Thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread.
Thanks all for making me laugh out loud on what has been a bit of a grumpy day!
CP xxxx
I got one this morning-
wanting a cake for this weekend (I've been booked for months) and she's throwing me a bone by saying her cousin will be at the party and is getting married next August and maybe she'll like me.
Gee, thanks, I'll run right out gather more ingredients, bake you a custom creation, cancel my other orders for the week, tell my brides I couldn't spend as much time on their cakes because someone's cousin "may" like me for next August.
My favorite is when someone calls to get a cake for a certain Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
I tell them I'm sorry I'm already booked. The response.... Well can I pick it up earlier in the week then?
HUH????
My favorite is when someone calls to get a cake for a certain Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
I tell them I'm sorry I'm already booked. The response.... Well can I pick it up earlier in the week then?
HUH????
omg, I've had that happen!! 
I get a bit annoyed when people email me from my website and ask if I do wedding cakes, baby shower cakes, etc. Really? If you click on the GALLERY tab, you might see some!?!?!
"How much for one of your cakes?"
"I want a cake for 20 people with sugar flowers and 3 human figures. Wow that much? What if it was for only 15 people?"
I get an SMS "Hi. You didn't tell me how much my cake is?" "AAAHH Who are you??" "Oh it's me "insert first name here" I emailed you a picture of a cake I want you to make and you didn't reply" ......... Ya I get 20 emails a day aside from the phone calls, SMS, facebook msgs, etc. I should totally memorise each and every person's first name, what cake they wanted, and their email! How dumb of me not to!
I hate it when clients start taking stuff off the cake to simplify it then after each item they take off they ask "how much will it be now?"
"I have a pen and paper with me. What's your icing recipe please?" <== dedicated to Cakes and Bakes haha
"You order some of your decorating things from abroad right? Can you order some for me the next time you get some?" NO! I'm not a supplier!
"I tried making a ganache but it's just not glossy enough! How do you make yours?" I spent months with trial and error, you tube, books, experiments, and lots of sleepless nights to reach the finalized recipes I use now. You want me to give them to you??? SURE WHY NOT!???
"I know it's short notice ......" Need I even continue???
"I want a graduation cake for about 10 people. Can I swing by to pick it up at 8 pm?" "Today????" "Ya? is that a problem?" "No, but the cake tree in my back yard flies away at night" -_-
"That much for a cake?? Why?" You really wana know why?? Do you have free time to listen to my breakdown?
"I know you said you are fully booked on the weekend of my wedding, but can't you SQUEEZE ME IN??" Ya it's easy to "squeeze in" a 3 tier fondant wedding cake to serve 200 guests on any given weekend!!
"But my cake is very small and simple! Why is it that expensive?" Because you want a carved cake with details that take a week to make and dry up. Order a 20 inch round with a few flowers on top and it WILL be cheaper than the small one you want carved into a pumpkin!
"I want a cake for two people that is shaped like a race car" Carved cakes can not be that small!!! Unless they are from a molded pan which is a set size and set price.
Asking for a carved cake that has special fillings! How you do carve jell-o or pudding?
"I want a cake for my mom's birthday and my budget is $30. Do whatever you can do for that amount" That will cover my trip to the local bakery to buy your mom a birthday tart!
"I want 300 cupcakes, each 5 should be a different flavor, every other one decorated with a different kind of flower, every third one filled with a different filling, and every row using a different icing tip" Ya I love throwing leftover batter in the trash! Especially when I only took only 5 scoopfuls out of it!
"Oh the 300 cupcakes I am picking up tomorrow? Can you change the colors?"
I will post more when I remember them!!!!
Oh oh I forgot my favorite ones!!
"Give me a good price. I have lots of friends and family who love cake!"
"I have an amazing business opportunity for you!!!!! My friend knows a relative who has seen a sign on a shop somewhere looking for a cupcake/cake supplier!! I recommended you!" Ok seriously that IS sweet 
But what bugs me is their reaction when I gracefully refuse the offer :S "What? Why? It's a great way for you to get your name out there and be known" Like I am an alien! Like WTH you are actually REFUSING??? I should get down on my knees and thank the Lord that He sent me a wonderful client that blessed me with the honor of being a supplier for that cafe! I have been in the cake business from home for 3 years now, always fully booked at least a month in advance, having sooooo many return customers, and thank God not needing any more advertisement for myself.
"If I get a good price I will recommend you to my niece who is getting married in a few months" Ok, what if you get the price I quoted, she has your cake, loves it, calls me herself, and orders her cake. I like that scenario better! haha
"Can you send me pictures of you making my cake as you go along?" Yes this really did happen!
I swear I am not a cake snob and I am very nice to my clients who I love very much (especially the return customers who have become friends).
I always remind myself that we must act/sound the same way when ordering something we don't really understand from someone else. Like flowers for instance. I am sure many of us uttered the words "That much for a bunch of flowers in a vase???" That must sound exactly like "It's just cake!" haha
I cringe when a person comes to me for a cake and have no clue what they want. Give me some idea I can go on please.
A lady placed an order with me last weekend while I was delivering a cake and wanted me to take it all down (the details RIGHT THEN) while I was trying to set up. She actually said to me - "This is for 3 cakes - each a different flavor, Ace, King and Queen on each sheet cake spread out like a card game. It should be VERY simple and easy How much???!"
I still get nervous on delivery and set up. I almost hit her but didn't want to go to jail that day.
My little sister is getting married this August and I have agreed to make her wedding cake as their wedding gift. She couldn't decide on the filling she wanted, so she called me and said, "Remember how we were thinking of a cookies and cream filling? Well, how about this...can you take Oreo cookies...separate them and scrape out the filling...crumble up the cookie part and throw it into the cake batter...then take the reserved filling and use that as the filling between the layers?" 
I can just see myself taking apart 5,000 Oreo cookies...right.
Sitting here LOL!!! Really wish there was a like button on CC!!! Would have to be able to be able to click it multiple times or give stars to the posts though! Thanks to all the posters - needed a good belly laugh!
"I called to see what time you're delivering my wedding cake." ....Sure I have your wedding date booked on my calendar, even though when we spoke two years ago, you didnt pay the deposit, we never discussed the design of your cake and you haven't contacted me at all in the last two years since your initial call.
"I know I ordered it for Saturday but we're leaving to drive to my aunt's on Thursday...so I need it before we leave."
"Can you give me a discount since my boyfriend's mother is a friend of your aunt's friend's sister?"
"I don't understand why I can't pay the balance for my daughter's wedding a couple days late."....well ok you can surely do that, as long as it's ok that your daughter's wedding cake will also be of couple days late.
....at 10 pm at night, "Hi, I need a cake for tomorrow and need to pick it up at 7:00 am on my way to work."....ohhhh sure...let me pull a cake outa my butt for you!
I love this thread Makes us all know that we're not alone with rediculous (sp?) requests that we receive!
I once made a birthday cake for my aunt's father. She wanted to "help" me with it because she was very interested in how I made cakes. I had her do some very simple decorations and she mostly just watched the rest of the time. I found out a few days later from my cousin that she told everyone at the party that she had made the whole thing herself!!!
Rachel, I had an ex husband like that!
*I* would contact the bride. *I* would book the appt. *I* would talk to the bride, get the info, buy the supplies, make the cake, load everything up, set up the cake, stay and cut-n-serve the cake, tear down and clean up, unload the vehicle, wash everything and pack it away.
he would carry the storage containers to the basement for me and tell everyone, "WE do weddings!"
What's this "we" sh*t!?
Rachel, I had an ex husband like that!*I* would contact the bride. *I* would book the appt. *I* would talk to the bride, get the info, buy the supplies, make the cake, load everything up, set up the cake, stay and cut-n-serve the cake, tear down and clean up, unload the vehicle, wash everything and pack it away.
he would carry the storage containers to the basement for me and tell everyone, "WE do weddings!"
What's this "we" sh*t!?
Yeah, one time my DH and I were at a store and I was two aisles over listening to him talk to a coworker. When he got to the part where he said "We" sponge painted our bathroom, I started yelling over two aisles "We?, We?". The stinker never picked up a paint brush! He corrected himself toot sweet right then and there. I still have not let him forget that one!
We are still happily married!
At the cake shop I worked at we would get at ton of customers who had no clue as to what they wanted the design to be. I found it fun to help them decide, so that is not obnoxious to me.
I think the one where they ask is your cake good is the one. What are you supposed to say? I know I will be tempted to dead pan to someone that is absolutely awful and that is why I get so many repeat customers. It will depend on my mood that day. I do have a sick sense of humor! 
HAHAHAHA -
I have noticed (married 20 years) that when something good happens - it's WE. When something bad happens it's - Him, He, Mr., other names that are not appropriate for CC, etc.
Now, my daughter is starting to do it. She did some (
little characters for 5 dozen cupcakes and guess what - WE made these cupcakes for the birthday. Did WE now!!!
Fun stuff - WE are having fun. Cakesmith
my little cake shop LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I just saw this now!!! HA! Yeah we live in the same town and share a lot of the same clients, we both get bamboozled with silly and outrageous requests like that.
One of my pet peeves is when I have clients that think they are the only client I have.
I know only too well Rachel, Debi and Linda. The whole reason I started making cakes is for my daughter (her first birthday was my second cake). And since we have a huge family I would have to make a big cake that I couldn't physically lift so my husband would always be the one to bring the cake out after the candles were lit and he would look at my daughter and say - "Look here at this cake your Daddy made for you!!!!" 
My daughter thought he actually made the cake for the first 5 years of her life. 
When she turned six I just shouted at the husband infront of the whole family at the huge party - Oh yeah? Is it chocolate or vanilla? Of course he guessed wrong and I never had to hear that mess again!!! 
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