Her Sister’s Angry That She Had Her Assistant Make Her Wedding Cake
When she was a little girl, this woman shadowed her grandma in the kitchen, and her grandma loved to bake.
In fact, her grandma made wedding cakes for everyone she knew, and she eagerly learned her grandma’s skills.
“I would make roses out of playdough while she made them from fondant,” she explained. “My sister was never interested. I have turned my memories of my grandmother into a business.”
“I make wedding cakes. And I charge a fair bit for them. As an example, my base price is $8 a slice. So, if you have 100 guests, you will be buying an $800 cake. One of my base models. In return, you will get a delicious cake with piped decorations.”
“At $17.50 a slice, you get my top-notch work. Hand-molded flowers and the whole deal. Yes, I know it is expensive. Nobody is forced to buy one of my cakes. There are many very good bakers in my city.”
Her sister recently got married, and it was a very out-of-the-blue thing. Two weeks ago, her sister and mom asked her if she would make the wedding cake.
She informed them that she couldn’t make the wedding cake on such short notice, as she had a waitlist of people expecting her to make one for them.
Her mom got nasty with her and insisted she had to make her sister’s wedding cake, so she finally gave in.
She does love her sister, even though she’s completely a pain and super impulsive. She then told her mom and sister she could do the cake for $1,000, which is far cheaper than she would ever charge a client.
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She wasn’t going to make a profit since her sister expected a lavish cake coated in decorations. They argued back that she should make the cake as a gift and charge nothing.
“I do not give gifts that expensive,” she said. “I am not rich. I will have to eat the material costs and the wages for my helpers as is.”
“I did not want to argue anymore, so I said that I would make her a basic cake. Still very nice. I did not budge. I do not negotiate about losing money.”
It did cross her mind to outsource the cake to another baker who could do it on the cheap so she could get back to prioritizing her clients, but she decided against that.
Instead, she allowed one of her assistants to make the cake, and she triple-checked all of their work to ensure it was perfect.
She did end up decorating the top tier of the wedding cake since, traditionally, the bride and groom save that tier to enjoy on their first anniversary, and she wanted it to be special.
“The cake was a hit, and many pictures were taken,” she continued. “I told them NOT to mention that I did the cake.”
“It was not really up to par. They did not listen. I had a client who knew my sister. She asked, and I was honest. My sister found out she got a cake made by my helper. It has caused a huge fight.”
She wishes her mom and sister asked someone else to make the cake since it’s simply turned into unnecessary drama. Her mom and sister are furious that she didn’t toil away making the entire cake and allowed her assistant to make it in lieu of her.
She’s left wondering if it really was so wrong of her to not make the cake herself. What do you think?
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