Hi everyone, I am new here but I just want to thank you for this post. I am making a 2 tiered round graduation cake soon and I have no idea on how to cut it. I had initially watched the video you mentioned and was floored as well that someone would really throw out all of that cake! The info in this thread, specifically the link to cateritsimple is a great resource!

 Thanks!

Claudette

AMy neighbors moved and left their poor kitty cat to fend for himself. I feed him, but he has to be an outdoor kitty since I make cakes. Those jerks actually planned it - about the time their for sale sign went up, I noticed he wasn't wearing his collar any more. :(

Anyway, all that detail is irrelevant... All I really wanted to say is that anybody and their cat can make a video.

Oh my gawd, this again?! Ha ha ha! Stupidest thing I've seen done to a cake in a looooooong time.

i would shoot my effing caterer

AI missed it first time around. Kinda funny :)

If my cat knows the right people, it has a much greater chance of getting to make that video and connecting with high end customers. Something about this makes me wonder if that isn't at play here.

AOk, I get it now.... on her website it says her cakes are for "yummy people" and that she is "redefining the realm of cakes". There are some gorgeous ones, no question about that.

I just read her FAQ page.  Her cakes costs $9 to $18 per serving (and $300 minimum).  While appreciate art, there is no way I would want her to throw away 1/3 of the cake while slicing.  I fear I would turn into the father from Everybody Hates Chris - "you just threw away $100 worth of cake.  Stop!"

I don't like fondant but yeah my body couldn't take throwing away so much perfectly good cake.

i haven't read the whole thread and i'm sure this has been said before -- but y'know how we toss salt over our shoulder if we spill some or whatever that custom is--well to me it's like the caterer tossing a few lobsters or steaks or cordon bleu chicken breasts over his shoulder for no reason at all -- it's not up to them to purposely waste those costly portions of any of the food--not the cake not the meat not anything--'discard?

just cut it and serve it--that video should be removed imo --

i expect the servers to get fed cake if there's enough--it's not justified in any way shape or form to designate part of it as 'disposable' so servers can eat it --no way --

omg i really can't believed that-- are we being punked

She said "with all this waste, don't be surprised if you catch your caterer and his crew nibbling on it when you enter the kitchen".  Blasphemy!!!!!!!!!!

AI knew she had replied to me somewhere, just couldn't remember where. Here it is:

[URL]https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=434478549962451&id=121859154205[/URL]

Take out the m after the // and replace it with www, in case that link doesn't work. I'm always on my phone and forget any links I post will be mobile.

APretty snarky reply if you ask me. I read that as "go ahead and hack it up then, who cares if it looks nice"....lol. Geez guys, we're doing it all wrong! We've been denying our customers the most important part of the whole experience, the way it looks on the plate! I'm pretty obsessive about the way my cake looks, but even [B]that[/B] is just too ridiculous for me.

AUgh, I'm mad all over again. That's just ridiculous. "Part of why wedding cakes are so expensive". Lady....get a grip. Attitudes like that are exactly why we have to fight to earn trust with some people.

Even though the original post was from a year ago I couldn't help myself and just added another "like" to your post so it's up to 19 now.  I wonder how many "likers" came from this forum?

“”If you go in the back you’ll probably find your caterers feasting on your cake……….

That’s part of why wedding cakes are so expensive as well as there’s some waste involved.””

I watched the video, and that's crazy for sure, throwing away about a third of the cake.  If the cake 'scraps' are good enough for the caterers to 'feast' on, then they are good enough for every one else.

For those worried about the kitty -

It's been at least three years. He's fixed. He gets a rash every spring and looses a patch of fur ...the vet said it was some kind of allergy. He's rather demanding, but otherwise mild mannered and will let other cats eat his food, so he'll meow until I put something else out for him. Last fall he was losing weight, but after deworming, he gained it back.

I live in the south, so winters are mild. If the temp is going to get below 45, I give him access to the garage. If it's in the 30's, I turn on a heater out there for him. I make him a nice place with a blanket in a box near the heater and he uses it.

He doesn't live the pampered life of some kitties, but he does better than many and certainly better than what those awful people left him to.

AZ I liked your FB post too :) It was a very snarky reply from her!! And really - cut it birthday cake style - does she mean into wedges? I've never been to a wedding and had wedges of cake. They're always in nice rectangles and I love getting a piece from the side!! More icing :)

A

:smile:

There are a couple of cats like that around here. One of them comes to our house all the time and tries to get it, but he lives up the street. He prefers to panhandle at my house and another lady's house, though,so he's kind of the neighborhood hobo cat. I instagrammed him yesterday, my account is @acaketoremember if you are so inclined to see his rickety self.

"Thusly" really?

Glad Kitty is ok.