All In The Whisk

Vanilla cupcakes, strawberry compote and cream cheese icing. Had so much fun with this one!

So true!!! :)

A lady wanted to purchase a beautiful hand-made cake and spotted a cake maker who did absolutely amazing work, but she charged a good price too.
The lady thought that her price was way too high so she approached the cake maker and in quite a brisk fashion and stated, "I want to buy a cake from you, but I think you charge too much."
The cake maker was a little taken aback but replied, "Ok, how much do you think I should charge?"
The lady replied, “I think you should charge “X” much, because the flour will cost this much, and eggs this much, and fondant this much etc. I even factored in the price of a pan."
The final price the lady had calculated was a lot cheaper than the cake maker original price, but she said "Ok, deal. You will get your cake in a week".
The customer was very pleased with herself and couldn’t resist telling all her friends what a fabulous deal she had negotiated and how smart she is, and that in a week she would have her gorgeous cake.
A week later her box arrived. She opened it and inside was flour, eggs, fondant etc and even a pan. Angrily she contacted the cake maker asking, “How could you do this to me? I asked you for a cake and you sent me a box of flour, eggs, fondant and a pan!"
The cake maker quietly replied, "My dear, you got exactly what you paid for, if you think there is something missing, you need to pay for it."
Moral of the story, when you buy a bespoke cake you are not just buying the materials, you are buying the cake, time, effort, skill, love and dedication that goes into making your cake.

Spring time buttercream flower cake for an 80th birthday!