Posts by cai0311

Well, discount or no discount you need to discuss pricing BEFORE you accept the order.  She is a client so she should be treated like any other client and have all the information needed to decide if she wants to place an order up...

A couple each year.

I would fill the pans for the cake to be 2" tall because when you trim the top off, the cake is now less than 2" tall.

Another thing, my cake is my cake.  Take it or leave it.  I won't change my recipes for someone.  If she wants someone with a different texture of cake, then she can book with someone else.  If you agree to change...

I use bubbe tea straws for all my cakes with 2 wooden dowels all the way down the cake (offset from the center).   If you really want to use the SPS system I would stack the 8" and 6".  Then stick bubble tea straws (3) in...

I suggest looking into purchasing Cake Boss software.  The program is easy to use, the customer service is great and it will really help you learn the "true" cost of a cake.  Once you know the true cost of a cake then you can...

A tiered cake has to have a support system.  I use bubble tea straws in each tier and 2 wooden dowels with a sharpened end hammered (literally) through the entire cake.   For the bubble tea straws I use 2 less than the...

SPS is Single Plate Seperator   I use bubble tea straws for all my cakes (including the 5 tier cake in my pictures).  I then hammer (literally) 2 wooden dowels with a sharpened end through the entire cake.  I offset...

The Wilton wedding chart is for a 2 layer cake, but each layer is 2" tall.  So the total height would be 4" tall - which is the standard height for a wedding cake.  It doesn't matter if you have 2 layers of cake with 1 layer...

I make sure my dishwasher is empty before I start a cake project.  That way when I am finished with a bowl or spatula...it goes directly in the dishwasher.  The things that I wash by I do while the cake is in the oven or...