Hi there this is a cake ordered by someone a month ago, who the day before she wanted it, put back the delivery cake by a couple of days. Okay I thought, no problem, wrap the basic cakes in clingfilm and they will be fine to ice etc for when the client wants them.
She then came back to say could she pick it up on Sunday morning. Not possible as I was not going to be there. I suggested Sat pm as I was free. No good, she wasn’t.
I suggested Friday pm, again no good, she wasn’t free.
She then suggested Sat am at 9am. Okay I said but you will have to collect it from me at the market, as I have a stall Fri and Sat mornings. You’ve guessed it, she couldn’t.
By then we were at 5 pm on Friday. She would organise something, she said.
8pm arrived and still no message (her phone was broke, so it was all via email). So I wrote to her and said I needed to know by 8.45 or it would be too late.
Settled down with a large glass of wine, which I was only sipping, honest, and waited for the email. 8.45pm and no email, okay shame about losing the order, but I could now relax and take it easy. Finshed the glass of wine and settled down to a second one.
Did a last check of my emails at 10pm on my way to bed (as I had to be up at 5.30am) and found that **** she had sent me an email. It was timed at 8.44pm but had taken an hour to get to me, she had got someone to pick it up at 9am the next day.
Oh god, I now had the job of icing and covering a cake in 32 degree heat whilst being “slightly” relaxed and it was in black!!!!
Well I finally finished at 1 minute before midnight, grabbed a quick photo, hence the unironed backdrop and went to bed.
Well I had a good laugh about it the next day at the market with the other stall holders, but told them someone was coming at 9am to pick it up. However I was not looking so happy when at 11.30 the cake was still sitting there, oh well a cake for dad, for father’s day on Sunday.
But at long last 11.40am, her mum turned up to pick it up. Hoo Bl***y Ray.
Am I the only mad cake decorator out there or have other had fun and games like this?