So, i've been looking around the internet and I'm not finding any type of blog or even a website. All of the websites and advice places out there are "what to ask" your baker.
Well, I often get some rude questions from friends and family...and once in a while customers...when it should be something they SHOULD NOT ask! LOL
I'll start with the one I had from last night. Now, this comes from my step-mom whom i know HATES fondant. i'm bringing a cake to a holiday gathering this weekend and she asks me in a text:
with buttercream frosting?
and she thought there was NOTHING wrong with asking that :p
ok...YOU GO 
Mine is....."Can you not make the icing so sweet!! "
such idiots....
I had a lady ask me if I could do fondant- are you ready for this- she searched the web and found it doesn't take as much frosting if you do fondant so wouldn't that lower the price of her wedding cake?
How about asking for your recipes! Umm... No, I don't share my recipes. Like I can walk into a restaurant and ask for their recipes? "Umm, excuse me McDonald's but can you give me the recipe for a Big Mac so that I can make it myself and not spend any money on your product. That would be great!" LOL
What about..............'I can wait to taste your cake again. My son will be one soon, can I order your raspberry cake, you know, the one with the raspberry brandy in it". Ummmmmmmmmmm????????? Liquor in a one year olds birthday cake???? What were they thinking? Or I just want a small wedding cake, just for the two of us to cut............soooooooo, that won't cost much, right? (Just so you know, I don't do wedding cakes for two people). Grrrrr. Or the best one. Can I get my wedding cake from you just before the ceremony to save on a delivery fee? Sure, but it's August (hotter than an oven out) and I need to have you sign a statement releasing me from any damage after it leaves my hands. Look of shock on brides face as she rethinks the delivery fee and her schedule on that day.
True story - A sweet young thing was wanting to break into the cake biz. She called me.
Her - "Can I come work for you and have you teach me everything about the wedding cake business? I want to open a shop."
Me - So where are you planning on opening your shop?"
Her - "Right here in (same city)"
Me - "So you want me to teach you everything I know so that you can be my competition?"
Her "Yes!"
Me - "Uh . . . NO."
So don't ask if you can come work for me. If I'm hiring I'll call you.
I had a lady ask me if I could do fondant- are you ready for this- she searched the web and found it doesn't take as much frosting if you do fondant so wouldn't that lower the price of her wedding cake?
seriously! this reminds me of that insurance commercial where the girl comes out to talk to the guy about him mapping his accident and she is talking about everything she's heard from the "internet" including her meet up of a "french" guy that is totally disgusting! HA HA! jokes on her!
How about asking for your recipes! Umm... No, I don't share my recipes. Like I can walk into a restaurant and ask for their recipes? "Umm, excuse me McDonald's but can you give me the recipe for a Big Mac so that I can make it myself and not spend any money on your product. That would be great!" LOL
what happened to people having filters for their thoughts...OR COMMON SENSE!?
I need to make a book 
What about..............'I can wait to taste your cake again. My son will be one soon, can I order your raspberry cake, you know, the one with the raspberry brandy in it". Ummmmmmmmmmm????????? Liquor in a one year olds birthday cake???? What were they thinking? Or I just want a small wedding cake, just for the two of us to cut............soooooooo, that won't cost much, right? (Just so you know, I don't do wedding cakes for two people). Grrrrr. Or the best one. Can I get my wedding cake from you just before the ceremony to save on a delivery fee? Sure, but it's August (hotter than an oven out) and I need to have you sign a statement releasing me from any damage after it leaves my hands. Look of shock on brides face as she rethinks the delivery fee and her schedule on that day.
ok...all of these the people were just NOT THINKING! i think our customers NEED a "what not to ask/say book" ;)
cute idea for a post.
Mine was just last week about a carrot cake:
"Is it moist? Is it any good?"
Umm, no, it's as dry as styrofoam and it totally sucks. That's why I'm in business.
And the word moist always kinda creeps me out, I don't know why.
asking about taste and texture is always hilarious to me. I seriously think people don't know what good cake is and when they ask these sorts of questions they would really be saying : I don't have any faith or trust in your work because I don't know what good cake is and i'm trying to pull one over on you LOL
moist doesn't bother me
so my other contribution led me to take some time off from caking. :(
through email someone wanted a pretty extensive cake for a baby shower, provided a expert picture and all. I quoted my price and of course she went down to simpler. After getting down to simpler I gave her my price and she replies with "Well, I would really like to stick between $80-$90". when I wrote her back I said "this pricing is based on servings no matter what the design and it will be $100"...she response with "If we could stick between $80-90 dollars that would be great!" I wasn't budging and she wrote me the next day that she had found someone else! GOOD RIDDANCE!
My mother in law also doesn't like fondant so for the holidays she away says. "Bring a cake with your yummy buttercream frosting not that other gross stuff" meaning fondant as the gross stuff
YUP! that is what my step mother was implying as well. they see nothing wrong with it :( hurts my feelings
AOh I can't forget the one I did this summer where I had sucker wrote all over my head. This lady had heard from my neighbor that I make yummy cakes so I go to her house we talk about the cake and she couldnt or didn't know how many people would show for her daughter's 16th birthday party so she said anywhere from 20 to 60 people than gave me a huge sob storty that she really can't afford much and how she had done a lot of shopping around already for a cake and how disappointed she was that Wal-Mart wouldn't make her a specialty cake than came the hurting words "it's just cake not like its a big deal to make one" yes she proceeded to place a order with me getting a specialty cake and cupcakes for a dirt cheap price
Now, this comes from my step-mom whom i know HATES fondant. i'm bringing a cake to a holiday gathering this weekend and she asks me in a text:
with buttercream frosting?
I would have texted back, what flavour would she like?
My mother-in-law asked such questions over the phone with a gentle wistful tone of voice, and I always felt that she was being reasonable. Her son-in-law was infamous in her family of very good cooks for only eating 10 foods, so the question made some sense. I have also been asked a similar question by dinner guests who have a violent nut or seafood allergy, and again they ask calmly and I reassure them that I remember their special needs.
On the other hand, "can I get this cake cheaper" gets me flaming mad.
Ditto for "you didn't really need that cake book back, did you?" when my copy of Lambeth disappeared into the ether of friends-of -friends...
F...u....n...n...y... post!
My first 2 tier cake was going in my car and a neighbor came by and "ooooh'd and aaaah'd" and said, "You should sell these! You could get lots of money!"
Yeah.......right...... That hobby cake only took about 30 hours.
Thank Goodness I only do this for fun. I might poke somebody's eye out if I had paying customers.
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By the way, no need to use "moist" when describing your cakes. Here are some possible synonyms:
damp - wet - humid - dank - soggy - dewy - watery
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
lol.. this is what happened a few weeks ago.
Customer: I need a 2-3 Tier Wedding Cake
Me: So will that be a 2 Tier or 3 Tier Cake?
Customer: hmmm....3 Tier
Me: Ok, so can you advise me of the Bride & Grooms Colour Theme
Customer: The Groom is Black and his Bride is White!!!
lol.. this is what happened a few weeks ago.
Customer: I need a 2-3 Tier Wedding Cake
Me: So will that be a 2 Tier or 3 Tier Cake?
Customer: hmmm....3 Tier
Me: Ok, so can you advise me of the Bride & Grooms Colour Theme
Customer: The Groom is Black and his Bride is White!!!
OMG!!! LMAO! YOU JUST MADE MY NIGHT!
F...u....n...n...y... post!
My first 2 tier cake was going in my car and a neighbor came by and "ooooh'd and aaaah'd" and said, "You should sell these! You could get lots of money!"
Yeah.......right...... That hobby cake only took about 30 hours.
Thank Goodness I only do this for fun. I might poke somebody's eye out if I had paying customers.
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By the way, no need to use "moist" when describing your cakes. Here are some possible synonyms:
damp - wet - humid - dank - soggy - dewy - watery
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
nice synonyms! ;)
i don't get why people started with the whole "you should sell these" line. they don't have a business, they have no idea what they entail. why can't they ask "would a business work for you?" or something nicer...oh wait, people aren't nice :/ lol
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