Wedding Cake - Bakery Tips

Written by Zorana Durkovic


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8. Ask how long beforerepparttar wedding daterepparttar 130227 cakes will be prepared and how they will be kept until time for delivery. If you thinkrepparttar 130228 time orrepparttar 130229 method of storage will result inrepparttar 130230 bridal cake not being as fresh as you want, express your feeling torepparttar 130231 person you are talking with.

He or she either will explain or demonstrate that this will not be a problem or will negotiate a shorter length of storage. She may let you sample some cake kept for that length of time. Some cakes keep well when frozen, and others do not.

Pound cakes and some carrot cakes seem to improve with freezing. If you are not satisfied and cannot reach some agreement, you must use another bakery.

9. To find how much time and attention will be spent on your cake, ask how many ordersrepparttar 130232 bakery typically has forrepparttar 130233 weekend of your order and how many of those your pastry chef might be producing.

A large volume can be an indication that not a lot of time and attention can be devoted to your cake. But a very busy bakery also indicates that many people like its products and trusts its work. Wedding cake bakery that no one likes will have plenty of time to dedicate to your cake, but that alone will not guarantee good results.

Neither will a very busy bakery guarantee good results allrepparttar 130234 time. For one, you may need to check with them duringrepparttar 130235 week of production to make sure that things are going well.

Forrepparttar 130236 other, you may want to check to make sure that your order has not somehow been overlooked among so many orders. In either case verify that your cake is inrepparttar 130237 process of being prepared.

10. Ask ifrepparttar 130238 decorator is experienced and good and if he or she decoratedrepparttar 130239 cakes pictured inrepparttar 130240 bakery's gallery.

The point of such a question is to find out whether you will be gettingrepparttar 130241 bestrepparttar 130242 bakery has to offer and whether you will be served byrepparttar 130243 same personnel that didrepparttar 130244 work seen inrepparttar 130245 bakery's photo album and forrepparttar 130246 references you will contact.

You may be satisfied that all decoration is supervised by a master decorator with long experience and excellent references, even thoughrepparttar 130247 actual work may be done by one of several less experienced decorators.

11. Ask to be introduced to each ofrepparttar 130248 people who will bake, decorate, and deliverrepparttar 130249 cake. You may have questions you want to ask. If you do, ask them.

For example, you might be concerned withrepparttar 130250 experience each one has. If so, you might ask how many cakes they have baked or decorated. I might be more concerned to simply ask whether they didrepparttar 130251 cakes inrepparttar 130252 bakery's album of cakes.

If you have no questions, ask to meet them anyway. Introduce yourself and try to make it easy for them to remember your name and your face. Show a great pleasure at meetingrepparttar 130253 people who have createdrepparttar 130254 wonderful masterpieces that have come from this bakery and tell them that you look forward to having them create your wedding cake.

What you are creating is a personal relationship with these artists atrepparttar 130255 wedding cake bakery. Like all workers and artists, these people like being appreciated and will do their best work for someone who has praised them and treats them as a master of their craft.

This goes as well forrepparttar 130256 person taking your order, whether it isrepparttar 130257 owner, manager, or justrepparttar 130258 order taker. I suggest that you work to make as good an impression on them as you expect them to try to make on you. Dress well when you are shopping for a bakery.

You don't have to dress like you're meetingrepparttar 130259 Queen orrepparttar 130260 First Lady, but don't be dressing like you're about to be hittingrepparttar 130261 bars with your friends on your bachelorette party--not unless you dress a lot better for that than most ofrepparttar 130262 young women in my neighborhood.

Please try to time your visits so thatrepparttar 130263 bakery is not crowded with customers. This is particularly important in smaller bakeries.

12.If you are concerned, ask whetherrepparttar 130264 cake be made from scratch or from packaged mixes. Packaged mixes are so much more expensive that few busy bakeries would use them. And if they producerepparttar 130265 wedding cake you want and it tastes good, do you care whether it's from a mix or from scratch?

13. Ask whatrepparttar 130266 price will be. Ifrepparttar 130267 baker can give you an estimate but notrepparttar 130268 final cost, ask how muchrepparttar 130269 final cost might vary fromrepparttar 130270 estimate.

Ifrepparttar 130271 baker says that they will charge by how long it takes because they charge byrepparttar 130272 hour, ask how many hours it will take and dorepparttar 130273 calculation yourself.

Again, if it's an estimate of hours, ask how farrepparttar 130274 hours might vary from that estimate. If you feel uncomfortable withrepparttar 130275 bakery's commitment to giving you a number, maybe you should find another bakery.

14. Ask for customer references so that you can talk to with them. Then actually contact them and ask about their experience withrepparttar 130276 bakery.

While they were probably very pleased withrepparttar 130277 bakery (otherwise you'd thinkrepparttar 130278 bakery would not be giving them as a reference), they may give you some pointers about how best to deal withrepparttar 130279 bakery.

15. Request a written proposal that includesrepparttar 130280 size ofrepparttar 130281 cake,repparttar 130282 flavor,repparttar 130283 icing type and flavor,repparttar 130284 description ofrepparttar 130285 cake: Number of tiers or number of cupcakes or miniature cakes, decorations,repparttar 130286 date and timerepparttar 130287 cake would be ready, whether it would be delivered and where and when, andrepparttar 130288 price.

Some bakeries will put all of this in a proposal and some will commit to justrepparttar 130289 basic items. Press for commitment to everything that is important to you.

I hope this article helped you, so go ahead print it and save forrepparttar 130290 "bakery day"!

Allrepparttar 130291 best!



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How to Become a Woman of Thanksgiving

Written by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur


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of thanksgiving? Begin by looking around. Thank God for another day of life,repparttar nature that surrounds us. Do you have a roof over your head, food onrepparttar 130225 table? Thank God for those. Are your children screaming throughrepparttar 130226 house? Stop and thank God that they are healthy enough to run and play, and yes, even fight with each other! Any time when you feel a complaint bubbling torepparttar 130227 surface, take a moment to breathe and surveyrepparttar 130228 situation. Is there any silver lining hiding belowrepparttar 130229 surface that could possibly be a reason for thanks? If so, thank God for that. When petitioning God for a need, always add a prayer of thanksgiving forrepparttar 130230 answer, whether it isrepparttar 130231 answer desired or not. Like any habit, with practice, becoming a woman of thanksgiving should become easier.



Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of "The Spiritual Woman Newsletter" providing information and inspiration for women who seek to deepen their relationship with God - http://www.spiritualwoman.net and author of "Letters to Mary from a Young Mother" (iUniverse, 2004)


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