Posts by snarkybaker

And...if the wedding is only 4 weeks away, and you still haven't filled that weekend with orders, this may be your last shot to make ANY money that weekend. A bird in the hand etc...

We charge $75 a figure for 3D fondant figures.

Okay, let me reframe the issue here. You are all making emotional decisions, not good business decisions. My little cake store will hit a million dollars in revenue this year. There are four pastry chefs and myself. So we each make about...

I also said that I would try to work with her @ $1800. And even at $1500, that's a 30 percent margin, which in any business is fantastic

What the bride makes is not material to the discussion at hand. It's entirely a business decision. Cake for 400 from us in fondant with gumpaste flowers is $2600. To me $1500 is a decent amount of money, and I'd probably try to find a...

It tastes much better..not so sweet. To get frosting to crust, you have to put way too much powdered sugar in it.

Oddly enough, there doesn't have to be any butter in a "Butter Cake" It's the ratios of the ingredients that define the cake categories, not the quality of the ingredients. There are crappy, made with all shortening " butter" cakes, and...

WASC is a version of a Butter Cake.A " Pound Cake" is a cake whose primary leavening is the steam from the creamed butter in the cake.A " Butter Cake" is a cake that uses either the creaming or reverse creaming method whose primary...

I have a sole source requirement in my contract. It allows the customer to bring in another cake " by prior agreement". North Carolina has ridiculously low standards for home bakers, and I have a health department inspected, licensed...

We got the same email from the same bride. I responded to her, "Unless you are a celebrity and the cake will be seen on national television, I can't imagine an professional baker taking you up on your offer. Good luck with your wedding...