I’m at a creative block. Seriously. I’ve been in the process of moving this blog to a shiny new place, but I need to come up with a new layout. Actually I need to come up with two. I have had some ideas, but as soon as I actually make them happen, they just don’t look good enough. Someone out there needs to inspire me!
I finished the cake yesterday, and it actually came out looking pretty good, no major issues with it either. The heat was kind of a problem, as the icing was extremely runny. It all worked itself out though.
James called a little while ago and said that the woman had picked it up and that she loved it. That’s nice. She finally brought up a price and he said he honestly didn’t know because I had never sold one before. We talked about it last night and I told him that I would be happy if it covered my cost. My cost for everything, including restocking some of my supplies which will last for a while, was around 23$. I could probably sit down and figure out exactly how much the cake cost to make, but I’m too lazy. All in all, I made 2 dollars for the cake. Apparently a lot of people saw it though, and James says I should be getting more orders. Scary.
I don’t really know how this happened. James is all talk of price lists and money per hour, I don’t think he really knows how much work goes into something like this, and how completely inconvenient our kitchen is to do it. I need to put more money into it to actually make any money. I want bowls, good bowls for mixing colors. My tiny little bowls are horrible. I really should take the class, but I don’t want to go alone. I know I can impress people with my ability to copy a picture onto a cake, but it’s really nothing special. I’m not just being critical of myself; I know it could be so much better. I need to know the little tricks, I need to know exactly what I need to do and use to make everything look good. I need to turn my air conditioning down to 65 before I start. I need to buy hairnets, because I’m so freaking paranoid about it. I need to have a dog free zone, because I’m paranoid about all of their hair too. I need my oven to be level. I need a really good recipe for chocolate and yellow cakes. By good I mean consistent too, and dummy proof.
So it’s not just as easy as saying “Cakes for Sale”. I would love to make actual money doing this, but I know that I’m not ready for that. I’m still at the point that I’m nervous making a cake for my family. Just give me time, I’ll get there.
Sorry, that was more of a rant than I intended. I’ll post happy thoughts later.
