The Reception & Open House

Served two 13-by-9 white cakes with white buttercream frosting and two 13-by-9 chocolate cakes with chocolate buttercream frosting (a dear friend made the chocolate cakes) for the reception. The invited guests who had replied that they were attending totaled 35. We had one entire white cake and one entire chocolate cake leftover (I cut each cake into 16 pieces). Served UR punch: 1 2-liter &-Up mixed with one bottle Cranraspberry juice served over ice; we made two batches and brought some home. I had another batch of ingredients so we served that at the open house.



For the open house we prepared 24 lbs. of meatballs and 5 double batches of sauce (1 batch = 16 oz. grape jelly & 1 bottle chili sauce), two #10 cans of nacho cheese sauce, 5 bags of tortilla chips, 3 colossal cookies, 2 batches of the ultimate brownies, 3 batches of scotcheroos and strawberries. We had about 6 lbs. of meatballs leftover and 1 double batch of sauce, two #10 cans of nacho cheese plus ¾ of another one, 10 bags of tortilla chips, 2 entire cookie cakes, about an entire large pan of brownies, 1 entire batch of scotcheroos with a few others and a large bowl of strawberries. I made 5 gallons of sweet tea and 5 gallons of lemonade, most of which we poured out. We had served about 85 guests and had planned as if 100 were coming plus extra just in case.