re: How do you deal with family who orders novelty cakes from another person?

Most people are not as involved in the cake world as we are – so they go about their business and don’t think twice about getting a cake from somebody else. I agree with you that since this was your nephew they should have asked you to make it, but since you also didn’t offer, maybe they thought they would have been putting you on the spot. There’s always next year – tell them YOU want to make a fabulous cake for your nephew and plan on it.

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