Need Help With A Collette Peters Cake, Urgh!
Decorating By MissRobin Updated 20 Jan 2009 , 4:57pm by tinygoose
I am in no way taking offense to any of your comments, I do however, know the area I live in and I have issue with people paying me $2.50 a serving, which is what I normally charge,
I understand like stated previously, because I, too, had that problem. You know what works for you and you have to make the ultimate decision in the end. As long as you are comfortable, nothing else matters.
When you do sheet cakes "for the kitchen" how do you present them, on just a regular board or do you get fancy.? Thanks again everyone!
As far as presentation, I always just put my kitchen cakes on a regular board. They're for the kitchen, nobody is really going to see them so there's really no need to go that extra fancy mile to doll them up. Now, if the bride wants to display them with her gorgeous cake (and I'm sure it will be) then you might want to fancy it up a bit since others will be seeing them.[/quote]
Hey, Cake-buddy, here's a happy thought for you. 150 servings and $850 is like $5.67 a serving. 
Tell her to go to Walmart for sheets that you'll be too busy. Or add on more for the sheets.
Just a happy thought for you. $5 a serving is not at all beyond the question for that cake in any part of our country.
Just a thought.
And I wish you were a little closer!
I'd come wash your dishes and bring you iced tea while you made it.
And I wish you were a little closer!
I'd come wash your dishes and bring you iced tea while you made it
I wish you were closer also, that would be awesome!!!! I am feeling a little better about the whole thing, but I am still laying awake at night worrying about pullling this one off!!!
Y'now what? Once I got cash in hand I would bake that puppy up and get it sculpted and crumb coated and in the freezer. Got too much in the freezer? Me, bad as I am, I would ditch it for the greater good. But I could give it to my kid too.
I mean no parking the cake by the smoked salmon or anything. 
But many's the time I ditched stuff out of the frige so I could hide my cake in there from my hyperactive boy and so it would be chilled for delivery.
Being it's for the 19th is nice because that gives you two weekends. But she's got to finally decide like yesterday.
I would definitley advise her go to Wal Mart for the sheets.
But once you get all of the money up front--I'd so bake that off and get it in the freezer, sculpted and awaiting the fondant. You'll feel so much better.
I'd call her and if it goes to message, I'd not leave one so I could be sure to be able to ring a couple more times without being an idiot. Then I'd leave a message if I had to. I'd advise that I have to have her decision and the cash or I could not do it any later than right now.
One other thing is I would not do any other recipes than the ones I am familiar with. There's too much at stake and it's too late in time to diddle with new stuff. Just say no to gluten free pomegranate cake with green tea vegan icing. Stuff like that.
I know you can do it. I hope she comes through for you.
Hi Missrobin!
I was just thinking about this cake, and was wondering if anything came of it. Did you get the order?
You did a FABULOUS job! Given the short notice and the difficulty of the cake, I'm not sure how many of us would have been able to pull this off, but you did an outstanding job! And your beer can cake looks great, too!
My hat's off to ya, gal!
Wonderful job on the cake! It is really beautiful.
Yes, you definitely underbid yourself!
Holy cow! Oh my gosh, it is just amazing. How long did it take?
You did a wonderful job!!!
Holy cow! Oh my gosh, it is just amazing. How long did it take?
You did a wonderful job!!!
Thank you very much!! The date it was due was actually the 17th, she made a mistake when she first asked, I literally worked on it from the baking to decorating, all last week. I did something every night regarding the cakes. Friday, I started decorating the wedding cake, during naptime,( I have a daycare), about 2 hrs. and got the bottom row of ruffles on. Then I started about 5:30 that afternoon and worked till 11p.m. and only stopped then because I was interrupted by my neighbors inviting themselves over, that's another story. Got up at 5:am and finished all the cakes about 3p.m. delivered at 4:30. Haven't heard a word from her since, so I hope she liked them!
OK, you do this and have a daycare? You must be super woman.
I am sure she loved it-she would be crazy not to. Great job-I'm so glad it went well. I'm sure that cake would have given me a touch time!
incredible!
You did a fantastic job on this one!
I'm curious what sizes you actualli used and if this one had to serve 300 or did you do some sheetcakes too?
If this girll is not sending you a big big big thank you she is realy ungratefull.
WOW the cake looks so good! Just went into my fav's! I dont think I would have attempted something like this yet! All I can say is wow!!!!
I would call her and DEMAND to know what she thought of it! LOL
She has probably taken this request to every bakery and cake artist in a 100 mile radius and they have all quoted $1600-$2500 without the beer can cake wreck (I just think beer cakes are so juvie...I would think twice marrying a man who's life revolves around drinking). She has a short time left and is grasping at straws to get this cake on the cheap, IMHO.
Ummm...Minicuppie, she already made both of the cakes, and did a FABULOUS job at both of them! No cakewrecks here. And no need to rain on her parade.
You probably should have read the whole thread.
incredible!
You did a fantastic job on this one!
I'm curious what sizes you actualli used and if this one had to serve 300 or did you do some sheetcakes too?
If this girll is not sending you a big big big thank you she is realy ungratefull.
I actually made it for 150 and served some sheets along with it. I talked her into that after I sat and contemplated how to make it that big!!!!!
Very impressive. Hope this doesn't count as highjacking the thread... What kind of cake was it? I just had issues with using WASC on a cake where I had to carve/taper the sides, once I put the fondant on the cake started to compress a bit so I'm curious what was strong enough to hold upd under all of that massive amount of fondant.
Robin, that's awesome!! You did great.
What a great cake and the beer can too--brilliant.
I'm very happy for you.
<insert clapping hands wildly smilie face>
NCmomof 3, was your cake cold or frozen? That helps to stop the downward pressure while the fondant kinda sets up a bit.
Sorry...bad mood. The dog just dug up my herb garden then snuck in the door I left cracked open and rolled around on my bed.
Very impressive. Hope this doesn't count as highjacking the thread... What kind of cake was it? I just had issues with using WASC on a cake where I had to carve/taper the sides, once I put the fondant on the cake started to compress a bit so I'm curious what was strong enough to hold upd under all of that massive amount of fondant.
I used WASC, and all in all it worked great, I had one small area in the back where i had a little compression and I covered it up with a ruffle!!!
Very impressive. Hope this doesn't count as highjacking the thread... What kind of cake was it? I just had issues with using WASC on a cake where I had to carve/taper the sides, once I put the fondant on the cake started to compress a bit so I'm curious what was strong enough to hold upd under all of that massive amount of fondant.
I used WASC, and all in all it worked great, I had one small area in the back where i had a little compression and I covered it up with a ruffle!!!
hehe.
Beautiful cake, great job!! So now, knowing how long it took, how great it turned out. What would you charge her for the same wedding cake for 150? Whenever I do a cake, I think about the price, which goes waaay up while I'm in the middle of the stress of it, and sort of comes back down once it's done. Then I settle on a price a day or two later when I'm back in reality.
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