Highway Robbery

Decorating By sunlover00 Updated 25 Jan 2006 , 8:38pm by JennT

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sunlover00 Posted 24 Jan 2006 , 11:13pm
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Check this out!
I got a Mrs. Field's catalog in the mail and saw these cute cakes for sale. They serve 8-10 (chocolate) and 4-6 (white).

HOWEVER>......check out the prices!!!!!!

If you can't make it out, the chocolate one is $84.99 and the white is $79.99! icon_eek.gificon_surprised.gif

What insane person would pay that much for such a tiny little cake!??? Any one of us could make these cakes with our eyes closed!

And it says that the chocolate one has white chocolate truffle cream, but it looks all chocolate to me.

wow - this Sam Godfrey must be like....Elvis or something....

**Moderator edited to remove catalog scans.**

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IHATEFONDANT Posted 24 Jan 2006 , 11:24pm
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Brother..what a rip off...

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Zamode Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 1:03am
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Plus shipping, don't forget!

Btw, Mrs. Fields cookies are thumbsdown.gif , not sure why they are so popular....

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lotsoftots Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 1:13am
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So that's about $10 per serving. I knew I was undercharging.

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Cakepro Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 2:18am
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Hahaha, can someone point out what mistake the food stylist made in the picture of the chocolate cake? icon_biggrin.gif

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Alien_Sunset Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 2:22am
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Besides that fact that the label says white chocolate gift wrap, and it's obviously normal chocolate? icon_lol.gif

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adven68 Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 3:41am
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This is Sam Godfrey's web page....it is not ready yet but it has an extremely fast moving slideshow of cakes that made me dizzy.

http://www.perfectendings.com/flash/index.html

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ellepal Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 3:49am
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I just wonder how many preservatives are in this 80.00 cake to keep it fresh from baking to shipping. Cute heart cake, but it is a no-brainer for us!!

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Zamode Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 4:17am
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Originally Posted by adven68

it has an extremely fast moving slideshow of cakes that made me dizzy.




icon_lol.gif How about it! He is looking for help, anyone in the Napa area? icon_razz.gif

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Euphoriabakery Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 4:20am
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The slide show slows down if you put your mouse over the pictures.

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Cakepro Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 5:09am
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Besides that fact that the label says white chocolate gift wrap, and it's obviously normal chocolate? icon_lol.gif




That's an excellent point, but nope....

Look closely at the chocolate picture....you'll see it. icon_smile.gif

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JennT Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 5:44am
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Originally Posted by Cakepro

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Originally Posted by Alien_Sunset

Besides that fact that the label says white chocolate gift wrap, and it's obviously normal chocolate? icon_lol.gif



That's an excellent point, but nope....

Look closely at the chocolate picture....you'll see it. icon_smile.gif




Is is that there's no icing on the piece of cake that's on the fork?? icon_confused.gif Only the filling?

*edited to add: Or that there's a crumb on the plate?

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Cakepro Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 6:01am
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Well, how nice...a moderator felt it necessary to remove the scanned page out of a publicly distributed catalog.

The deal was that the chocolate cake was cut and a piece of it was served on the plate, yet the food stylist had placed a band of the red fondant ribbon down the cut side of the cake...whereas the band should not have been there because it was on the cut piece of cake! LOL

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JennT Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 6:10am
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Here's a link, if that's ok...since it's already out there on the web?

http://www.mrsfields.com/Catalog_Mrs_Fields_Gifts_Cookies_Gift_Catalog_Mail_Order_Cookies/valentine_2006-online_catalog/11

But I'm not sure if that's the same picture that sunlover had posted...is it different, or is it just me? lol I know it's the same cake, but....

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Cakepro Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 2:46pm
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It looks to be the same picture but is a better image...and I was wrong! In the scanned image, it looked like the chocolate cake was cut on one side...in your link, it's clearly not cut. icon_rolleyes.gif

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kellyh57 Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 4:29pm
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Well, on the web, the ribbon is going vertically on the cake, but the slice of cake has a strip of red on it which makes it appear that they cut the cake wacky or the red ribbon is going horizontally on the cake. And what's with the crease on the slice???

I know, I'm being picky, but come on, most CC people could do better and I doubt they have a staff to pretty up their pictures nor charge even half that price!

Kelly

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Cakeman66 Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 7:35pm
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Well, how nice...a moderator felt it necessary to remove the scanned page out of a publicly distributed catalog.
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Probably because the catalog is copywrited material.

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MrsMissey Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 8:20pm
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Well, how nice...a moderator felt it necessary to remove the scanned page out of a publicly distributed catalog.




"..... there can be no posting of scanned pages from books or magazines. Those are strictly copyrighted and CakeCentral can get in huge trouble."

The above is a quote from Jackie!! thumbs_up.gif

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JennT Posted 25 Jan 2006 , 8:38pm
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Makes sense... icon_smile.gif

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