Yesterday I took my adventure again to the bakery and had another good visit. They were rather busy with personal orders and we also had a lot of customers come in and buy tons of goodies. I did not do much yesterday but I did watch and observe a lot of new things. I watched one of the employees make hand sculptures of little animals for a baby shower cake, they were so adorable. It took her a while because she had to look at the picture and do it all by hand out of modeling chocolate and fondant. I also watched my sponsor, Krista make a layer cake with tons of icing and layers of cake. It looked so simple and easy but the way she cut it took forever; it had to be perfect. Something else I found very interesting was a women called about a baby shower cake that she wanted a price for. She stated that she called another bakery and got an estimate of eight hundred dollars, which was totally outrageous. Her budget was two hundred but the cake she was expecting to get made was very detailed and took a lot of work and time. Krista gave her a price of two hundred and fifty dollars and that was the best she could do. This gave me a view of the business side of the industry and how to make deals but keep their business. Therefore yesterday was more of a learning experience and knowledge building rather than hands on stuff.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Field Trip #9
Yesterday I took my adventure again to the bakery and had another good visit. They were rather busy with personal orders and we also had a lot of customers come in and buy tons of goodies. I did not do much yesterday but I did watch and observe a lot of new things. I watched one of the employees make hand sculptures of little animals for a baby shower cake, they were so adorable. It took her a while because she had to look at the picture and do it all by hand out of modeling chocolate and fondant. I also watched my sponsor, Krista make a layer cake with tons of icing and layers of cake. It looked so simple and easy but the way she cut it took forever; it had to be perfect. Something else I found very interesting was a women called about a baby shower cake that she wanted a price for. She stated that she called another bakery and got an estimate of eight hundred dollars, which was totally outrageous. Her budget was two hundred but the cake she was expecting to get made was very detailed and took a lot of work and time. Krista gave her a price of two hundred and fifty dollars and that was the best she could do. This gave me a view of the business side of the industry and how to make deals but keep their business. Therefore yesterday was more of a learning experience and knowledge building rather than hands on stuff.
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Thanks for quality entries. I really do look forward to reading your blog entries! Hundreds of dollars on a cake? Ouch! But it is a work of art when you look at it, so much more than sugar, eggs, flour and water.
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