How to get customers... and price your cakes right!
I know this may sound silly, but how do you get a cake business started from home? In Florida, they just passed the Cottage Food law, which allows bakers to create and sell cakes from home (with some restrictions). Other than word of mouth, or...
Tips On Achieving Crisp Edges with Fondant?
Hi, All! So hoping to get some advice on this :) I’ve been doing cakes for almost two years now and am pretty happy with my overall fondant covering skills – I can achieve a nice, overall clean look – HOWEVER – my cakes lack that extreme sharp,...
CAKE FOR AN ENGINEER
ATTENTION ALL BAKERS… I need help coming up with a cake decorating idea… One of my friends is moving his business (Engineering/Architecture) to a new location. He will be having a party to celebrate the ocassion and I agreed to bring the cake. ...
LINGERIE BRIDAL SHOWER
I’ve been asked to do a cake for a “Lingerie Bridal Shower.” I have a couple of ideas already, but wanted to know if anyone had ever done a “nightie” on a cake – I want to do something really spectacular because this will be a great opportunity...
TORSO-LESS Wedding dress cake
Hi, everybody, I’ts me again… I need to make a wedding dress cake for a bridal shower. i saw a tutorial on how to make one, but I am having a terrible time getting the “torso” to come out – does anybody know if they sell torsos so I would only...
Is there a lace we can share tutorials?
Is there a section we can share tutorials we have made or know of to help each other?
Kitchen Aid Mixer or Cuisinart SM-70 7-Quart Stand Mixers
I’m looking to get a bigger mixer. I have the Kitchen aid 5 qt and it’s the go to for mixers but checked out the cuisinart. The cuisinart is half the price. Does it matter? Could use your experience/opinions. Thank you.
Members Signatures with website links
Hello everyone. Something I noticed when trying to click on people’s links in their signatures is that website links that don’t have http:// before www. will not link directly and you have to copy and paste the address. I did the same and...
Credit where credit is due
OK, so this is a rant of sorts, but this kind of this infuriates me! If you use another cake decorators cake as inspiration, or hell, if you blatantly copy it, would it really kill people to at least acknowledge that they’ve done so? A quick...
Policies on desserts by other bakers
I have a bride that is trying to cut costs when it comes to her wedding cake. She has requested a small, 2 tiered wedding cake to be placed at the top of a cupcake tower but want to cut costs by having a family member do the cupcakes for the...
Tips for 3D cakes
I would like to try to make a 3D cake. Any tips or advice I should know before I try. Thanks so much :)
Dummy cakes
I have a customer that is interested in the piped rosette style cake but wants two tiers to be fake. Just wondering if anyone out there has ever done frosting like that on a dummy cake. I have used fondant but never just icing. I am wondering if...
Watermarks!!!
Hello everyone just wanted to share some very important information. Please be sure to watermark all your cake images. There is a women on Facebook who has been stealing peoples cake images and adding her watermark to them and posting them on her...
Max & Ruby Cake
HELP… I’ve been asked to do a Max & Ruby cake and I can’t find any tutorials to make the little rabbits look like themselves – I’m having a bit of trouble getting their faces just right – has anybody done one of these cakes before that can...
Air Brushes
I’m thinking of getting an air brush in the near future. I have no idea which ones have a good or bad reputation and what are things worth spending extra for and what’s not. Could y’all help me out? I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Scam orders
Just received this and wanted to share this with everyone. I immediately knew it was some sort of scam or joke but when I googled her email address it was confirmed. Elizabeth Kerr has sent you a message using your contact form at:...
Edible Printer
I would like to get myself a edible printer, but I am not sure which one to get. Canon or Epson. Any tips.
Need Tiered Cakes boxes?
bakeabox.com just released a tiered cake box and it’s affordable. Check them out. They have all sorts of cake boxes for your business.
