Sometimes the baking business is the pits. Dishes to wash, invoices to write, budgets to magically budget. If you think our lives are some magical fantasy episode of Ace of Cakes or something, that's very far from the truth.
But for every ugly dish we have to wash and dry long after we want to crawl into bed, we have moments that are fun and special and remind us why we got into this business in the first place. Moments like this weekend, when we completed our first international order.
An international order for PSR is like the Pittsburgh International Airport claiming it's an international airport. Sure, they have a daily flight to Toronto and Cozumel, but most people don't think of the PIA as an international travel destination. Same with a bakery in Pittsburgh. International orders? What?
Here's what happened, though. A woman contacted us from the UK to let us know her son's birthday was coming up, and he was now living in Pittsburgh. She was hoping we could bake and deliver him a cake. It took some planning, since most of our customers pay with cash or check on delivery (thanks, PayPal!), but once the logistics were worked out, we decided to make a cake with a Welsh dragon on top. And write "Happy Birthday" in Welsh on top. Because, you know, we majored in languages in college (nope, we didn't).
The cake turned out fantastically, though. Take a look at some of the photos below of the prep work and finished results! And stay tuned, we still have another wedding cake and birthday cake coming up soon that you'll want to see (no, really, you will!)
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The head and neck of the dragon were molded from rice krispie treats. It's a light-weight replacement for cake that's easy to sculpt) |
Also, if you're like us and didn't know the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom, we found this handy dandy map for you. This isn't just a baking blog, you guys, we're here to educate!!
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