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Re: Cakes, pillars, cardboard circles

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Posted by Jeff on January 04, 2009 at 21:43:19:

In Reply to: Re: Cakes, pillars, cardboard circles posted by Angela on January 04, 2009 at 15:44:24:

The more detail you give on this cake, the more sure I become that I WOULD NOT attempt it! Too many things that could go wrong here. Funny...she's willing to pay for all that cake, then skimp on the $20 or so that proper separator plates would cost to avoid a disaster....send her to Wal-Mart! You don't owe this lady anything...afterall, she has already stolen your books [if she said she returned them and she didn't, she stole them...harsh but true!]....dont back down...just say you are not comfortable with this cake and will not be able to do it....it's going to be nothing but a headache!

: She want the cakes to be iced in light blue with dark blue borders. I really don't think it will look good myself. She also asked me if I could do a doll cake for the top but she wants it stacked on top of the top tier. The pictures shows allot of fresh flowers but they just want stars. The cake needs to fee 150 people. The main cake has three cakes over the fountain with pillars between each tier. On each side is looks like two eight inch cakes with pillars and stairs going from the middle tier down to the side cakes. Hope this makes since. Another reason I really don't want to do the cake is she wants all Tres Leches cakes some white and some chocolate. I don't know if you have made them before but after baking the cake you have to soak them in three milks and let the sit. Really messy to try and decorate and cost more for the supplies. Thank you for all of your help.

: I'd use the stress free if you have it. Just tell her what items you have and what you will do if she isn't willing to purchase what you need or you can't. I know these items are costly, but the Wilton plates are what you will use many times over if you do many cakes and I figure that is part of the cost of doing cakes. If she didn't return my books, I'd definitely get a deposit on my equipment so it is returned! I always do on the "stress free" because it's very expensive, but worth the money! I would not use the cardboards just covered on top of the pillars without the plates - won't work.

I haven't had experience with the Frosting Pride or any of the others to know about the coloring abilities of it. Dark blue will look black in the pictures though.

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: The more detail you give on this cake, the more sure I become that I WOULD NOT attempt it! Too many things that could go wrong here. Funny...she's willing to pay for all that cake, then skimp on the $20 or so that proper separator plates would cost to avoid a disaster....send her to Wal-Mart! You don't owe this lady anything...afterall, she has already stolen your books [if she said she returned them and she didn't, she stole them...harsh but true!]....dont back down...just say you are not comfortable with this cake and will not be able to do it....it's going to be nothing but a headache!

: She want the cakes to be iced in light blue with dark blue borders. I really don't think it will look good myself. She also asked me if I could do a doll cake for the top but she wants it stacked on top of the top tier. The pictures shows allot of fresh flowers but they just want stars. The cake needs to fee 150 people. The main cake has three cakes over the fountain with pillars between each tier. On each side is looks like two eight inch cakes with pillars and stairs going from the middle tier down to the side cakes. Hope this makes since. Another reason I really don't want to do the cake is she wants all Tres Leches cakes some white and some chocolate. I don't know if you have made them before but after baking the cake you have to soak them in three milks and let the sit. Really messy to try and decorate and cost more for the supplies. Thank you for all of your help.

: I'd use the stress free if you have it. Just tell her what items you have and what you will do if she isn't willing to purchase what you need or you can't. I know these items are costly, but the Wilton plates are what you will use many times over if you do many cakes and I figure that is part of the cost of doing cakes. If she didn't return my books, I'd definitely get a deposit on my equipment so it is returned! I always do on the "stress free" because it's very expensive, but worth the money! I would not use the cardboards just covered on top of the pillars without the plates - won't work.

I haven't had experience with the Frosting Pride or any of the others to know about the coloring abilities of it. Dark blue will look black in the pictures though.

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