Posts by MJbakes

My brother in law asked me to make a cake for his wife's sister who's allergic to raw eggs. The recipe for royal icing I use has egg whites in it but he doesnt like the taste of fondant, and she likes the look of RI roses. Is there...

I don't, the majority of my recipes come from my grandmother and my great grandmother. When I decided to open a small home bakery (just like my grandmother but she does dainties, and cookies) she told I could use her recipes as long as...

My single layers are 2" high. If I tort them i get 2 1" layers of cake and some filling. Thanks everyone for clearing this up me, and that chart is pretty cool to I added it to my faves in case a client wants a more generous serving.

Pricing is something that no one can really help you with. As a newbie hear I've learned that slowly. You have to figure out your cost, your overhead, your profit and your payroll. If your not sure, do what I did, I called around to...

I don't know how I would make my cakes without my A/C . It's a definite life/cake saver!

Quote:Originally Posted by CWR41No. It's only one layer, not two. It serves 50% less. The double-layer cake is based on 1x2x4" servings.Thank you for the answer. so since a double indicated 45. a single would be about 22 servings, so...

Yes, I tend to stay away from the Wedding serving chart since I haven't done any wedding cakes yet. Right now I'm only doing party cakes so I base it on the 1.5"x2" serving. I'm just trying to understand it, on the Wilton serving guide...

Quote:Originally Posted by MJbakesOkay so if I were to do a 1/4 slab(no filling) vs. a 1/4 sheet (torted) vs. a 1/4 double sheet it would still serve the same amount of people whether its 2" high or 4" high? I would just discuss with a...

Okay so if I were to do a 1/4 slab(no filling) vs. a 1/4 sheet (torted) vs. a 1/4 double sheet it would still serve the same amount of people whether its 2" high or 4" high? I would just discuss with a client how big of a serving size...

I've been doing alot of reading about sheet cakes, kitchen cakes, slab cakes...whatever you call them. What's the difference? I know so one said a "sheet" is just a single layer of cake, a kitchen cake is a 2 layer sheet. And a slab? I'm...