I was asked to ship a cake to nyc and I have no idea of where to even begin. Has any one ever shipped a cake before? How is it done and is it very expensive? If it is a two tier do I have to shop the tiers seperate? TIA for the hellp

I have no clue but I'll give you a bump as I'm sure someone on here will be able to help

I haven't done it, but I do ship my candies all over the country. I would definitely package them separately. With the heat, I would ship overnight (that will be pricey) and probably put some ice packs in. I would only ship a fondant cake.

This was in one of our members blogs:

http://www.cakedalaska.com/Caked_Alaska/Mail.html

Here are pictures for how I shipped a cake 900 miles to my best friend in California.

HTH

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