We have not chosen our cake yet. I've made cakes covered in fondant and the fondant is usually placed over buttercream since they use that as a crumb coat. I do not personally like fondant and most people don't, but it is a good medium to use for wedding cakes because it offers a lot of flexibility and gives a nice, smooth finish to the cake. I have yet to talk to FH about this since he feels like I have more knowledge on the subject.
FYI-Collette books up really fast, so if you are interested in hiring her you should call ASAP...and since she is one of the top bakers in the country, she is also pricey.
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We have not chosen our cake yet. I've made cakes covered in fondant and the fondant is usually placed over buttercream since they use that as a crumb coat. I do not personally like fondant and most people don't, but it is a good medium to use for wedding cakes because it offers a lot of flexibility and gives a nice, smooth finish to the cake. I have yet to talk to FH about this since he feels like I have more knowledge on the subject.
FYI-Collette books up really fast, so if you are interested in hiring her you should call ASAP...and since she is one of the top bakers in the country, she is also pricey.
yes i know, im calling her in a few weeks which will be about a year before my wedding...i checked already to see when i should book with her and how far in advance...Yes i know how much her cakes cost...its a minimum of $800 you must pay if you want a cake from her...and the lowest it can be is $8 a slice and thats for a more simple design...average is $10-12 a slice and even more for more complicated designs
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We have not chosen our cake yet. I've made cakes covered in fondant and the fondant is usually placed over buttercream since they use that as a crumb coat. I do not personally like fondant and most people don't, but it is a good medium to use for wedding cakes because it offers a lot of flexibility and gives a nice, smooth finish to the cake. I have yet to talk to FH about this since he feels like I have more knowledge on the subject.
FYI-Collette books up really fast, so if you are interested in hiring her you should call ASAP...and since she is one of the top bakers in the country, she is also pricey.
yes i know, im calling her in a few weeks which will be about a year before my wedding...i checked already to see when i should book with her and how far in advance...Yes i know how much her cakes cost...its a minimum of $800 you must pay if you want a cake from her...and the lowest it can be is $8 a slice and thats for a more simple design...average is $10-12 a slice
Her cakes are SOOOO beautiful and delicious too so it will be worth it!
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I want a Sylvia Weinstock cake, but her cakes are $$$$$, but amazing. I have established that I want a 5 tier round cake,(maybe more, lol). I love the way fondant looks on a cake but I dont care, buttercream is soooooooooo good. I love all white cakes, , I dont know they are all beautiful. I have some that I love in my album
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I think all white cakes are very classy and elegant, but FH doesn't like the all white look...we'll see....
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We have not chosen our cake yet. I've made cakes covered in fondant and the fondant is usually placed over buttercream since they use that as a crumb coat. I do not personally like fondant and most people don't, but it is a good medium to use for wedding cakes because it offers a lot of flexibility and gives a nice, smooth finish to the cake. I have yet to talk to FH about this since he feels like I have more knowledge on the subject.
FYI-Collette books up really fast, so if you are interested in hiring her you should call ASAP...and since she is one of the top bakers in the country, she is also pricey.
yes i know, im calling her in a few weeks which will be about a year before my wedding...i checked already to see when i should book with her and how far in advance...Yes i know how much her cakes cost...its a minimum of $800 you must pay if you want a cake from her...and the lowest it can be is $8 a slice and thats for a more simple design...average is $10-12 a slice
Her cakes are SOOOO beautiful and delicious too so it will be worth it!
I KNOW cant wait to set it up
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I want a Sylvia Weinstock cake, but her cakes are $$$$$, but amazing. I have established that I want a 5 tier round cake,(maybe more, lol). I love the way fondant looks on a cake but I dont care, buttercream is soooooooooo good. I love all white cakes, , I dont know they are all beautiful. I have some that I love in my album
she does amazing work too...if i wanted flowers on my cake then i would've def looked at her.
Hmmm hes really expensive too but wonder if he would be less but maybe check out ben-ron israel, he hand makes ALL the flowers on a cake and seriously you have to see how he does it, i saw a special on it and its amazing, the time and attention he gives to making them are great...His cakes are GORGEOUS!!!...he is also one of the top cake designers.
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I want a Sylvia Weinstock cake, but her cakes are $$$$$, but amazing. I have established that I want a 5 tier round cake,(maybe more, lol). I love the way fondant looks on a cake but I dont care, buttercream is soooooooooo good. I love all white cakes, , I dont know they are all beautiful. I have some that I love in my album
she does amazing work too...if i wanted flowers on my cake then i would've def looked at her.
Hmmm hes really expensive too but wonder if he would be less but maybe check out ben-ron israel, he hand makes ALL the flowers on a cake and seriously you have to see how he does it, i saw a special on it and its amazing, the time and attention he gives to making them are great...His cakes are GORGEOUS!!!...he is also one of the top cake designers.
Yeah I saw a special on the food network about him. I checked out his website and yeah he is definitely up there for cake designs, beautiful!!!!!!
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Scew my job! I should just get into the wedding cake business--it's lots of work,but I think it's fun and they all make such beautiful work.
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Here are my cakes, The wedding cake was whipped cream and was supplied by the RH. The grooms cake was made by Mona It was delicious and Mona was great to work with. She also does wedding cakes.
Scew my job! I should just get into the wedding cake business--it's lots of work,but I think it's fun and they all make such beautiful work.
OMG, that is exactly what I want to do, design wedding cakes, there is this young cake designer, she used to be a fashion desinger and now she makes all kinds of cakes, amazing!!!!forget stock broker, I want to be a pastry chef, I would just hire people to make the designs and flowers etc
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I believe my cake was buttercream.
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we are doing a buttercream vanilla cake with key lime filling. I'd post the pic, but it is in the wrong format. But I LOVE it!!!!!!!!
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I voted for fondant, but we are having a 'show' cake that has fondant on it and then the cake that is served will have whipped cream
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Scew my job! I should just get into the wedding cake business--it's lots of work,but I think it's fun and they all make such beautiful work.
OMG, that is exactly what I want to do, design wedding cakes, there is this young cake designer, she used to be a fashion desinger and now she makes all kinds of cakes, amazing!!!!forget stock broker, I want to be a pastry chef, I would just hire people to make the designs and flowers etc
Yes--forget financial analyst! I am going to be a pastry chef
I am seriously contemplating going to pastry school after I get married. I bake on the side and have done parties and stuff and it takes a lot, but it's so much more fun!
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Scew my job! I should just get into the wedding cake business--it's lots of work,but I think it's fun and they all make such beautiful work.
OMG, that is exactly what I want to do, design wedding cakes, there is this young cake designer, she used to be a fashion desinger and now she makes all kinds of cakes, amazing!!!!forget stock broker, I want to be a pastry chef, I would just hire people to make the designs and flowers etc
Yes--forget financial analyst! I am going to be a pastry chef
I am seriously contemplating going to pastry school after I get married. I bake on the side and have done parties and stuff and it takes a lot, but it's so much more fun!
did you ever see the oprah show when it was ppl who followed their dreams...Well one guy was a big time lawyer and quit to open up a bakery bc it was his hobby and he says he is so much happier now
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Scew my job! I should just get into the wedding cake business--it's lots of work,but I think it's fun and they all make such beautiful work.
OMG, that is exactly what I want to do, design wedding cakes, there is this young cake designer, she used to be a fashion desinger and now she makes all kinds of cakes, amazing!!!!forget stock broker, I want to be a pastry chef, I would just hire people to make the designs and flowers etc
Yes--forget financial analyst! I am going to be a pastry chef
I am seriously contemplating going to pastry school after I get married. I bake on the side and have done parties and stuff and it takes a lot, but it's so much more fun!
did you ever see the oprah show when it was ppl who followed their dreams...Well one guy was a big time lawyer and quit to open up a bakery bc it was his hobby and he says he is so much happier now
I missed that, but they always have stories like that on the Food Network. My latest thing is Ina Gartner because she used to be a budget analyst too and she liked to entertain, so one day she decided to up and leave and buy a store and start doing all that for a living.
I am such a dork!
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You can make a ton of money making wedding cakes. My mom bakes, I will put the butercream and fondant, lol, taking care of the money, and my sis (the painter/artist), will design the sugar flowers, etc Im sooo serious. Family business, I will look into it. You can open up a bakery in LI near the RH's,
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You can make a ton of money making wedding cakes. My mom bakes, I will put the butercream and fondant, lol, taking care of the money, and my sis (the painter/artist), will design the sugar flowers, etc Im sooo serious. Family business, I will look into it. You can open up a bakery in LI near the RH's,
OMG! You have your own staff right there in your house!
