far as packaging goes, I would love to buy some clear boxes so the lovely little cakes can be on display at each place setting. I’m not sure exactly what size box I’ll need just yet, but they’ll probably be around 3×3x3 in size. Clear boxes at Uline are $93 for 200, so I would need 2 boxes, which would cost $186. This seems a bit pricey to me.
A more affordable option would be these pinstripe kraft boxes, which are $14 per 100. Buying 400 of these would only cost me $56. That sounds much more reasonable, don’t you think? We can add a pretty ribbon and a little thank you tag, and everyone would have a little surprise waiting for them at their seat! Add a name to each card, and we’ve got our seating cards.
This has been a very productive little brainstorming session, now hasn’t it?
Are you considering fresh food favors? How are you working things out to assure freshness on your wedding day?
oooooo I love cardamom! My Swedish grandma makes a braided cardamom bread, is that similar to your cakes?
How close to the wedding are you going to make these? This would be such a fun treat especially with a little carton of milk!
What a cute idea. Love it! The photo actually sorta reminded me of a glazed French cruller donut (mini). The cake idea is obviously more classy, but maybe someone who doesn’t have baking elves might be able to use crullers instead! 
Love that idea! WE almost did mini-pies for our dessert (an old family recipe from a friend that loves me enough to share) but couldn’t deal. But we are doing small jars of local honey from a friend who makes their own–should be a fun project (and MESSY!) but I love the local angle, what can I say??
But now I want your mini-cakes1
I would love to do a fresh food favor- it’s such a cute idea! Sadly though, a derstination wedding doesn’t really allow for something like that.
I’m using that type of box for my homemade favors! I plan on maybe adding a stamp to the top, as well as raffia or ribbon and a recycled tag.
I would love to also do a fresh favor. Like Lillidy I was wondering how early are you having to make these? And how time consuming is it to make these? I really would love to do something like this.
Miss Mascara, this is a very cute idea! I’m sure you’ve already thought of this but most favor boxes are not food safe and probably are not lined with a wax coating, so you may have to put your little cakes in a cello bag or other type of wrapping, otherwise your boxes will start to show grease marks from the cakes. Especially if the temperatures are warm on your wedding day. Just a thought!
I think it’s a great idea but melanie had a great point about the oils seeping into your box. But jeez a mini cardamom bundt cake as a wedding favor is awesome!!! Can you put up the recipe so I can make them to eat? I am having madelines in cello bags with a tag as a favor, but I am buying them I don’t have anyone to make them for me and I am soo not going to do it!!
Oooo, are you going to use a yummy-looking glaze on them, too?
I love this idea! Good luck with the baking!
We are having a “cookie buffet” as favors for our guests.
I’ve asked a few family members to bake their favorite recipes for us. Luckily everyone is really excited about this!
My mother and I will be making most of them a few days before the wedding! Really looking forward to it!
We made 400 buckeyes and 400 bourbon balls for our wedding favors to reflect where we grew up in Ohio and Kentucky - it was a huge undertaking but we continue to receive compliments four months later! We topped off the black boxes with red paper poppies and black satin ribbons, adding to the workload, but the idea of homemade favors just adds a special touch! Good luck!
We are doing cake balls (cake mixed with icing, rolled into balls and dipped into chocolate) as our favors. A cousin of mine makes them and she is making them as our favors. We are putting them in Chinese takeout boxes with a label on top.
I would be SOOOOO impressed as a guest at your wedding! Fresh cakes for everyone?? You’re the next Martha Stewart!!
what a great idea. i agree with pp about the food safe-ness of the boxes. you can try nashvillewraps.com or mr take out bags to start. or finding wax paper/cake rounds. also, you should be able to guestimate the measurements by measuring the opening of the pan and the height when you flip it over.
good luck!
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Mrs. Mascara, Chicago/Upper Michigan Age and Occupation: 25, Biomedical Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Process Engineer Engagement Date: July 27, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Catholic ceremony, reception at local armory About Me: A lover of Mr. Mascara, crafting, baking, Gossip Girl, diet soda, and all things wedding. A Yooper girl somehow displaced in the Chicago suburbs, planning a wedding from a distance, and counting down the days until I marry my best friend.
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