Hey my cake friends, I've been gone from CC for a minute and now I'm back...I missed you you guys.
Please tell my all that I've missed out on...new trends and techniques, new toys and tools (I've seen the silicone onlays by Marvelous Molds they're awesome!) new recipes etc. The site has changed so I'm working my way through slowly trying to catch up; have they added a dessert table section yet. Please share pictures and links for all that I have to catch up on. TIA!
Welcome back :)
Yes, the site has changed and some of it is a great improvement some of it not so much.
I don't think there is a dessert table category but lots of other new stuff..
Yummy, Welcome back! but did you say you've been gone for about a "minute" guess the others didn't catch that. Yes I know things change at lightening speed, rofl...
Ahttp://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/minute
"A minute" is slang for a long time.
ALol, I guess I am cooler than I thought, since I knew that "a minute" meant a long time, in this instance.
ASame old, same old. 1. How much should I charge? 2. Scratch vs box 3. I want to open a cake biz. What are the next steps? 4. How much should I charge? 5. What size pan should I use? 6. How much should I charge? 7. Copyrights surely don't apply to what I want to do. 8. How much should I charge?
Welcome back!
Same old, same old.
1. How much should I charge?
2. Scratch vs box
3. I want to open a cake biz. What are the next steps?
4. How much should I charge?
5. What size pan should I use?
6. How much should I charge?
7. Copyrights surely don't apply to what I want to do.
8. How much should I charge?
Welcome back!
Yep - the old PRICING is every second post these days
Leah, you forgot one Leah
Same old, same old.
1. How much should I charge?
2. Scratch vs box
3. I want to open a cake biz. What are the next steps?
4. How much should I charge?
5. What size pan should I use?
6. How much should I charge?
7. Copyrights surely don't apply to what I want to do.
8. How much should I charge?
Since you brought it up Leah, I have this 3d football cake to do...what should I charge? And does it need supports and if so what kind should I use? hahahaah I crack me up
A(to continue from Shanter) ... Because it's due tomorrow!! I've never baked before in my life and have a four tier wedding cake with a million flowers to do!
ADon't forget :
10. How many people will this cake feed?
11. HELP! What should I charge for this cake ... The customer will be here to pick it up in an hour!
12. Why do the old timers hate newbies?
13. What is a good mark up on bakery items?
14. How can I make this elaborate fondant cake out of buttercream?
15. Advice please! (Even though I am going to do what I want and whine if someone disagrees with me!)
16. What is your best moist recipe for __________?
17. How can I make this cake more moist?
and what irks me the most lately (not only here on CC) but increasingly in the community of new mums embarking on their caking career (because I LOVE it and I can do it at home with the kids, cats, dogs, weezils etc)
"I charge REALISTIC, AFFORDABLE prices.... unlike those cake shops that are charging thousands!"
yep - that same person is charging $120 for a 3 tier wedding cake (which in Australia would be about the correct price for a 6inch BASIC cake) and it wouldn't be such a bitter pill to swallow if the cake was UGLY, crooked, poorly executed even .... they are actually pretty good :(
I even thought I might do her a favour and suggested that perhaps she might need to have a re-think about her pricing... ummmm - her reply was unprintable! suffice to say - she thinks her business is booming and I am just jealous!
Ummm - at an age now where I would rather go have a tea party with my grandaughters than slave over 10 cakes a week and PAY them to take them off my hands!
and what irks me the most lately (not only here on CC) but increasingly in the community of new mums embarking on their caking career (because I LOVE it and I can do it at home with the kids, cats, dogs, weezils etc)
"I charge REALISTIC, AFFORDABLE prices.... unlike those cake shops that are charging thousands!"
yep - that same person is charging $120 for a 3 tier wedding cake (which in Australia would be about the correct price for a 6inch BASIC cake) and it wouldn't be such a bitter pill to swallow if the cake was UGLY, crooked, poorly executed even .... they are actually pretty good :(
I even thought I might do her a favour and suggested that perhaps she might need to have a re-think about her pricing... ummmm - her reply was unprintable! suffice to say - she thinks her business is booming and I am just jealous!
Ummm - at an age now where I would rather go have a tea party with my grandaughters than slave over 10 cakes a week and PAY them to take them off my hands!
LMAO at weezils! We don't have weasels here, but we do have 4 pet rats. They are really the best pets ever, since dogs are much too much work, and I am not a cat person.
But I know what you mean! There was a young lady I spoke to about illegal cakes that lives close to me, and her cakes were really pretty good! I talked to her about pricing and she was just disgusted over my prices, and kept advertising "affordable" Funny thing is, she finally shut down her Facebook cake page and left a rant about people not appreciating her cakes and that she has the lowest prices and people still want them lower, and how she never sees her kids. I was LMAO when I read that, too!
I had 1 $700 order last week, and that was fine with me. The bakery is clean, I went on a date with my husband, and went swimming and got ice cream. I had no cakes 2 weeks ago, and did some puttering around the yard and refused 3 orders that wanted me to give them away. All is well here, with my "outrageous" prices!
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Don't forget :
15. Advice please! (Even though I am going to do what I want and whine if someone disagrees with me!)
And that advice should include: your best ever recipe, how to fill a cake, a great design for a cake, one of your Best photos so I can use it on my FB, how to get really smooth buttercream, how to support it, how to market myself & how much to charge.
Ill need all these answers Right NOW or ill repost in an hour again & again until someone answers...especially on Friday.
And that advice should include: your best ever recipe, how to fill a cake, a great design for a cake, one of your Best photos so I can use it on my FB, how to get really smooth buttercream, how to support it, how to market myself & how much to charge.
Ill need all these answers Right NOW or ill repost in an hour again & again until someone answers...especially on Friday.
ALWAYS on a Friday! And they think that we professionals hate them because we never answered the question we were too busy to even read, and here it is 2 weeks later and they hate every last one of us now...... Good riddance!
AHero worship is still rampant here. Seems the only advice that's needed is that from people with either failed or closed businesses. Those of us who operate successful businesses still have no idea what we are talking about. *ahem*
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Hero worship is still rampant here. Seems the only advice that's needed is that from people with either failed or closed businesses. Those of us who operate successful businesses still have no idea what we are talking about. *ahem*
Assuming you mean "heeded" instead of "needed", I'm not sure I see what you are referring to happening on CC.
Oh no - somebody crashed the party hahahahahahaa
I knew we should have called the post.... Mean GIRLS playground
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Oh, I certainly see it... Maybe you can't see the forest since you are standing in all the trees?
I see plenty of people thanking other people when they post helpful advice, but I certainly wouldn't call that "hero worship". I also don't see much advice being posted by people with failed or closed businesses in the first place, much less said advice being taken over the advice of others.
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Oh no - somebody crashed the party hahahahahahaa
I knew we should have called the post.... Mean GIRLS playground
Am I the party crasher? Darn it, I thought my invite just got lost in the mail. :grin:
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