{"product_id":"2940014048965","title":"Cake Decorating - How To Go From a Beginner To Expert!","description":"Wedding Cakes\u003cbr\u003eLike it or not, if you are going to have a business in cake decorating, you are going to\u003cbr\u003ehave to deal with brides. People should get combat pay for dealing with brides as they\u003cbr\u003eare usually nervous as they worry about every little thing, longing for the perfect day to\u003cbr\u003ebe perfect. It never is, and neither is the marriage, which is why more than half end in\u003cbr\u003edivorce.\u003cbr\u003eWedding cakes are big business, however. During the time the bride is ordering the\u003cbr\u003ecake, she still likes her intended groom and wants to make sure that everything spells\u003cbr\u003eromance and elegance for the big day.\u003cbr\u003eThe days of the seven tier wedding cake as seen in the movie \"The Godfather\" are long\u003cbr\u003egone. Today, most people are looking for something a bit more subdued and elegant.\u003cbr\u003eWedding cakes are still in tiers, but most of the modern cakes that are being offered by\u003cbr\u003ethe decorating artists no longer employ those little plastic columns to hold up the tiers.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, a series of pans are usually used for the wedding cake. The pans range in size\u003cbr\u003eand form somewhat of a pyramid. This can be square or round. Each layer is covered\u003cbr\u003ewith fondant and trimmed with pearls or flowers. This makes for a very elegant looking\u003cbr\u003ecake.\u003cbr\u003eIt is desirable, when decorating a cake, to make sure that everything on the cake is\u003cbr\u003eedible. Making pearls and flowers out of icing is not difficult and is something that you\u003cbr\u003eshould have learned in cake decorating school. Having everything on the cake edible\u003cbr\u003eonly adds to the allure of the wedding cake.\u003cbr\u003eIf you cannot do this, or the bride insists on real pearls draping the cake, you will have\u003cbr\u003eno choice but to adhere to her wishes. The one rule of thumb when dealing with brides\u003cbr\u003eand wedding cakes is that the bride is always right. She is allowed to change her mind\u003cbr\u003e30 times because she is the bride. Have patience and just be glad that you are not the\u003cbr\u003egroom. Wedding cakes are big business and can net you more of a profit than any\u003cbr\u003eother type of cake. You want to get the wedding cake trade if you are in the cake\u003cbr\u003edecorating business.\u003cbr\u003eTo get more wedding cake trade, take some samples as well as some fake cake\u003cbr\u003edisplays to wedding shows. Wedding shows operate weekly throughout most areas and\u003cbr\u003eare a way for brides and grooms to find out the best places to get shoes, wedding\u003cbr\u003egowns, honeymoon destinations and wedding cakes. Make sure that your cakes really\u003cbr\u003estand out and that you set up a nice stand. The cost to attend these wedding shows is\u003cbr\u003eusually around $100 for a weekend, but the exposure is well worth it.\u003cbr\u003eA marketing trick you can use is to give samples of cake to those who visit your booth.\u003cbr\u003eYou can also ask them to sign up for the grand prize - a free wedding cake! Once you\u003cbr\u003ehave their name and number, you can use a bit of telemarketing to try to get them to\u003cbr\u003e13\u003cbr\u003eCake Decorating How To Go From A Beginner to Expert!\u003cbr\u003e______________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003ecome in and sample the different cakes you make.\u003cbr\u003eA cake decorating business is no different than any other business. In addition to being\u003cbr\u003ea decorating artist and expert baker, you also need to know how to market your\u003cbr\u003ebusiness to get the most exposure and revenue. And remember that brides are always\u003cbr\u003egood for business. They may be difficult to deal with, but they are a necessary evil\u003cbr\u003ewhen it comes to finding success in the cake decorating business.\u003cbr\u003e14\u003cbr\u003eCake Decorating How To Go From A Beginner to Expert!\u003cbr\u003e______________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 – Children's Birthday Cakes\u003cbr\u003eAnother lucrative business in the cake decorating industry is children's birthday party\u003cbr\u003ecakes. Children's cakes, including birthday and other party cakes, such as graduation\u003cbr\u003ecakes, are another necessary item you will need to provide, and provide well, when\u003cbr\u003eembarking on a cake decorating business.\u003cbr\u003eWhile many people rush off to the grocery store to get the cakes for their kid's party, it\u003cbr\u003eonly takes one person in the local clique to come up with something different and the\u003cbr\u003erest of the parents will follow suit. While kids rarely care about cake or anything else but\u003cbr\u003epresents during their parties, adults are in constant competition on who can throw the\u003cbr\u003ebest party for their little darling. This ranges from entertainment for the children to party\u003cbr\u003efavors to cakes.\u003cbr\u003eIf you a have never lived in the suburbs, congratulations. If you have, with children, you\u003cbr\u003eknow the score. The competition is fierce. If little Johnny has a party where he gets a\u003cbr\u003ecake that isn't quite the norm that the local grocery store provides, people will be sure to\u003cbr\u003ewant to know where the cake came from. Because when it comes time for little Janie's\u003cbr\u003eparty, you can bet that her mother will want the same thing.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the way it works for kid","brand":"99 \u0026cent; eStore, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145862299888,"sku":"2940014048965","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014048965_p0.jpg?v=1763599629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014048965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}