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Cincinnati & Dayton, Ohio

Cake & Desserts

In Cincinnati & Dayton: Local bakeries in Cincinnati and Dayton both carry the full range shown in the price row above; delivery and hold are what move the number on the day. Winter delivery is easier here -- no heat concerns, no melted buttercream on a summer afternoon -- and a January cake tastes exactly as it did at the tasting. Summer at an outdoor venue is the harder problem: ninety-degree heat and direct sun will do to a cake exactly what they do to a car dashboard, and the bakery's answer needs to be an actual shade-and-hold plan, not a shrug. Ask for it in writing. Cross-corridor delivery -- a Dayton bakery for a Cincinnati venue, or a Cincinnati bakery for a Dayton one -- adds a delivery line and a delivery window; ask the bakery how many hours before the ceremony they will arrive, and ask whether the venue has cold storage if they arrive earlier than that.

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