Cake Decorating - How To Go From a Beginner To Expert!

Wedding Cakes
Like it or not, if you are going to have a business in cake decorating, you are going to
have to deal with brides. People should get combat pay for dealing with brides as they
are usually nervous as they worry about every little thing, longing for the perfect day to
be perfect. It never is, and neither is the marriage, which is why more than half end in
divorce.
Wedding cakes are big business, however. During the time the bride is ordering the
cake, she still likes her intended groom and wants to make sure that everything spells
romance and elegance for the big day.
The days of the seven tier wedding cake as seen in the movie "The Godfather" are long
gone. Today, most people are looking for something a bit more subdued and elegant.
Wedding cakes are still in tiers, but most of the modern cakes that are being offered by
the decorating artists no longer employ those little plastic columns to hold up the tiers.
Instead, a series of pans are usually used for the wedding cake. The pans range in size
and form somewhat of a pyramid. This can be square or round. Each layer is covered
with fondant and trimmed with pearls or flowers. This makes for a very elegant looking
cake.
It is desirable, when decorating a cake, to make sure that everything on the cake is
edible. Making pearls and flowers out of icing is not difficult and is something that you
should have learned in cake decorating school. Having everything on the cake edible
only adds to the allure of the wedding cake.
If you cannot do this, or the bride insists on real pearls draping the cake, you will have
no choice but to adhere to her wishes. The one rule of thumb when dealing with brides
and wedding cakes is that the bride is always right. She is allowed to change her mind
30 times because she is the bride. Have patience and just be glad that you are not the
groom. Wedding cakes are big business and can net you more of a profit than any
other type of cake. You want to get the wedding cake trade if you are in the cake
decorating business.
To get more wedding cake trade, take some samples as well as some fake cake
displays to wedding shows. Wedding shows operate weekly throughout most areas and
are a way for brides and grooms to find out the best places to get shoes, wedding
gowns, honeymoon destinations and wedding cakes. Make sure that your cakes really
stand out and that you set up a nice stand. The cost to attend these wedding shows is
usually around $100 for a weekend, but the exposure is well worth it.
A marketing trick you can use is to give samples of cake to those who visit your booth.
You can also ask them to sign up for the grand prize - a free wedding cake! Once you
have their name and number, you can use a bit of telemarketing to try to get them to
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come in and sample the different cakes you make.
A cake decorating business is no different than any other business. In addition to being
a decorating artist and expert baker, you also need to know how to market your
business to get the most exposure and revenue. And remember that brides are always
good for business. They may be difficult to deal with, but they are a necessary evil
when it comes to finding success in the cake decorating business.
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Chapter 6 – Children's Birthday Cakes
Another lucrative business in the cake decorating industry is children's birthday party
cakes. Children's cakes, including birthday and other party cakes, such as graduation
cakes, are another necessary item you will need to provide, and provide well, when
embarking on a cake decorating business.
While many people rush off to the grocery store to get the cakes for their kid's party, it
only takes one person in the local clique to come up with something different and the
rest of the parents will follow suit. While kids rarely care about cake or anything else but
presents during their parties, adults are in constant competition on who can throw the
best party for their little darling. This ranges from entertainment for the children to party
favors to cakes.
If you a have never lived in the suburbs, congratulations. If you have, with children, you
know the score. The competition is fierce. If little Johnny has a party where he gets a
cake that isn't quite the norm that the local grocery store provides, people will be sure to
want to know where the cake came from. Because when it comes time for little Janie's
party, you can bet that her mother will want the same thing.
This is the way it works for kid