Weddings are an expression of who’s getting married — what types of couples tend to be drawn to a ‘Weddings with Gourmandise’ experience?

Contemporary, independent, budget-conscious people who typically want to be involved-in-the-details. They usually want their guests to have a very nice experience, but aren’t excited about spending half of their wedding budget on catering. Many enjoy thinking outside-the-box, have a clear sense of priorities, and either are willing to hire or know someone who can help with a few details to make the wedding and reception run smoothly and beautifully.

What’s the best reason for considering Weddings with Gourmandise?

Weddings with Gourmandise offers the most delicious-yet-affordable cake and wedding dessert options that can easily be enhanced by whatever the couple wants to invest in.

• Cakes — Adding beautiful flowers or selecting a unique stand make a Gourmandise cake uniquely yours. For larger weddings, many couples opt to add an impressive variety of individual desserts, tarts, assorted cakes, pastries or gourmet cookies from which guests can choose.

• Catering — The options are endless. Couples can opt for…

  • a casual buffet of simple-yet-scrumptious Gourmandise food picked up by a friend or wedding coordinator
  • for Gourmandise to enhance and supplement a food truck’s main course at the reception
  • to have Gourmandise cuisine as part of what your caterer is hired to serve
  • to have Gourmandise deliver and set up either a hot or cold buffet
  • serving individually packaged or platter-style breakfast, lunch, and gourmet snacks to wedding party

….And the list goes on.

Why should I choose Gourmandise for my cake/ wedding desserts?

All of our beautiful cake design options reflect either trendy or timeless styles and all are ready to be customized with any floral or artistic decorations that will make it unique and one of the memorable highlights of your wedding.

Each is entirely hand-crafted just for you with natural ingredients — scratch-made chiffon cake (no cake mixes), French fondant or buttercream with real butter (not bulk shortening-based frosting from a bucket) and are the most classy-yet-affordable around.

How much customization do you offer?

There are hundreds of iterations you can create from our variety of flavors and configurations. We offer:

• 5 on-trend frosting finishes
  • Naked Cake
  • Smooth Finish
  • Soft Banded Finish
  • Rosettes
  • Fondant Ruffle
• 2 scratch-made cake flavors
  • Vanilla
  • Chocolate
• Scratch-made real-butter buttercream frosting
  • Chocolate
  • Vanilla
• Optional layer fillings
  • Raspberry
  • Passionfruit
  • Tropical
  • Lemon
  • Strawberry
  • Vanilla Cream Cheese
  • Chocolate Ganache

Will you decorate my cake with flowers or ornamental additions?

We are expert bakers, not florists or sculptors. We don’t offer floral decoration, but most florists offer this and are excellent at enhancing cakes with fresh flowers.

What are some of the best ways to add personal touches to your cakes?

The options are virtually endless! Our favorite customization and enhancements are with the flowers you’ve selected for your wedding. Other great options are:

• Floral arrangements or greenery
• Flower petals
• Unique cake stands
• Decorations around and behind the cake/ on the table

Can you do different cake designs or larger sizes?

We don’t, but we can match your cake flavor with a beautiful, pre-cut sheet cake to serve. For larger weddings, many couples opt to add an impressive variety of individual desserts, tarts, assorted cakes, pastries or gourmet cookies from which guests can choose.

I will have more attendees than one of your cakes can serve. How can I provide dessert to everyone?

There are lots of unique and special ways to do this — and it’s actually how we’ve been part of hundreds of weddings over the years. We can match your cake flavor with a beautiful, pre-cut sheet cake to serve. And many couples opt to add an impressive variety of individual desserts, tarts, assorted cakes, pastries or gourmet cookies from which guests can choose.

Do you offer tastings?

We do! We’d love to meet you and let you put together all kinds of fun combinations of our cakes, frostings, and fillings. Every month, we offer 4-6 tasting sessions at our retail locations. Click here for the schedule and to request a tasting appointment.

Do you deliver wedding cakes?

Not typically, but if the entire order meets our Saturday delivery minimum, we usually can. A single wedding cake order doesn’t usually meet our minimum amount for delivery services (which is $1,000 on Saturdays).

For brides that order catered food for their wedding day (either wedding party brunch, appetizers, or full catered meals), order minimums are typically met and delivery fees will be quoted by our catering director.

Our focus is on making delicious cakes and food, so we leave the details of setup and service to wedding coordinators or people helping make the couple’s day special and smooth. If your cake & dessert order meets our delivery minimum and your wedding is within our delivery zone, we are happy to deliver. Delivery fees will be quoted on an individual basis by our catering director.

Where and when can my wedding cake or desserts be picked up?

Our pastry team makes wedding cakes and desserts at our commissary kitchen daily, so it will be ready at the agreed-upon time there.

1000 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT

Pickup times are available between 9:00am and 6:00pm Monday through Saturday. Sunday pickups and deliveries can be available for combined cake/ dessert/ catering orders over $3,000.

If I want to get my cake from Gourmandise, how far in advance of my wedding date should I order my cake?

In order to make sure each wedding cake is done right, we only take orders for 6 wedding cakes per day, so sooner is better in order to guarantee that we can help make your wedding day delicious. A minimum of one-week advance notice is required for wedding cake orders.

How do I go about ordering a wedding cake from Gourmandise?

Give us a call or send us an email here and we will connect voice-to-voice to talk through your vision for this special day and cake.

Does Gourmandise offer gluten-free or dairy-free traditional wedding cakes?

Our pastry kitchen uses gluten, egg, and dairy -based ingredients, so we are not able to offer any cakes that can be guaranteed to meet the strictest dietary needs. As such, we leave those cakes to bakeries specializing in dietary restrictions.

We do offer a variety of gluten-friendly dessert cakes and individual desserts, but not standard wedding cakes. All of our kitchens use wheat, dairy, eggs, nuts, and animal-based products, so if a wedding guest’s dietary restriction cannot tolerate food made in this type of kitchen where cross-contamination is possible, other arrangements should be made.