I just looked at Toba's Cake's, OMG, $1,000 for a one layer cake (small).. LOOK BELOW or next reply, you'll see it. thanks
I know she is very good Pastry Chef, but I can't imagine charging that much for one layer cake.. oh well...
Do you guys charge that much for a one layer cake ?

Have a nice week-end everyone..

Here is that one layer $1000 cake

That work takes hours to do it...and to do it that amazingly!!! But she has the name to do that! Let's all hope one day we can do that too!

Actually the cake isn't really that small...it says it serves 40. Thats $25 per serving...sounds about right for Toba's cakes...looks like she has alot of hours into that one. Definitely worth it

Thanks for sharing it with us

flourgrl: looks like you can be charging those prices yourself soon!! Great cakes

Toba can do that. Her work is Awesome. Great detail. I hope to be that great one day.

Oh my! But that is such a beautiful cake! Anyone have her website address? I wanna see!

here you go...she has a gorgeous bride dress cake on the front page...wow!! I love to look at her cakes!! http://www.tobagarrett.com/cakes.html

The wedding dress is in her book. Also, if you ever have any questions regarding anything she emails with a reply.

WOW, it better taste as good as sex.........lol

why do I have no idea who "Toba" is?????? I will have to visit her website, is she like another Colette Peters???

Do you think it tastes like a $25 per serving cake...or just looks like it? Talent, no doubt...but my goodness.

I just admire these people. I think if an artist can ask certain amount for their painings so should some decorators. she has exellent cakes.
i cann't imagine how long it took her to do the embroidery but it is perfect.

Ok, I looked, and they are amazing, time-consuming, breath-taking works of art, but they seem to blur the line between art and food too much for me. Even if I were beyond-wealthy, I'd never spend that much for 20 pieces of cake, no matter what is in it or on it.

Wow.....love the dress cake. All the cakes are amazing! Thanks for sharibg that link Ge

No problem Spottydog ...I'm absolutely in love with that dress cake!!!

I love Toba's cakes & cookies. She has an elegance to everything she does. Her cakes are very artistic & never overdone which is what I absolutely love about them.

Cake_Princess: I agree with you...Toba has earned the right to charge these prices for her cakes. To look at them I think they are worth every penny. It looks like she spends hours & hours on them.

Plus, we are always encouraging each other not to undercharge ourselves...charge for not only ingredients but time spent & to charge according to our market...Toba does all these things & is very successful. We might not be able to pay $1000 for a cake that serves 40, but some people can & isn't that the point in having cakes that reach every market?

Point well spoken Ge. I really LOVE that dress cake. I keep going back to check it out. I am thinking when bordom strikes I would love to attempt something like that. I'll be sure to post...LOL may end up in your thread "worst cakes".

I guess we all have to start somewhere. So let's hear it for Spottydog...... I'll start "sewing" this weekend

Toba also does the Lambeth method - which is SO difficult! She was trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and is a seriously top of the line decorator. I've made some of her cake recipes and yes - her cakes taste 25 dollars a slice. The ingredients she uses are the best, her method is unparallel'd in my opinion and she has taken the time to make her name worht 25 dollars a slice.

I worship the ground that woman walks on!

Rachel

I love Toba, she is just awesome. The first time I saw her was on Emeril live. I ran out and brought her book. Her book is so well written. I love her.

I just happen to have her book sitting right next to me when I was reading this post. I think that the level of difficulty in her designs based on what I've seen in the book could certainly warrant that type of price. Her website really doesn't show the full detail of those cakes. I would suggest getting the book (really inexpensive) just to see why she may charge that much. I get nervous every time I look at the pictures because of the amount of detail. I really admire her and would die just to be able to do what she does. The book also has very detailed instructions, recipes, and general instructions. It was definitely worth every dime!!!

I saw Toba on Emeril's show last year. She does gorgeous work.

But I had a hard time concentrating on what she was doing because I was so distracted by what she was saying...she kept saying FonDAHNT! Color the FonDAHNT this way! Knead the FonDAHNT that way!

Is it just me or does that drive other people crazy?

I need to get a life I guess...

Please forgive my rant

thanks

This is one of my favorite cakes of hers:

http://www.eternalsweetharts.com/cakes/toba.jpg

Rachel

I would love to take the cake decorating class she offers. I took her cookie classes. She has such patience decorating. Even her work in five minutes is beautiful. I guess all those years of doing this pays off. I don't have her book, but went to her site and saw that wedding dress cakes. I think it's beautiful!! Something i hope someday i can do myself.