ADo you really think you can have a viable business out of snow piles?
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Original message sent by frost52
Interesting thoughts Jason. Do you know wherei could find clear plastic boxes that could work for this?
No idea, I would recommend talking to a material science expert. You'd probably have to get something custom made, and given the requirements for keeping the snow from melting and providing enough clarity to actually see the snow cake it would probably cost at least $1000.
Or you could use fake snow: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00122BMB6/?tag=cakecentral-20
For the OP...you asked for opinions, and I tried to be nice about it to begin with, but this is a really bad idea. There's no reason why someone would buy something like this to begin with, and even if you could figure out a way to market it, there's not going to be a cost-effective way to preserve something like this. Ice sculptures, for example, melt fairly quickly, and ice melts a lot slower than snow does. If you tried to do something like this out of snow and sell it it would be a puddle before it got to where it was being delivered.
I'd suggest trying out other ideas. Also, just because your facebook friends say that it's cute and you should sell them doesn't mean that they'll want to pay you for them when the time comes. I doubt that you'd be able to find enough customers to make this worth the time.
AThey are cute. You could buy cake dummies and market them as centerpieces at holiday parties. You could actually use the sand idea as decor ideas for summer Parties or something.
This is not viable as real cake sorry to say. But they are adorable and I think you have something in the decor arena
AWhat about a snow cone machine or an ice shaver for year round cakes?
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I really appreciate some of the comments, however, some of you are making fun of me I can tell and that's not very nice. I don't know what 'gatex niex' or whatever one of you said to call my business but it sounds dirty, and I want to be taken seriously...but still be fun.
Thank you mimifix for your thoughts. I hadn't thought about restaurants...but why couldn't I use poisonous berries if they're pretty? I don't mean to sound stupid, but I don't think anyone is going to eat the snow cake...would they?
Oh yeah we are, cause we know your not real and you're pulling our legs, and were getting a big kick out of it.
MimiFix is so inventive she can probably make money selling frozen water in Alaska.
You can use poisonous berries, but when it's time to eat..... you go first!
.............................(ok OK I'll officially and seriously say that this is wrong on so many levels)
In Alaska some people do eat snow cake. Snow mixed with Crisco or animal fat & berries.
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I don't know what 'gatex niex' or whatever one of you said to call my business but it sounds dirty, and I want to be taken seriously...but still be fun.
Gateaux de neige means "Cake of Snow" in French. It's not dirty... Calm down!
sounds like dirty to me. OP- are you doing naughty x-rated snow cakes? Or just yellow snow cakes?
Either way- you've created a niche market- good for you. I'm sure you're going to be very successful as you're standing out from the other thousands and thousands of cake businesses.
AI don't know if the idea is marketable or not, but if you try it immediately, you might get some birthday cake for Jesus customers if you can come up with some Nativity themed decorations. I think the clientele for that would want a bigger than life size cake, like maybe using a 20 gallon round tub as a mold instead of a regular cake pan, and my yard only has 2 or 3 inches of dog trampled snow. You might need a snow machine.
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Original message sent by frost52
Interesting thoughts Jason. Do you know wherei could find clear plastic boxes that could work for this?
Ever heard of a cakesafe?
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I really appreciate some of the comments, however, some of you are making fun of me I can tell and that's not very nice. I don't know what 'gatex niex' or whatever one of you said to call my business but it sounds dirty, and I want to be taken seriously...but still be fun.
Thank you mimifix for your thoughts. I hadn't thought about restaurants...but why couldn't I use poisonous berries if they're pretty? I don't mean to sound stupid, but I don't think anyone is going to eat the snow cake...would they?
Why? Because people are stupid, or there might be kids around who don't know any better.
Gosh, why on EARTH would anyone want to risk having poisonous berries on a display where there is a chance they may be eaten by someone????
Just swap them out for something either edible, or non-toxic!
AIf; a) your customers are local, and they will have to be for postage/transport reasons (who wants to receive a soggy box of damp holly?!), b) your fresh decorations grow locally
why would people buy them from you if they could easily make these themselves when it snows?
Better to create a media/online sensation making giant crazy snow cakes in your garden... in your house... kids offering each other slices... snowmen sitting down to a snow-made xmas dinner...etc, get people to join in themselves then sell replica fake ones covered in fake snow...
You need to create a market first as currently none exists.
I look forward to seeing your creations soon! Best of luck!
ps 'Gateaux de Neige' just means 'snow cakes' - I think you have (understandable) inner doubts about this idea yourself and are reading negativity into kind suggestions.
AI wasn't making fun of your idea. I was trying to understand how you were planning on marketing them-as edibles or decorations.
Many of the posts demonstrate different perspectives and valid points to consider if you are wanting to turn this into some sort of business.
Public forums are a great place to start, we won't sugar coat it-your friends will.
you will have as much success as your local snowman store
AHere are some ideas for additional products for you... [IMG ALT=""]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3153244/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
I think it's possible to make it work. People pay for ice sculptures. Opryland has a display carved from 2 million pounds of ice. I don't think I'm the person to market it as a business, but I do have friend I would love to prank with a giant Happy Birthday Jesus snow cake in her front yard. I think she'd love it. And as cold as it is here, I think it would stay fresh until Christmas, too. My sister would probably love it, too, but she's in southern California and it would be a puddle in a day or 2.
Honestly, I think this is a dumb idea. And I also think the OP is pulling our legs.
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