........even the ones that bring me nothin' but grief. (but back to that in a minute)
We FINALLY moved into the new shop!! Whoo Hoo!! YAY!! I have so much space that I stay lost most of the day! ;o) It's great to be so close to home so that our kids have some sort of "normal" life. (YES this is WHY we moved the shop)"AHHHHH did you see that??"... I just answered a question (YES this is WHY we MOVED the shop) so this little blog post is gonna answer a few questions that keep popping up!!
So let's start with a little Q&A:
How long have you been here?
2 weeks in this location but 9 years in Titusville
Are you a bakery, cupcake shop or cake shop?
Well I'm glad you asked! We are a custom cake shop that happens to make a damn good cupcake!
So you just make cakes and cupcakes?
No we also make cookies, pies and cheesecakes, but we specialize in Custom Decorated KickAss Cakes!
Do I have to order a cake or do you have them already made?
You have to order your custom decorated cake at least TWO WEEKS before your event and ONE WEEK for a dessert cake................ "Procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." I mean.. I do realize your daughter's "Sweet 16" was a big surprise for you and you didn't know it was coming up for the LAST 16 years....
Publix and Wal-Mart have cakes on hand, why don't you?
Your kidding right?? Both of these places DO NOT bake their cakes in house, they are shipped in frozen then assembled..YUM-O ........All of our cakes start out as flour, sugar, butter, milk and eggs, which means we need time to mix + bake + cool + frost + decorate it= FABULOUS CAKE EXPERIENCE (and they are NEVER frozen) The decorating part is the most time consuming part of the equation!
Why are your cakes so expensive compared to Publix?
Seriously?? if you have to ask.......you cannot compare what we do to ANY "big box store"
Every custom cake we do is a piece of edible art, we spend hours on ONE cake...hhhooouuurrrsss! We will also do our best to work within your budget, but if you are trying to feed 100 ppl on a $50 budget then I do suggest you go to Wal-Mart.
Are you hiring? Can I intern with you? I will sweep the floors if you show me how you decorate cakes?
We get this at least two times a day, we are not hiring or taking on interns and Shawn sweeps the floors! ;o)
Will you donate to my cause?
We are very charitable and do donate to special events and charity's, but unfortunately because we are a small business we cannot donate to EVERY cause.
What is the difference between a custom decorated cake and a dessert cake?
This is easy let me show you: cake 1 "dessert" cake 2 "custom decorated"
and last but not least "Why do you keep running out of cupcakes, do you just not have your act together?"
Yes someone actually said this to us!!! But first off... we will save up to 2 dozen cupcakes by phone if you give us a call ahead of time!! This way know one goes away cupcake-less!! "But since I feel the need to explain what we do".... here ya go:
We bake in small batches from SCRATCH every morning and thru out the day, at 3:00 we stop baking for the store front and we start working on our custom orders. But before we do this we check to see how much stock we have left and we estimate how many more people will show up in the next 2 hours, because our ultimate goal is to make EVERYONE happy. BUT there will be times when we run out, which is not a bad thing because this insures you we will have FRESH product the next day. If you have been one of the unlucky peeps that has showed up with nothing left but the crumbs... and if your attitude is as sweet as the cupcakes we make.... we will ALWAYS take care of you. (and y'all know who you are)
BUT if you are the BEE-ACHH that shows up at 5 minutes to 5:00 and tells us how to run our business and we apparently don't know what we are doing...I promise you... I will NEVER give you a damn thing until you change your "tude"!!! NO CAKE FOR YOU!!
Don't get me wrong folks.....apparently this lady just needs a sugar-fix, and I'm grateful to her, because she is teaching me patience!
Which brings me back to how I LOVE PEEPS!! I really do... every last one!! .......even the ones that bring me nothin' but grief!!
I hope this has answered some questions for y'all! But if not, feel free to ask me!!
XOXO~
Johnnie
We FINALLY moved into the new shop!! Whoo Hoo!! YAY!! I have so much space that I stay lost most of the day! ;o) It's great to be so close to home so that our kids have some sort of "normal" life. (YES this is WHY we moved the shop)"AHHHHH did you see that??"... I just answered a question (YES this is WHY we MOVED the shop) so this little blog post is gonna answer a few questions that keep popping up!!
So let's start with a little Q&A:
How long have you been here?
2 weeks in this location but 9 years in Titusville
Are you a bakery, cupcake shop or cake shop?
Well I'm glad you asked! We are a custom cake shop that happens to make a damn good cupcake!
So you just make cakes and cupcakes?
No we also make cookies, pies and cheesecakes, but we specialize in Custom Decorated KickAss Cakes!
Do I have to order a cake or do you have them already made?
You have to order your custom decorated cake at least TWO WEEKS before your event and ONE WEEK for a dessert cake................ "Procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." I mean.. I do realize your daughter's "Sweet 16" was a big surprise for you and you didn't know it was coming up for the LAST 16 years....
Publix and Wal-Mart have cakes on hand, why don't you?
Your kidding right?? Both of these places DO NOT bake their cakes in house, they are shipped in frozen then assembled..YUM-O ........All of our cakes start out as flour, sugar, butter, milk and eggs, which means we need time to mix + bake + cool + frost + decorate it= FABULOUS CAKE EXPERIENCE (and they are NEVER frozen) The decorating part is the most time consuming part of the equation!
Why are your cakes so expensive compared to Publix?
Seriously?? if you have to ask.......you cannot compare what we do to ANY "big box store"
Every custom cake we do is a piece of edible art, we spend hours on ONE cake...hhhooouuurrrsss! We will also do our best to work within your budget, but if you are trying to feed 100 ppl on a $50 budget then I do suggest you go to Wal-Mart.
Are you hiring? Can I intern with you? I will sweep the floors if you show me how you decorate cakes?
We get this at least two times a day, we are not hiring or taking on interns and Shawn sweeps the floors! ;o)
Will you donate to my cause?
We are very charitable and do donate to special events and charity's, but unfortunately because we are a small business we cannot donate to EVERY cause.
What is the difference between a custom decorated cake and a dessert cake?
This is easy let me show you: cake 1 "dessert" cake 2 "custom decorated"
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| cake 1 |
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| cake 2 |
and last but not least "Why do you keep running out of cupcakes, do you just not have your act together?"
Yes someone actually said this to us!!! But first off... we will save up to 2 dozen cupcakes by phone if you give us a call ahead of time!! This way know one goes away cupcake-less!! "But since I feel the need to explain what we do".... here ya go:
We bake in small batches from SCRATCH every morning and thru out the day, at 3:00 we stop baking for the store front and we start working on our custom orders. But before we do this we check to see how much stock we have left and we estimate how many more people will show up in the next 2 hours, because our ultimate goal is to make EVERYONE happy. BUT there will be times when we run out, which is not a bad thing because this insures you we will have FRESH product the next day. If you have been one of the unlucky peeps that has showed up with nothing left but the crumbs... and if your attitude is as sweet as the cupcakes we make.... we will ALWAYS take care of you. (and y'all know who you are)
BUT if you are the BEE-ACHH that shows up at 5 minutes to 5:00 and tells us how to run our business and we apparently don't know what we are doing...I promise you... I will NEVER give you a damn thing until you change your "tude"!!! NO CAKE FOR YOU!!
Don't get me wrong folks.....apparently this lady just needs a sugar-fix, and I'm grateful to her, because she is teaching me patience!
Which brings me back to how I LOVE PEEPS!! I really do... every last one!! .......even the ones that bring me nothin' but grief!!
I hope this has answered some questions for y'all! But if not, feel free to ask me!!
XOXO~
Johnnie
