Store Bought vs. Specialty
Did you know that most grocery store/chain store bakery cakes come in the backdoor frozen as one of a dozen or more in a box?
Did you know that many, if not all, grocery store cake decorators are required to completely ice and decorate a cake in a matter of minutes whereas the individual cake decorator may take literally hours on a single cake? Grocery store/chain store decorated cakes are all about quantity production. You’ll never have a personal meeting with your decorator, and they may not care whether or not you’re even happy with the cake.
We, on the other hand, shop especially for your order and bake it just for you. We do everything we can to make it exactly the way you want it because this is your perfect day and we are sharing our artwork with you.
It takes time. The time we spend on a cake isn’t just the baking and icing time. Hours are spent researching and designing a unique creation, or hunting down the perfect picture of a bear for your daughter’s first birthday. The time spent experimenting with boards and supports to make sure your cake doesn’t collapse.
A cake that is very simple in design is not necessarily easier to make. A cake that is iced smooth, with no decorations other than a small border and flowers, is deceptively difficult. For one thing, to get that look of quiet simplicity, the buttercream or fondant must be smooth as glass and the edges even and crisp or perfectly rounded with no sign of a seam. There’s no room for error, as any bubble or crease will show!
It’s customized. We worry about the details, so you don’t have to. We take care of the shopping, the mess, baking, decorating, cleaning, mixing the correct colors. We stay up late (sometimes until the wee hours of the morning) decorating the cake… then clean up the mess. We fix all the unforeseen problems. We do all of this, so we can have your perfect cake ready and waiting when the person comes to pick it up.
We all take great pride in our work and we care about what the customer thinks. So we will do our very best to make the cake for your special occasion, well… special!
Thanks for taking the time to read this. And remember, next time you attend a birthday party or a baby shower or a wedding (or plan one of these yourself) it’s definitely more than “just a cake.”
