A Possible News Story

So here's the wedding cake from two weeks ago. Doesn't look like a different type of cake does it? The good news is that we got referred to another wedding couple from the Sleepy Hollow Country Club that wants us to do another cake sometime in September. While I'm pumped about being referred again, I'm not pumped about the idea. It's basically individual wedding cakes for 150. They're tiny tiered cakes, and that means a whole bunch of labor and a whole bunch of fondant, plus a whole bunch of beading. This means assembly line style cakes. Something just doesn't feel right to me about this, though it might be good for the portfolio. This is the site that the couple is looking at, specifically the black and white cakes, and they only want to pay $10 per cake, which I think is crazy. I don't know if they realize how much work will go into this type of setup instead of a usual wedding cake.

Sorry I've been so late to post today, but I've had a crazy weekend and I needed some recovery time! Let's just say I was up for more than 24 hours and had to see an ex that I totally didn't expect to, at the same time as drinking up a storm, smoking too much and eating damn good food.

It didn't leave me much time for thinking about this story that Westchester Magazine is doing about kiddie treats all grown up. Their reporter called on Friday morning, which was a terrible time for me to talk, as I was just finishing up a 20 hour long shift. Mt. Kisco Country Club had ordered 14 cakes on Wednesday for delivery Friday morning at 10 am. I had to stay up all night to do those cakes in addition to the cakes I already had orders for, totaling 17 cakes and 5 lbs of cookies overall. So I told the reporter I'd get back to her. I came up with the brownie/blondie tini thing, the Oreo napoleon that I do, and I spoke with a friend's sister about a flight of milkshake shots she had had recently in California, so I told the reporter that we did that too. She's super interested in the milkshake shots and the napoleon, so I'll have to get them together asap so she can come in for a tasting. Flavors I'm thinking about are Pistachio & Pepper, Peanut Butter-Banana and Balsamic Strawberry. Any other ideas?

Also thinking about doing a play on a Moon Pie. That means I need to go find one!

The event I attended this weekend was a wedding, and the highlight of the food (which was fantastic) was the chocolate sausage. That's right kids, chocolate sausage! The meetup of two of my favorite things! I'm now on a mission to find out how to make it.