Courto05 Posted January 4, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hi. We have never celebrated a birthday onboard a cruise before. This time we have 2 birthdays. I have read Princess will give a small cake - for 1 or 2 people, in the dining room. Unfortunately I can’t find any real info on the bought cakes. I want to get a cake to share with our group of 4. The cakes on the website don’t have a size or number of serves listed. The photo doesn’t give away the size at all because there is nothing else in the picture to provide a scale. Anyone who has bought a cake, how large is it? 4 serves? 10 serves? (number of slices assuming they are regular sized slices, not massive, not tiny). Also, do they fit in the fridge if necessary? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franktown Posted January 4, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I can't tell you the # of slices but the one we ordered was a full size cake. We each had a good size slice and there was still 75% of the cake left. We gave the remainder to the room steward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted January 4, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 4, 2020 IIRC, they used to make the chocolate celebration cakes larger. I imagine if you ask, they can either bring a larger one, or bring two small ones. Ask via your Head Waiter a day or two prior to the celebration dinner and see what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted January 4, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Why not just request a number of the smaller individual supplied birthday cakes one can get in the DR for free? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kywildcatfanone Posted January 4, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I'm sure they will give you enough of the small ones for your whole party to have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted January 4, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hello, go into your cruise personalizer and under special requests it will ask if you are celebrating bday, retirement, anniversary. Put the dates in there and Princess will provide the cake. Or you can tell the head waiter in your dining room the day before the bday and they will take care of it. I have celebrated both bday, and retirements and Princess provided the cake and decorations. They did not charge me anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted January 4, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The chocolate cake they provide in the MDR is very rich. I have shared it with the entire table of 4. Be sure to ask for ice cream to go with it. You could possibly ask for more than one. And yes, they may even give you a new one to take back to your cabin. Or you could order chocolate cake slices from Room Service (for free + a small tip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted January 4, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 4, 2020 A great idea to order more than one small chocolate cake & then add ice cream to it . That is my kind of birthday cake ,Yum 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissP22 Posted January 4, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The free cakes they provide for birthdays aren't all that great compared to some of the other desserts anyway. We sometimes don't even bother getting the cake since they had better desert selections on the regular menu. I wish they would just make an icecream cake that everyone would enjoy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courto05 Posted January 5, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Thanks everyone, you have answered my question. Good to know we can probably do a cake for free and if not, glad the cake you can buy is a normal sized cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted January 5, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 5, 2020 9 hours ago, MissP22 said: The free cakes they provide for birthdays aren't all that great compared to some of the other desserts anyway. We sometimes don't even bother getting the cake since they had better desert selections on the regular menu. I wish they would just make an icecream cake that everyone would enjoy. You know, an ice cream cake is a terrific idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Cruising 3 Posted January 5, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 5, 2020 5 hours ago, ldubs said: You know, an ice cream cake is a terrific idea! I'm thinking of something like a small Carvel ice cream type cake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted January 5, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 5, 2020 We always annotate on the personalizer we are celebrating a birthday or anniversary and enter the date. We do TD and they will bring a chocolate cake out with a candle on it. Several waiters will gather around and sing happy birthday. The chocolate cake is more than adequate for two and appears at least once on the dessert menu. Last birthday I had selected the chocolate cake as a normal dessert when they brought out the celebratory cake. The waiter had already brought out the chocolate cake I had ordered so I sent it back. They will box it up to take back to the cabin if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted January 5, 2020 #14 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Here's a photo of one of the individual celebration cakes. I didn't bother to request one last month on the Caribbean Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted January 5, 2020 #15 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 2:03 PM, kywildcatfanone said: I'm sure they will give you enough of the small ones for your whole party to have some. The 'free' cake has been downsized to a double-wide cupcake. On a cruise on emerald, with six people at the table (six top if you prefer) The waiter served the double wide to the birthday boy and his wife, and served desserts ordered by the other passengers to the remaining folks at the table. No additional birthday cakes. No lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted January 5, 2020 #16 Share Posted January 5, 2020 7 hours ago, geoherb said: Here's a photo of one of the individual celebration cakes. I didn't bother to request one last month on the Caribbean Princess. They are very rich and too much for me to finish. I think they are just the right size. They used to be smaller. No problem getting a few extra for the OP, just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted January 6, 2020 #17 Share Posted January 6, 2020 10 hours ago, pablo222 said: No lose. OMG. "No loss." Sorry gentle readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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