Six Creative Ways to Use Vintage Cake Stands

These are not just for cakes

Vintage cake stands in all shapes, sizes and colors are my weakness. With 214 cake stands in my collection, we are busy helping clients design their wedding cake displays. The creativity for your wedding day or any celebration is limitless.  Read the blogs embedded here to learn more about Chicago area bakeries, sweet display options, and unexpected food service using our cake stands.

Let them eat cake...or pie

Toni Patiserrie & Cafe

Pound Cake Bakery

Notice how setting your dessert table with varying heights and textures add so much interest. Clear and blue vintage cake stands were used in these displays for the Chicago Style Weddings Sept./Oct. 2024 magazine photo spread. The article "In Good Taste" features area bakers and their gorgeous cakes and sweets on our cake stands with our dessert plates and decor rentals. Read the blog to see all of their creations. You will be impressed. Let us design your wedding sweet display.

Blog about Chicago Style Weddings "In Good Taste" article

​Or let them eat appetizers or salads

Vintage sorbet cups with artichoke roasted beet salads displayed in different heights on various cake stands.

Appetizer presentation could not be any prettier on this vintage light green cake stand. WIPA Avant Garden 2023

Appetizers on a vintage amber cake stand.

The Wedding International Professional Association-Chicago (WIPA) Avant Garden May 2023 event's caterers and planner utilized all of our serve ware rentals in such unexpected ways.  We just loved their tables and the way they used our pieces to serve and display their food. We say that the food is a feast not only for the palate but also for the eyes. Check out our blog to see everything! You will definitely find some great ideas for your next soiree. We just loved the signature drink in our vintage teacups. Clever!

Blog about WIPA Avant Garden event

​Let them eat desserts 

EK Cakery's cookies, cupcakes and bars

Looking for a sweet table creation?  Check out the vendor blog below for ideas. With EK Cakery and planner Shaylee from Providence Vineyard, we created a photo spread to show clients what is possible.  Sandra Ortiz photography captured our creations.

Vendors' Spotlight Blog

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​Coordinate the Colors

All Cake Stand Rentals Here

Many times, your caterer may have their own cake stands.  We have found that our clients love to coordinate their glasses, dessert or salad plates with the color of the cake stands. This ties the event together and adds details to the photographs. Our cake stands are 13 inches or less diameter and are in a variety of heights and designs. These are perfect for smaller cakes and add a pop of color to your plain white cake. Couples have used more than one smaller cake in lieu of one large cake, and by adding varying heights this creates interest to your display.
Come to our Design Center, and we can lay out exactly what you envision. We can take a photo for you to show the staff or planner on your big day so that they can set it up exactly how we designed it.
And we have mastered the art of packing and delivering.  Our cake stands have their own plastic boxes with lids. You take it out, use it, and put it back in its box. Easy.  We wash the cake stand and the box. 

​Cakes as the Centerpiece...Functional and Edible

I attended a cousin's tented outdoor wedding, and the mother of the bride placed a variety of cake stands on each round table for the centerpieces. Each cake stand had a different type of cake on it.  The MOTB placed printed cards on each table that listed all the table numbers and the coordinating cake flavor along with a cake server set and a stack of dessert plates.  This was such a clever way to have guests mingle after dinner.  You could go to the table with the cake you love and cut yourself a slice. It was not only a fun "activity" for guests and a conversation starter. A beautiful display and an alternative to a dessert table and to a traditional floral table centerpiece.
We have rented to our wedding couples these colorful cake stands for their wedding table centerpieces.  Perfect for these smaller cakes on their tables. What colors do you need? 

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