Tip Tuesday: Don't Wait!

In the world of reality television, beautiful, detailed, and huge cakes are created in a mer 30 minute episode. Although, these shows give an insight into what can be created out of cake they don't accurately portray the amount of man hours that go into creating these cakes. Therefore, many people don't understand the lead time bakeries need to create these works of art. I can't tell you how often people will call 2-3 days prior asking for a shaped cake or a 3d figurine of some sort on a cake. A figurine alone usually takes about 1-2 weeks to create. If you are looking for a special cake give your bakery as much notice as possible. Even if you aren't looking for a super special cake your bakery may still need 1-2 week notice for weekend dates. Especially, during holiday or wedding season many bakeries weekends book up very quickly.

We all understand that sometimes there are those last minute instances, where you weren't expecting to need a cake, but are in a bind. In these cases, remember to be flexible and reasonable with your requests.  A shaped cake or figurine might be out of the question, but other options could still represent your theme on a short time frame. Quite often, we will get a phone call from someone whom was having their cake made by an "at-home" baker and the plan fell through. Be sure these people are guaranteeing  you cake, you don't want to be left high and dry the week of your event because their mixer broke, they had an unexpected family emergency, or whatever their reason may be. When you need a cake, contact your bakery asap to get the process rolling so you can guarantee to give them enough notice to get what you are looking for!