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post #16 of 31
9/14/05 at 6:45pm
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Wow! I thought 4 cakes a week would be a lot. You are very encouraging! How many ovens do you have now? Do you have a large commercial mixer?
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post #17 of 31
9/14/05 at 7:08pm
..sometimes I think I am just plain crazy! I just have a double oven and 2 KA mixers (one 4qt and one 6qt). Hoping Santa brings me a 10 or 12 qt mixer for Christmas! thumbs_up.gif
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post #18 of 31
9/14/05 at 7:11pm
I also top out at about 4 cakes/week, I have just started awhile ago so the word is still getting out. But, if I start getting more than that I would really need to get some help with my two girls, one just turned two and the other is nine months. All of you are such an inpiration, just when I start thinking it would be easier to give up, you all keep me going!
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post #19 of 31
9/14/05 at 7:37pm
I am a stay-at-home mom of a 4 yo and a 19 month old. I have done 5 cakes in a one week period, but I swore that I would never do that again unless I felt alot more comfortable than I do now. I have been decorating for about seven months. I had three cakes this past weekend. My 19 month old son somehow reached up onto the table where I had my undecorated cakes wrapped in foil, pushed the foil up one one side of one of them, and then stuck his little fat hand inside the side of my cake. That day I was ready to give up decorating cakes until he gets a little older, because it was very difficult with him running around and sitting in between my legs and the cabinet. Just when I have decided that I'm going to hang it up, I have one more person tell me how much they enjoyed the cake, and it makes me wait one more week. Sorry, didn't mean to ramble. Soon I will post pictures. I am computer illiterate, but my husband has promised to help. I like to identify people with the cakes they have made.
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post #20 of 31
9/14/05 at 7:44pm
I work full time and have 3 girls 7,6,&3 ... the most I have done in a week is 5. The whole week was crazy.
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post #21 of 31
9/14/05 at 8:09pm
MrsMissey,

You bake and decorate all those cakes at home for the restaurant? (Virginia doesn't require you to have a separate kitchen?) Wow! And deliver too? Whoo makes me tired thinking about it too! Not to get too personal but does the restaurant pay you for the number of cakes you provide or do you share the profit of cakes sold? Can you give a little more information about the arrangements? This sounds like a good option for getting started in selling. At least this is one way to find out what sells and what doesn't. Thanks.

Elaine
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post #22 of 31
9/14/05 at 8:41pm
This week I am in the process of make\\ing 2 baby shower cakes and a dozen decorated cookies.
I also work so I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off...lol. icon_surprised.gif
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post #23 of 31
9/15/05 at 3:00am
Forgive me for asking but, because I to am interested in this subject, I must. This is my biggest problem to solve. Do you all have extra freezers or fridges? Were do you store your cakes? When I make A cake, I have to think before I over buy food that week and rearrange my entire fridge. IS your freezer a deep freeze or just regular? Hw much of a difference do that make?

Rose
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post #24 of 31
9/15/05 at 4:43am
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Originally Posted by sweetbaker

MrsMissey,

You bake and decorate all those cakes at home for the restaurant? (Virginia doesn't require you to have a separate kitchen?) Wow! And deliver too? Whoo makes me tired thinking about it too! Not to get too personal but does the restaurant pay you for the number of cakes you provide or do you share the profit of cakes sold? Can you give a little more information about the arrangements? This sounds like a good option for getting started in selling. At least this is one way to find out what sells and what doesn't. Thanks.

Elaine



..yes, I do all those cakes from home and deliver. I have two price lists...a wholesale list for the restaurants and a retail list for everyone else.

Regarding the arrangements....it's pretty casual because we live in a very small town. I call the restaurants on Mondays and they place their orders and I deliver the cakes at the end of the week. If it's an order outside, my DH takes it to work and my customers pick it up there..his company is in the center of town, so it makes it real easy.
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post #25 of 31
9/15/05 at 5:37am
MrsMissey, thanks for the insight. This was very helpful! Elaine
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post #26 of 31
9/26/05 at 7:31am
the most I have ever done in a week are 9! They weren't too complicated though so that is a good thing! It made me a little stressed but it was all good in teh end!
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post #27 of 31
9/26/05 at 10:17am
The most I have done in a week is 6. That was pretty crazy but my goal is to do that many most of the time. I just have to get more organized. Hopefully when I get my cake kitchen built it will run more smoothly because everything I need will be right there and not used for anything else.
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post #28 of 31
9/26/05 at 10:23am
I've done as many as 3 for one weekend. Sometimes I have none. I work full time and my son plays soccer. I make cakes for fun and relaxation icon_lol.gif oh - unless you count the 23 centerpiece cakes and head table cake for one wedding - then 24 cakes for one day. I don't know what I was thinking!

Debbie
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post #29 of 31
9/26/05 at 10:26pm
i will limit myself to 3 a week..... on average its 3-6 a month
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post #30 of 31
9/28/05 at 7:22pm
I work full time and I have three kids at home 15,7,5. My hubby helps out alot. He's my gofer guy. He gets me what I need. I've done 3 cakes in one weekend, but I try to limit myself to 2-3 cakes a week.
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