Wedding cake - don't trust the caterer to do it!

I used to make the mistake of removing the cake topper. Hey, stop laughing, it's something you have to do in RL. I couldn't figure out why my newlyweds couldn't fulfill the 'take the first piece of cake' requirement. I came to the forums to find out what I was doing wrong. And, that's when I found out removing the topper was bad news. The game sees it as an ordinary cake, rather than a wedding cake without the topper. Face/palm. But, yeah, I made the mistake of anticipating the caterer would bake the cake. In full panic mode, I had the groom rush into the kitchen and bake the cake! Happily, before the timer ran out on the reception! But, just barely. Phew!

I've never worked a party so hard in my life. LOL

Uuuugh. SAME. In my legacy save (so ALL the money was hard-earned. NOT cheated in) I spent about 3,000 simoleons on a wedding and the caterer made ONE dish. ONE. Crab tortellini or something. The caterer then started preparing 5 other dishes that she never completed, so there were half-prepared bowls and vegetables on cutting boards ALL OVER the kitchen and dining room. One of them was a white cake. But like I said she just kept starting more dishes. And the worst part was I couldn't take control over her to fix anything >-< I was so angry.

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It doesn't make it any better that the groom peed himself just before the couple's vows and I didn't have time to re-rally all the sims via group conversations back to the wedding setup outside.

Can u make you own wedding cake? How do you get the option to come up?

"Colton147147;14025983" wrote:
I had Pancake Bob as mine and he made nothing, but pancakes one time...

omfg bob catered my wedding too. I don't even know if he made anything. Granted, my wedding was at a park so idk if there's a thing I can buy for them to make them bake stuff but I was still annoyed. I got a silver wedding score because I didn't have a cake. Not my fault, Maxis.

I only use caterers as an extra guest if I'm low. But they are just awfull at their job the one time they actually cook the caterer made 4 pancakes and one eggs and toast and this was at night. Then she kept putting the meal on the floor.

"SheriSim57;14026509" wrote:
Can u make you own wedding cake? How do you get the option to come up?

If you sims cokking skill is higher enough you can bake any of he cakes and add a wedding topper to it to make it a wedding cake

"SheriSim57;14026509" wrote:
Can u make you own wedding cake? How do you get the option to come up?

Open the fridge menu or stove, click cook, and a white, chocolate, or hamburger cake comes up without any skill whatsoever

"Zubiila;851577" wrote:
Tip: make the wedding cake yourself BEFORE planning the wedding.

I hired a caterer believing it would make a wedding cake for me like other caterers have done at other events I have planned. However, the caterer I got did NOTHING! She had access to a kitchen with everything she might need but she didn't cook or bake anything. I don't know if I just got a horrible caterer or what happened, but since weddings are one time events and important I would advice to not make the mistake of trusting the caterer and simply make a cake yourself before the wedding. Then at least you have a cake and a possibility of getting a gold medal on your event.

Xoxo,
Zubiila :)

I've been having that problem with every event. The first few i did the caterer was great, made a bit too much food, but still, it was fine. Now I can rarely find them. If anything they just start food, then wonder off to do something else. At my last wedding I had to rush a sim with fairly low cooking to m make the cake praying the whole time it wouldn't start a fire. They are very pointless, especially since sims will often just go to the fridge for left overs rather then eat the fresh food that is out.

this is why I make sure to have family members be skilled up in cooking and bartending so they're able to do it..in the future..

This is why I never use NPCs for parties. My caterer always forgot to make a cake or left it in the oven. Once I ended up with a counter full of grilled cheese sandwiches. I always make sure to have one of my Sims make a wedding cake before the event begins.