I deal with the ‘Out Door Wedding Cake’, often. It’s one of my pet peeves and I’ve become kind of a tough guy about it. I live at the beach. People like getting married outside and having receptions outside, too. This past August, I delivered a 3 tier with 12, 10 and 7" tiers, all buttercream! It was 99 degrees with over 90% humidity, and a stiff south west wind blowing around 30 m.p.h. The wedding reception was held in a tent, near the water. The bride was insisting on setting the cake outside. I refused to be responsible for the cake, if they weren’t going to take proper care of it. The wind, heat and humidity would have destroyed that cake, had it sat out for hours in that kind of weather.
I found a delivery waver on another website and I made someone sign off on it when I delivered the cake.
I try to convince my customers that wedding cakes should be kept inside at room temperature.
It seems a shame to spend all that money on a cake and let it sit outside in the heat, bugs and humidity.
We certainly wouldn’t leave other baked goods like bread, or a pie or cookies sit outside, uncovered for hours. Why do we think it’s okay to do this with a cake which is more delicate, and has an icing which is usually half butter? Just sayin’
Psalm 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.
