I need some advice.

[Lobodeb]

i found that wedding cakes from bakeries are beyond awful expensive....$2 a slice? and i have to pay for a 1 inch by 1 inch taste piece? b/c it was a wedding cake? rip offs in my opinion. i called around to several grocery stores that had bakeries....krogers, meijers, andersons and giant eagle locally, asked for and got tastes (when i was there at the store ) and got a huge sheet cake from giant eagle for just $45. it served the 100 people who were at the party, and the decorations were fine, the taste was great and i'd use that bakery again in a second.

It's important to note that most grocery store bakeries' cakes are made from box mixes and frozen weeks in advance and their "buttercream" is made from shortening, which is why it has that nasty, greasy flavor (or lack of). Please consider that if you do order from a bakery, chances are that a) your cake most likely wasn't frozen (depending on the standards of that particular bakery), b) that it's made from scratch, no boxes and c) that they use higher quality ingredients, i.e., butter rather than shortening. And that's just talking about the product itself, not labor. I charge more than $2 a slice and hardly feel like I'm ripping people off because of what I just mentioned. I know budget needs to be taken into consideration, I just felt the need to justify the costs. Actually, $2 a slice is a steal. JMO

[caseysmom]

It's important to note that most grocery store bakeries' cakes are made from box mixes and frozen weeks in advance and their "buttercream" is made from shortening, which is why it has that nasty, greasy flavor (or lack of). Please consider that if you do order from a bakery, chances are that a) your cake most likely wasn't frozen (depending on the standards of that particular bakery), b) that it's made from scratch, no boxes and c) that they use higher quality ingredients, i.e., butter rather than shortening. And that's just talking about the product itself, not labor. I charge more than $2 a slice and hardly feel like I'm ripping people off because of what I just mentioned. I know budget needs to be taken into consideration, I just felt the need to justify the costs. Actually, $2 a slice is a steal. JMO

From the pictures you have shown your cakes are really special I am sure they taste great too. I hate buttercream I prefer the whipped frosting probably because the buttercream is made from poor ingredients.

[Lobodeb]

From the pictures you have shown your cakes are really special I am sure they taste great too. I hate buttercream I prefer the whipped frosting probably because the buttercream is made from poor ingredients.

Thanks! Have you ever tried "true" buttercream? I mean the one that's made from butter and not shortening? YUMMY!!!

[caseysmom]

Thanks! Have you ever tried "true" buttercream? I mean the one that's made from butter and not shortening? YUMMY!!!

Probably at weddings, usually wedding cakes are really yummy.

[joycenalex]

lobodeb, i wasn't trying to insult you, and if so, i apologize. the cake was almond flavored with whipped cream frosting and i called to have it made the 2 days before the event, they wouldn't make it without a payment upfront. the baker turned out to be a former church friend. maybe here in columbus, the grocery bakery choices are pretty wide and there for fresher then other areas of the country. (a co-workers hubby makes the breads at krogers , ever since i could smell the yeastiness of freshly made buns and bread at their factory just off the main highway i've thought he was more interesting...i never met a carb i didn't love.. ) and i'm so with you on the buttercream issue, massive yuck. and for my event $2 a person was way too much. now, can you ship cakes to me here in columbus....... , yours are lovely.

[jennielynn1970]

the cake was almond flavored with whipped cream frosting and i called to have it made the 2 days before the event, they wouldn't make it without a payment upfront.

I'm surprised any bakery would make a cake for an event on such short notice. I know you can find a cake at most supermarkets and they just have to inscribe what you want on the top, but bakery cakes, from my experience, are really worth that little extra if your occasion is a special one. The one bakery in my area makes gorgeous airbrushed designs and has all kinds of mousse fillings available as well. Their whipped cream frosting is to die for too! Yumm!!! I ordered a cake there to share at my one school when I turned 30. It had a hazelnut mousse filling and was just out of this world good! I need to do that again, come to think of it!

[Lobodeb]

lobodeb, i wasn't trying to insult you, and if so, i apologize.

Oh, no! You didn't insult me at all. I just wanted to justify the pricing. But I appreciate the apology.

As far as shipping goes, I saw on TV that I can fly cakes to various locations and am looking into costs. I have a few family events this summer in New Mexico that I can't attend, so I'm trying to send cakes instead.