My first wedding cake was a gift to a young enlisted couple, and was one step short of a disaster. But it turned out well. I prefer grooms cake personally
My first wedding cake was a gift to friends. From that gift I got an order for another one. I would start with friends, then once you are comfortable move onto bridal shows, venues, etc.
Here it is...
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That is a very beautiful first time cake. I really would like to target the wedding market I was thinking of decorating some fake ones for my porfolio but i can't seem to get any dummies. The tricky part is I live in the caribbean so i"ll have to order them which is another expense on my pocket.
I also was asked by a friend to make her wedding cake. I was so nervous I sat on the tray of buttercream flowers that I had made ahead of time and frozen. Word of mouth after that.
I'm in the US, in PA and I have to order EVERYTHING. No good supplier around me (unless someone would like to tell of one that I don't know about!!).
My first cake was a wedding cake. My brother wanted to save money on his wedding, so I offered to give it a try. I had never liked baking, but I like to think that I am creative. I read forums on here and just did it. no $ of course. I like it though, so then I did cool birthday cakes for my kids. other parents saw them and BANG I was getting order. Went official about 6 months later. I'm in the process of scaling to a commercial kitchen now.... I also market for wedding separately!
Bake real cakes if it costs less, esp if you are working on skills. Styrofoam is a lot easier to work with so you don't get any last minute uh-oh's that are so educational.
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