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It's worth a try. When I first started in business, we did a wedding expo in January and then my husband suggusted doing the home show that spring at the same convention center.(I thought he was nuts) ...

Many brides come in and ask this, along with when is the cake baked, is it frozen, how long before the reception is it set up, etc. They get this list from bridal magazines or sites like the knot of w ...

I had a cabinet shop make mine. I gave them the dimensions of my Deluxe oven and they made it from really heavy white formica type material. They placed shelves under the stand that I can use for stor ...

This is an old scam, they never change the flavors or what they need written on the cake. If you contact them for payment, they will send you a check for 2-3 thousand dollars, they ask you to send the ...

I print out any emails and place them in a Proposal file. It's easy to grab what you need if they show up to place the order or payment arrives.

Deb,

You're right to wonder about the cakes that you don't see what happens to them, which for me is 99% of them. I had a cake this summer that the bride & her mother spent a lot of time on the des ...

7yyrt,

This hall does 3-5 weddings every weekend, so they alway have plenty of left over cake. I just wish they would make the servings larger for the wedding guests, a lot of cake either gets take ...

I have had this happen also. When the daughter of my husband's boss got married, she had her wedding at a hall I do most of the cakes for. I made the cake much larger than needed and told them to cut ...

I had the same thing happen with a review on the knot last month. Brida totally changed everything about her cake 6 weeks before her date - design, flavor, flowers, everything. Thing is, in her review ...

I have always donated either cakes or cupcakes for my son's bake sales at school fundraisers. It's amazing how the same mothers who will order & purchase a cake for $30 for a party will look at the sa ...

KHalstead, I laughed when I read your note about putting a sheet cake on the back seat. I had a couple picked up a sheet cake for their son's birthday on Saturday. While he paid, he said "boy, I hope ...

I had a couple from Cape Cod have me to do their cake, about a 3 hour drive, on Labor Day weekend when every hotel has a 2 night minimum. You have to figure what you would have made with local wedding ...

" I brought two people with me to make sure I got the point across that I wanted a single fade to mimic his bike. When we left your bakery all three of us were under the impression everyone had agreed ...

Most venues in my area have everything in a package, the cake, the flowers, limo, etc. and if you go outside of their vendors, you get a very small credit off your bill, but in the end it ends up cost ...

Pillsbury make a regular mix in 50 lb. bags and then they have their Pillsbury Plus mix, also in 50 lb. bags. If you go to any of the bakery expos Pillsbury has their booth set up with their Plus vs. ...