I'm new to this site - I have been on vacation this week and spent a lot of time in the mornings on the internet and I came across this site and I have really enjoyed reading all the topics. I live in a small town in South Georgia and I bake and decorate cakes -- I am in no way an expert. I tell everyone that I will do my best but I am a self taught decorator and that's all I can offer them. I stay busier than I sometime like because I have a full time job and family this is something I just like to do. I have a couple of questions I would like to have help on.
1. I have seen pictures and cakes where the icing has a shine/glossy look how do you get that look. I use crisco, 4Xsugar, flavoring, water for my icing.
2. I read where someone had a problem with a bride about the wrong flavor of top layer. I have a problem where I delivered a wedding cake about 11am and the groom and bride's mother saw the cake and everything was ok. The florist came and put flowers on the cake and took pictures - everything OK. I got a call about 7pm the cake fell. I was very upset but there was nothing I could do. I feel like after I deliver the cake that is the end of my responsiblity. Does anyone have anything in writing they give to the bride that would specify little things like this. I'm sure there are other items that I'm not thinking of that could be printed and give as a handout that would help us as decorators.
Thanks for letting me vent.
welder
I guess people assume your job as cake decorater doesnt stop until the cake is ate... it's pure stupidity I think that someone would think that they should call you, after you set up the cake and it was fine, until the florist applied the flowers. Is it that hard to believe they could have hit the cake or jolted the cake some how? I have seen that happen... my cousins wedding about 15 years ago the cake fell because the person who put the flower lays on the cake and cake table. I was putting the seating cards on the tables and I seen it happen.... but my cousin went directly to the bakery that made the cake... saying the cake wasnt stable....even after me telling her what happened....the bakery brought the contract when they came to see if the cake could be saved just in case they would need it... seen that it was a result of a sudden movement. They were able to save it enough, so they did offer to "fix" it, but for an additioinal price of 30% of the total cost of the cake... it would cover the deposit that the customer left. Of course they agreed, come to find out the bakery actually had another cake ready to decorate if needed...something they supposedly do for every wedding.... and then if it was needed things changed dramatically.....
So I do believe you should have it in the contract that your responsibilty stops after the cake is set up or whatever.
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