I'll bet this lady will "book you" well in advance for her next event, whether you decide to do this cake now or not. Afterall, she's procrastinated about locking you in.
That's how competetive she is appearing. So I wouldn't be concerned about any future lost business.

Wow, can you imagine doing the future wedding cake for her darling daughter. Yikes!!!

for an "exclusive saturday...2000.00 plus 500.00 PITA tax.

how can she expect you to not do any other orders on the busiest day of the week??? not to mention graduation coming up.

you need no ditch this nut case (no offence to nuts). and make way for the real customers...Good grief....this is one who will be hard to please on top of demanding.

keep us posted..."as the spatula turns"...same time same channel.

Yet another UPDATE!:

Looks like I won't have to break the bad news to her afterall.....she called my friend last night fishing for details about my friends party and she told her she had ordered the cake and was still finishing up with the party stuff, blah, blah, blah......then, dead silence!

The lady asked if she had found a new decorator? My friend acted all innocent and told her no, of course not. I'm getting it from the same lady who does all our cakes. SIL makes some excuse - says she has to go and hangs up.

Meanwhile my friend is doubled over laughing her butt off....she called me this morning to relay the whole story. Sound like the end? NO SUCH THING..... check this out!

Just checked my voicemail and low & behold there is a message from psycho lady (and I quote )

"" Hello. This is (blank). I assume since I haven't heard back you have decided not to accept my generous offer (I kid you not ). I've decided to give my business to my other decorator and I think this has all worked out for the best. I didn't want to say anything but the last cake I had of yours was quite dry......Good luck with your business. I really would not recommend trying to make cakes for money until you work out some problems, however. Real business people return calls in a timely fashion. And dry cakes is unacceptable. Hopefully you will take this for what it is, constructive criticism. And as a businesswoman you MUST learn to take criticism! Ok, well I've said my piece now. No need to phone me back - goodbye now""



Holy freakin' cow....... are there words enough to say what I was thinking??? lol, my biggest complaint is I laughed so hard I had a gut ache for half an hour!

And so, 'as the spoon turns' comes to an end....... can you believe this woman? The only thing I will say is I did delay calling her back because I hadn't decided what to say. Other then that, her whole message was a load of crap. If the cake was dry, why in the name of all that is HOLY would you want to order from me? Let alone be your "private decorator"? rotflmao

Just wanted to give ya'll this update.......

Can't think of anything to say, laughing too hard.

oh my dear lordy!!

That lady is hilarious!!! Like, dude, was she serious?! What on earth was she thinking?!?!

That is too funny!!

OMG......It must have sucked to be her when your friend was telling her that she was getting her cake from you....

Anyhow....we know you can sleep well tonight in the meantime this is eating her up inside.....I just got my satisfaction from the fact that I know she is all pissed off.

AAAAAH Gotta love the Karma Police!!!!!!!!!!

I've been following this thread and I'm in shock. I don't know how you can take it CakeDiva. I'd be boiling if I got a message like that. Probably would have to have a couple of drinks and then call her and tell her where to shove her criticism! And then do a KICK A$$ cake for your friends party and hope she see's what she is missing. What a tool!

I just read all 5 pages of this, laughing. I needed it today. This is just too much! Cakediva, I'm so glad your looking at this with humor! Your my hero, and you so did the right thing!

Of course your cakes arent dry, she is just trying to get to you (which, duh I'm sure you know) because this little chicky didnt get her way.

I'm sure this isnt the end of the situation! Keep us posted..

I'm gonna miss reading this thread!! It's been entertaining as heck! ...unfortunately at your expense CakeDiva! Glad you have a good sense of humor!!

You have gotta be kidding

If your cakes were so dry and you shouldn't be in business then why did she want an exclusive contract and you to make the cake?!?!?! I say let the other decorator deal with her and you make the cake for your friend who will truly appreciate it. You will make a great one of course, but this woman will never see it for how great it is through her green glasses of envy.

I am glad you have had humor through this...you are my hero!

Ummm... wow.

That's all I have to say.

I would make the cake for your friend the MOST gorgeous and over the top thing you have ever created!! What a &^$%^

I'm with foxymomma, make this cake the absolute best cake anyone has ever seen! And offer to deliver it!

That lady only "criticized" your cakes, and you, because she was pissed off that you didn't choose her over your friend! People can be so immature!! And if your cakes were so dry, why was she so adamant you make her cake, then? What a moron!

I have to say, this thread has been most entertaining and I am sad to see it come to an end. However, I am excited to see the cake you make for your friend's daughter!

I'll be checking too (as will a lot of others, I'm sure!) so NO PRESSURE CakeDiva!

That lady is nuts.

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Somewhat O.T. but I am reading a book from the 1880's and was taken aback when I saw that Liar and Slob were considered foul language, lol.......

My (now 83 year old) MIL got really ticked off at my FIL one day when he was telling a story about ".....when she was younger, she ran with these kids from the next town..." Well, she just flew mad!!! Seems in her day, if you described a person as "running with" someone, that meant she was a big floozy!! Couldn't convince her it just meant "was friends with" or "hung out with".

Language that offends is just like table manners, a function of time and geographic location. Try talking to a WWII vet who was in England during the war, my husband's grandpa was there and he talked about offending someone without knowing it.

I think no response at all is perfect.

Sheâs the one who has gotten her pantyhose in a twist. Let her think that not only doesnât it matter to you, but that you donât have the time to bother with her.

Since she obviously thinks she is the biggest fish in the pond, sheâll have a hissyfit thinking you do not consider her worth the effort to respond to her pettiness.

OMG! I can't believe she BEGS you to do a cake, and then says you shouldn't even sell them because they are so bad! Someone did that to me about two months ago-BEGS me to do a cake, and when I don't, tells me that they are s**t!
This post has been too funny. Good for you having a great sense of humor.

wow that's hilarious! I think my aunt did the same thing once...she's also nuts! I wish I could help you but I still don't know how to handle my Aunt. Hope it all works out for you, and I hope you get your space!

What an underhanded, devious, rotten thing to try and do! UGH!!!! I send you cake angels to make this the most amazing tasting, fabulous looking Sweet 16 cake EVER! I hope she turns green with envy!

Bitter....party of 1. This has got to be the funniest thing I have ever heard! That would be awsome to see her face at the party. I hope your friend knows how much she BEGGED for you to do her cake and then when you didn't she told you how dry they were and not very good, just in case she tries to bad mouth you at the party to others there. Good luck, I can't wait to see the cake! By the way, the pouring of the water to see if it's moist enough was hilarious!

Wow...just wow. I'm totally new to all of this. (cake decorating and the site). Does this happen often? I can see by most post it must not, as you all are shocked.
I think I would make the same cake your friend asked for and the do deliver it right in front of the PITA (we named a cat that once LOL).

Definitely a PITA!!! (BTW - Thank you for enlightening me ). I, too, will be waiting for the next episode of As the Cake Turns. You might want to make sure your friend doesn't serve her any of that nasty old dry cake. She may just have to have the bucket of water to wash it down! And I'd make sure she gets it! This is so petty and stupid. Even if she bad-mouths you, anyone who truly knows her won't believe it anyway. Please let us know what happens next on As the Cake Turns.

LadyMike

This is the most incredible thread ever. I can't stop staring and blinking...

I know - they really ought to be serving popcorn with it LOL

Cracking up and wishing for a little more drama as well LOL! So PLEASE post your BEEE-YOU-tiful cake and I wish you could have a picture of the OP face when you deliver it. And it would make it even better if your friend could get a picture of the cake from the OTHER birthday party so you can see how the "other" decorator did.

Good for you for handling it so well!

Can you imagine dealing with this woman through the whole process of doing the cake. You would have a nervous breakdown! She is the type who would NEVER be happy.

I feel bad for your friend. I couldn't handle a SIL like that.

First of all, I just wanted to thank you all for you kind words and support. I think If I hadn't been able to come here and vent, I may have taken after this woman with a hatchet!!!!

Now, onto the good stuff!!

I am invited to the party!!!!

Can you believe it? My friend is having such a hilarious time with this and is so pi$$ed that she is insisting that I not only deliver but stay, lol. She hates her SIL, and I'm sure you can see why!

I am going to be sure it is the best cake I have ever done. And as for dry cake, I don't make dry cake anymore. Maybe a couple of years back, before I knew what I was doing but now I watch those puppies like a hawk and let them cool for 5" before wrapping them in saran so none of the moisture is gone. Besides, my friend is NOT shy. If the cake was dry, she would speak up.

Ok, back to the drama, lol..... SIL calls friend last night to give deets of HER party. She has scheduled it a week later, even though her daughter is older. My friend figures that she will check out everything at the party and be sure to one-up each and every detail...which is cracking my friend up because they are just good ole' folk like me.

The SIL, on the other hand, is LOADED! So it won't be difficult to make her party fancier since she can throw a bunch of money at it! I think the problem is no matter how much "stuff" and "money" the SIL has, no one likes her so she is doing everything she can to be admired.

So she tells my friend, "You will just DIE when you see the cake I ordered for XXXXXX (her daughter). It will be amazing! I hope it doesn't upset XXXXX (the neice) because I know she really loves her cake - hahaha. Oh and we are renting a DJ, blah, blah, blah" and she went on and on for another 20 minutes.

So the BIL's work together and I guess he mentioned the bakery she went to......all this talk of another private decorator and after she found out I was doing the cake, she ran up to the bakery in their town. A regular bakery!! Like she was re-inventing the wheel!

And the funniest thing is she has NO IDEA that her SIL knows the real story, so she goes on and on making a fool of herself for nothing while my friend is stuffing her hand in her mouth to keep from laughing out loud!

Ok, whew! I will post pics and update what happened at the party - thanks again you guys! You're the best!