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What is fondant? Fondant is a sugar paste used mostly for custom cakes and wedding cakes. Your cake can be fondant icing with fondant decoration OR butter cream icing with fondant Decoration fondant is known for its silky smooth finish that is not attainable with whipped cream or butter cream. Most often we are able to make a cake in both fondant and butter cream, ask ahead for more details on your desired cake. Most of our elaborate cake decorations are made out of fondant. What is the pricing for butter cream and fondant cakes? Butter cream CUSTOM cakes start at $5 a serving and increase based on decoration. Fondant cakes start at $6 a serving and vary in price depending on the detail of the cake. To view the pricing sheet for our standard whipped and butter cream regular height cakes, click here. What is the difference between whipped and butter cream? Whipped cream is a light sweet dairy based cream that requires refrigeration as soon as possible. It is sometimes favored because it is not as heavy and rich as butter cream. Butter cream is preferable when the cake needs to sit out for many hours, such as a wedding, and it is a MUST for fondant cakes (whipped cream will not support fondant) What is the most highly recommended flavor? Our signature cakes can be seen in on our price sheet.
Do you deliver? This service is typically reserved for weddings and special events. The cost of delivery itself is $50, plus $2 for every mile to the delivery location. This depends on the availability of our staff - call ahead for more information. Can we rent a cake stand for our wedding? Sure - we hold a $150 cash deposit in order to rent out the cake stands, and we require that you bring them back within 3 days. If cake stands are not returned within the allotted time, you may be charged a fee since there may be other events in which the cake stands may be needed. The best method for putting down a deposit would be with a personal check or credit card information, in which case we won't actually charge anything unless it is not returned. How much time do you need in advance for cake orders? Circumstances vary depending on the size and decoration of the cake, we may need only 3 days, and other times we will need SEVERAL days at the very least. We prefer to take orders as soon as possible due to unforeseen business and in order to ensure you can book your cake on time. For simple birthday or graduation cakes, we need 2 days to 1 week. For baby showers, we prefer to have a one week minimum. Wedding cakes can be made for our customers on demand but are typically booked months in advance. The wedding season is around the corner, how soon in advance should we book and confirm our Wedding cake? During the busy wedding season, we limit ourselves to the number of custom cakes we accept for the week. We usually book no more than a few wedding cakes per day and will have to check our availability before we can guarantee your order. Please call or email us with further questions you may have regarding wedding cakes! For more information regarding our custom cakes and pricing, please click here! (408) 266-CAKE |
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