Bbq Grill/ Sundress And Sandale Cake? Advice Needed Please
Decorating By SugarExplosion Updated 23 Mar 2013 , 9:21pm by SugarExplosion
Hi Everyone!
Okay.. I have three cakes coming up and I'm at a lost because the client wants them done in butter cream. Some Fondant is OK but she prefer butter cream. The clients wants all three done a sheet cakes but gave me to be creative leeway. However, I get the impress from our conversation that she whats a craved cake for all three but I'm not sure. SO I was thinking:
1. Sundress and Sandal cake: I was thinking of carving the shapes out of the cake but I'm worried about wasting too much cake. I could just put a Fondant dress/ sandal and texture them on the the cake. OR I could stencil the image on the cake them use butter cream to decorate the image. Any suggestions. We haven't discussed price I told her I needed to price my materials.
2. BBQ GRILL Cake: I NEED HELP. It's a sheet cake as well. I was thinking on pipping with a bold tip a BBQ pit with a piece of meat and flares. How does that sound?
Now I only need to find pictures. :(
Also, I have no idea how I would price these cake. I KNOW I have been under pricing my stuff so I need to get better at that too.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks
Dee Dee
Hi Everyone!
Okay.. I have three cakes coming up and I'm at a lost because the client wants them done in butter cream. Some Fondant is OK but she prefer butter cream. The clients wants all three done a sheet cakes but gave me to be creative leeway. However, I get the impress from our conversation that she whats a craved cake for all three but I'm not sure. SO I was thinking:
1. Sundress and Sandal cake: I was thinking of carving the shapes out of the cake but I'm worried about wasting too much cake. I could just put a Fondant dress/ sandal and texture them on the the cake. OR I could stencil the image on the cake them use butter cream to decorate the image. Any suggestions. We haven't discussed price I told her I needed to price my materials.
2. BBQ GRILL Cake: I NEED HELP. It's a sheet cake as well. I was thinking on pipping with a bold tip a BBQ pit with a piece of meat and flares. How does that sound?
Now I only need to find pictures. :(
Also, I have no idea how I would price these cake. I KNOW I have been under pricing my stuff so I need to get better at that too.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks
Dee Dee
#1 i vote for fondant cut out dress and sandal--because you can have them made in advance and just waiting for the cake to get done--you can decorate those with some buttercream and/or fondant too--some flowers on the dress and
#2 hmmm--often the bar b q cakes i see are round--once you do a google search for bar-b-q cake pictures you'll see a ton of ideas!
as far as prices go--in our area--i'd do 2-ish to 3-ish a serving for basic sheet cakes--i'd do some online price comparing--look at other area bakers and line up with their pricing--again of course googling for are bakers/cakes
but doing sculptures and fashioning dresses and sandals means up-charging of course
;)
hi K8memphis,
Thanks for your input. I was leaning toward the cut out on the the fist cakes for the sake of time an cost effectiveness. I took ur advice an looked on CC for grill ideas too. Ive seen some great ideas i can use, that has helped. I will however do more price comparison before i tell her a set price.
Thank u again,
DeeDee
oh-- the added cost of fondant
what about a frozen buttercream transfer?
those are pretty straight forward and can give a nice feature to the cake
maybe do a search for it if you haven't done one before
and you think it might work for this project
AK8memphis,
Funny u should mention that, I was looking at that last night when I couldn't sleep. I have never done it before but it seemed pretty straight forward. I was thinking of doing a practice run first.
i bet you would really like it for this project
you can get the plexiglas at lowe's unless you happen to have something already
it's just a couple bucks
it's really easy--and practicing it first is perfect!
the hardest part is finding the pictures you want--and that's not really hard either ;)
Hi Dee Dee,
If your client is really opposed to fondant embellishments you could try stenciling the images on to the sheet cakes with either royal icing or a buttercream that has a stabilizer in it (for firmness and a crust). There are lots of stencils available for purchase, but making your own stencils is pretty easily done. All you need is a stencil cutting tool (also used for woodburning and other types of crafts) and stenciling sheets. These are found in most craft stores for around $20. I often find traceable images on the internet and use them to make my own stencils.
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i bet you would really like it for this project
you can get the plexiglas at lowe's unless you happen to have something already
it's just a couple bucks
it's really easy--and practicing it first is perfect!
the hardest part is finding the pictures you want--and that's not really hard either ;)
K8memphis, this may sound very elementary to u but what is the plexiglass for? I guess need to get on You Tub and look up videos.
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[SIZE=14px]Hi Dee Dee,[/SIZE] [SIZE=14px]If your client is really opposed to fondant embellishments you could try stenciling the images on to the sheet cakes with either royal icing or a buttercream that has a stabilizer in it (for firmness and a crust). There are lots of stencils available for purchase, but making your own stencils is pretty easily done. All you need is a stencil cutting tool (also used for woodburning and other types of crafts) and stenciling sheets. These are found in most craft stores for around $20. I often find traceable images on the internet and use them to make my own stencils.[/SIZE]
Robinmakescakes,
I have never stenciled before. But yes, she doesn't care for fondant, however, she loved butter cream. Once again You Tub will have to be my teacher. I'm just happy I have time to play around with different methods b4 I need to make the cake. Thank you for the suggestion.
DeeDee
i watched this one and it's a good tutorial on it
i mean you could use a piece of glass out of a picture frame too for a no additional cost method
there's a ton of others too
you can 'see' your picture before you freeze it through the plexiglas or glass ;)
and you can add more detail after you apply it to the cake
AK8memphis,
Great!! The tutorial was very straight forward and easy to follow. Thank u!
DeeDee
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