The bride didn't ask for any type of a refund because they were still able to serve all of the cake except for a 4" tier that fell on the ground........but I gave her the full cost of the tiered cake back, the only thing she wound up paying for was the kitchen cake which I gave to her at half off. I also gave her a 25% off coupon for a future order with me and remade a mini replica of her wedding cake on her one yr. anniversary. She called to use the 25% off coupon for an anniversary cake (the 4" tier was to be the anniversary cake) so I took her order for a simple 6" round cake with no decorations and then surprised her with a miniature replica of her 4 tiered cake. She was so excited.
Honestly, i couldn't have asked for a better bride....she never even let the cake phase her....she kept telling me that if she let a cake falling ruin her wedding than she had no right to be getting married in the first place! She had a wonderful attitude about the whole thing and to this day still laughs about it and has given me a glowing report on the flavor of my cakes and referred a lot of business my way.
So yes, God is definitely good and sometimes people are too!
Awwww I'm so happy, it couldn't have happened to a nicer person! I read your posts all the time and you are always nice and patient even answering the same questions for the umpteeth time. Congratulations!
thanks.........I'll have to admit, I'm still going to be nervous transporting a fully stacked cake, but I gotta try it now!! lol
I'll be sure and report back on how it works and the ease of using it and so forth too. In case any of you cakers out there who charge what you should be charging for your cakes (<---------not me), and can actually afford to buy one of these things.
ok, now I have a dilemma.......just got another call from the cake safe people and now they want me to make them a cake.
6,9,12, and 16 stacked round or square any decor. They're buying it at my regular price and displaying it in the cake safe at the "Art of the Cake" cake show in Middleburg heights, Ohio
YIKES, I'm such a novice. They told me they'd display my business card with the cake as well.
There is going to be cake competition and junk at that show.......I don't want to embarass them with my lack of cake skills. I mean, what's the use of showing someone the cake "made it intact" if the cake looks like cr@p?
So any ideas on decor. They said they'd like the tiers different colors so that it's obvious from a distance that it's 4 tiers. Any ideas?
Follow the link http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-photos-by-KHalstead.html
I thinks them some pretty good looking cakes.
Mike
Well spring is coming even though it doesn't feel like it. I like that little light blue layer you did with brush embroidery flowers. That would stunning in four tiers with a nice boarder of maybe over sized RI roses and leaves around each tier. You are going to have the shlef space for it with those sizes.
http://www.freewebs.com/khalstead/apps/photos/photo?photoid=11475555
Do this one from your website!! It's vibrant and the tiers are different patterns. It'd definately draw the eye to the display! And it's a FANTASTIC cake!
It always amazes me (though I don't know why since we all spend so much time in the same place -ie: CC lol) how much we all think alike!!!!
sadsmile......I was thinking of doing each tier a different shade of blue and doing brushed embroidery flowers on them.........but then they sent me a pic. that another lady did for the cake safe (that they're displaying next to mine) and it's 5 tiers and different shades of blue with swiss dotted pearls on it (beautiful by the way)...so I thought I should go for something different.
So then I thought stripes are always eye catching (like the cake TheDomesticDiva suggested from my website,that I did).........and that's really want you want to go for at an event like that, or at least I think........i saw this cake (pictured below) by karensue I believe and I think I'm in love!!! It's so bright and striking............wonder if these colors are good or if I should do a different color? What do you guys think?
It won't have a topper on it either.
Congratualtions! That's great news and I LOVE your cake that the pp suggested - so pretty 
I love the blue and black cake you found the photo of!! Go for it!! 
I LOVE that blue and black cake, it's very striking.
Well done for winning & good luck!
well, they aren't going to have me make a cake now (but that's ok......I've got a couple pretty big birthday cakes to worry about (hand molded coach purse, cell phone, flip flops, choc. tiara) so I'll be busy enough. We figured if they mailed a check it wouldn't get here in time for me to purchase supplies with the money and I didn't have money to front all the expenses for a cake that large.....so we just decided that I wouldn't make them a cake.
But i still get the cake safe, so I'm still super excited. When I have some free time and tons of fondant I'm still gonna make that blue and black cake I just LOVE it!!
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