Check out the cake I made my Dad!!

jenbar

and only at some of it while making it! LOL:laugh: :laugh:

jenbar

and only at some of it while making it! LOL:laugh: :laugh:

AmyNVegas

It's beautiful you did a great job!:drinker:

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Heather125

that's more than cake it's art great job

weesel80

This is wonderful!! What a great idea!! :flowerforyou:

MissResa

I totally agree!!! Make mine for my birthday!!! It's in May... Make sure you mark it in your calendar!!!:bigsmile:

Mom_To_5

That is an awesome cake!
You are very talented, you should do that for a living if you don't already. I would definately buy them from you. In fact i would have today instead of getting the ice cream cake from DQ i just bought for one of my daughter's birthday's today!! I have a kids b-day every month from Feb till June!!

cheermom11

VERY cool! :drinker:

jenbar

Thanks!
It all started with my sons 1st birthday 9 years ago with an Elmo cake I made with a football shaped pan. From there, there has been
spiderman, snake, popcorn box, football, baseball, pokemon ball, beach, above ground pool, this one, and I'm forgetting some at the moment.
I was actually thinking of starting a side business called "For Moms Who Don't Bake CAKES"! ya know, the cake looks like they did it and doesn't look storebought, but they didn't do it, I did!
But I wouldn't even know where to begin as far as pricing goes!

LuckyLeprechaun

that is a really cool cake, and a really cool idea for a business. you could advertise on craigslist, do it out of your kitchen, and it would be pure profit!! Go for it!

LuckyLeprechaun

you could charge easy at least $20-25 for a basic cake, and like $50 for the masterpiece you made for your dad-

VballLeash

Sweet! You've got a real talent!

jenbar

I don't know about pure profit!:ohwell: :laugh:
because I know how much I paid for all the stuff I needed to do this! but I guess eventually, I'd have the things I needed except for the cake and icing stuff, then... there would be the profit!

Heather125

Thanks!
It all started with my sons 1st birthday 9 years ago with an Elmo cake I made with a football shaped pan. From there, there has been
spiderman, snake, popcorn box, football, baseball, pokemon ball, beach, above ground pool, this one, and I'm forgetting some at the moment.
I was actually thinking of starting a side business called "For Moms Who Don't Bake CAKES"! ya know, the cake looks like they did it and doesn't look storebought, but they didn't do it, I did!
But I wouldn't even know where to begin as far as pricing goes!

I'd buy one I like the name too

beahurey

Awesome cake!!! I love to see cool cakes like that! Super markets used to be able to do better than they do now-a-days...great job and you should pursue it! :drinker:

LuckyLeprechaun

so if someone paints your house, you have to provide the paint. and if a seamstress sews something for you, you have to provide the fabric, thread, etc. I think that your clients could buy the ingredients, or reimburse you for them, so that they are paying you for your efforts as well as the materials!

jenbar

yeah, I suppose I would have to figure out, depending on the cake they wanted, how much material I would need, then be able to give them a price?

FitJoani

what a talent!!! WONDERFUL JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

keiko

That is a really neat cake! There are a few others on here that do cakes and sell them. Maybe you can ask them how they started, pricing... all the questions you have.

heal4444

That is the nicest, most endearing cake I've ever seen!!! Happy 80th to your Dad!! What a great daughter and what a proud pappa he must be of you. I love everything of the cake, one side celebrating all your dad' journey and the other siide of all your family!! Wonderful, what a priviledge we all are here on MFP you're sharing this with us. Thank you and glad you had a great party celebrating your Dad's 80th with a beautiful, creative masterpiece! Bravo.

p.s., you ate a bit while decorating it? Good thing you covered it with the baseball!!

How long did it take you to make the cake? What a gift of love!! So sweet in everyway!! :happy:

age1389

Wow very cool!! Great job!

jenbar

Thanks so much! I just make special cakes for my sons birthdays, but of course, they asked me to one for my dad, and it's always funny, b/c when they know it's cake time, they all get excited to see what I came up with. (one of my sisters actually peeked at it in my car 'cause she couldn't resist!):laugh: :laugh:
I would take about an hour or so at night, and make a decoration, and if I had a spare moment, I do one, then of course I only had 1 pan that would make that shape, so I had to wait for one to cook, cool, take it out, before I could start the other one! so overall, it took me around (including all the waiting time!) 7 hours?
Of course, not my moms 80th is in June, gotta start thinking now, what to do for hers!

TudorRose

Wow, that's amazing!

jessmomof3

Wow, that is amazing!!! What a great job you did and very sweet too! :bigsmile: Happy birthday to your Dad! :drinker:

get_fit2009

My Dad is turning 80 in May and I can tell you if I make a cake it is NOT going to turn out like that. :noway: Usually it comes out tasting really good and looking really bad (which is ok, I guess!) :laugh:

CassieNic

wow thats great!

ChubbyBunny

Awesome!

:flowerforyou:

LuckyLeprechaun

OMG i had no idea it took seven hours. then you must charge more(when you start your business)!! I imagined maybe a couple hours, but I had no idea!!!!!! Amazing! even more impressed than I already was!!:drinker:

jenbar

Lucky, that's just b/c I only had one pan to work with:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , so that was baking time included! (which was 45 min., each time) plus cooling, crumb coating, cooling again, then icing, etc!

chrissyh

That's awesome - great job. I am sure he loved it

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