I just heard from the woman I was talking about in my post earlier today and she wants me to do the cake! Of course I have to come up with a design and a price...depending on that she still may or may not order. I'm still excited, though!
Here are the details:
Man's 50th bday/Over the Hill theme
He's into ice fishing
Wants the cake for about 35 (there will be about 50 people there but she is anticipating not everyone eating cake)
She mentioned something about thinking it would be funny if there was a fat/bald guy somewhere on the cake.
What size would I need? Any design ideas? Price? (keep in mind this is my FIRST paid cake!!! I just finished Wilton 1.)
Thanks!
I run my cakes big, hoping they'll eat big slices they like it so much - LOL. So I'm probably not the best to ask on that.
As for a design idea - if you're comfortable drawing designs, maybe having a bald, fat guy fishing & catching a number 50 on his hook?
Just a thought for you.
As for price, I run cheap as well. Charge what you feel comfortable asking. If it's something you want to pursue, then consider it building your business & getting paid to gain experience (that's my approach).
I'm also a newbie - I just finished Wilton 3 last fall. That means I don't always have what I'd consider to be a "professional" look to my cakes yet. They're cute and tasty, but not as "clean" in the details as I'd like. The best cakes I've done have been after I did a practice cake first - but that takes time & $$.
Congratulations on your first order & post what you did for us to enjoy!
"High Five" to ya and your 1st order!!!! This is just the beginning!!
silvercat...I was thinking about a FBCT, but I haven't been able to find any pictures that would be suitable. Know where I can look?
As far as size...I check out earlenescakes.com and according to that a 9x13 will serve 40. (is that with a double layer?) Are those decent sized pieces? Or should I do an 8 inch round on a 10 inch round? (I don't have a 1/4 sheet pan...what size would that equal?)
Usually at a function where someone is cutting the cake they are told to cut into 1" squares......so on that note it would feed quite a few!
Here is what I found under one search!
http://images.ask.com/pictures?q=Fishing+Coloring+pages&qsrc=31&o=0&l=dir
I usually say a 12inch round for 30-35 people but that is a really big cake. I wouldn't go under 10 inch. Good luck!! By the way, I can't imagine a 9x13 feeding 40 people! I usually say it feeds 20 max!! :O)
If you're into fondant at all, I think it would almost be easier to do a roly poly man sitting off the edge of the cake (or on a little cupcake or smaller size round in the center of the cake) with a skewer/lollipop stick for a fishing pole. You could give him some ear muffs since its cold :O)
I know this isn't right, but in my mind a 9x13 for our "family parties" serves 12-15! 
LOL! 20 at the very max!!! 
Of course they LOVE cake!!! I love Elvis's idea if you feel comfortable working with fondant. It's kind of fun, like play doh!! 
If not then I would use the image on the ask link that is on the 2nd page, last image on the left at the bottom of the page and just modify it for the fbct. GL!
Here's a goofy idea . . . it's all that came to mind when you talked about design - it takes M1resnick's idea one step further. What if you had a blue iced cake (for water) and on the top of it, lay a piece of MMF or fondant with a hole cut out of the middle. You could have a fat, bald man sitting by the hole with his fishing pole. On the sides of the cake, you could have the years of his youth sinking to the bottom (a "20", "25", "30", "35" , "40", "45") and then right up there toward the top could be the "50" floating up toward his hook. You could also put a bunch of random fish swimming around, too, to fill the space on the sides.
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