Unexpected Surprises

Isn't life funny sometimes?  You think you know where your life is headed, and then you get thrown a curve ball.  We had a pretty steady week planned out for the bakery, one order for this weekend, one consultation, nothing major.  It's January, most people are still trying to work off that holiday weight they packed on.

And then, out of no where, it all was flipped upside down.

On Tuesday we received the most unusual call from a bride-to-be.  She's getting married this weekend and at the 11th hour had lost her baker and her wedding cake.  She needed something, anything, for her reception.

At first, we said we couldn't help.  We're leaving for an out-of-town visit this weekend, and the last thing we needed to add to our schedule was a wedding cake.  But then we thought about it...she was frantic, and we could probably throw something together by Friday.  Honestly, we could rearrange a few things, right?

So we made a simple cake for her to cut this weekend on her wedding day.  We cut out lots of rose petals (see above), and shaped them for the cake topper (this is such a labor-intensive process, you have no idea).  We baked two cakes, covered them in fondant, decorated the heck out of them, and after a few hours of work, we're pretty proud with the end results.

We never got around to publishing our goals for 2015 (apologies to the 5 people who actually follow this blog), but one of the things we really hoped to accomplish this year was to become more involved in the Pittsburgh wedding scene.  We have two more consultations lined up next week with brides-to-be, and maybe nothing will come of either meetings, but at least we're getting our name out there more.  We don't want our business to stagnate, and sometimes last year it certainly felt like it was.

So 2015 is off to a great start for us!  Here's hoping it continues past January!