have any of you changed your cake recipes since you started selling cakes?
and if so, have your customers noticed and commented?

i'm curious because we all try to improve upon our cakes all of the time and i'm sure that doesn't stop once you start selling. so, what happens if you try a new recipe and decide you want to change the usual recipe you sell to customers? maybe it will get rave reviews from customers and maybe it won't. is it worth the risk? hmmmm....?

any thoughts or experiences with this?

i changed everything about 8 months ago...and it was kinda scarey...cake and icing.

i got a couple complaints....but other than that my business has increased at least 50%.

i think it was alot due to changing from standard bakery icing...to the homemade kind grandma used to make...

The best thing would probably be to test your changes on friends and family first. If they like the change, the customers probably will too.

sun - that definitely makes sense. family members are the best guinnea pigs. LOL

littlecake - thats so interesting that you changed it up and increased your business by 50% !! that's great!

Look at the range of your customers.

I agree testing it out on family and friends first. And if someone has bought cakes from you before tell them that you have changed a few things. And would they like a taste test first. That would be my suggestion. I have sold a few cakes. But still new to this and am still developing my recipes. I do different cakes and use my family for my tasters. So I think it is a constant development.

I ran out of the usual almond extract that I use for my *signature* icing ~ and one of my regular customers noticed it right off. Didn't take me long to get my usual stuff back in the cupboard! The McCormick flavoring was a lot stronger than what I usually used.