Quote Originally Posted by Lobodeb
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.