There are two ways to accomplish this goal, the first and most successful is to obtain professional qualifications. This eventually leads to a confidence and ability to decorate even the most elaborate wedding cakes.
The second way, and the way that most people follow, starting with the production of birthday cakes for children, which leads naturally to requests from friends and family. And even though you never make a lot of money (no one seems to remember how long takes to decorate cakes) provides valuable experience.
If working at home with a certificate in food hygiene is required. This part-time course is through the local universities. In addition, the kitchen needs by an inspector from the Environmental Health Service is to be passed to ensure that strict hygiene rules.
If you can afford it, a professional photographer to photograph your cakes. Displayed in an album (together with all certificates you have) they give potential customers confidence in your ability.
A good investment is a great mixer, and a good quality baking tins. Cheap doses tend to bend when they are full of the mixture, and (as the metal is thin) cakes to cook for a long time, can be burned on the outside. Novelty tins can be hired. These are much easier than trying to use shapes cut of cake, and the result can be - crumbs everywhere!
It pays to use the best quality ingredients, customers ultimately forget the price for the cake, but they always remember the taste. Obviously, there is no alternative for butter. Buy dried fruit as necessary, if it nice and tight - it shrinks with age. Eggs also deteriorate. Purchase organic eggs in the date stamp.
An old reputation in the cake decorators is that they are not sufficient payment for the time they get put in. For example, so that sugar flowers can last for days ... and then some. One way to let customers know how high the cost of ingredients and supplies are to be a spread for every job. Whether small ingredients like lemons, apricot puree, baking and heating costs are included, it is for each individual. But the most important points include, for example, marzipan is extremely expensive and the cost of butter for a three-tiered wedding cake is not cheap. Then there are the cake boards, cake boxes, pillars, tins (if set), marzipan, sugar paste, flour paste. It's amazing how quickly the costs mount - and for the wage costs is added.
The time has worked in various ways. Sometimes it is as high as the market to pay! But for the "big boys". Another method is to add the cost of ingredients, it is double. But that's not enough, depending on model, it can only last so long to decorate a cake as a fruit cake, but the ingredients do not cost that much. Do not sell among themselves. Can you overwhelmed with orders, but by charging a competitive price (although the phone ring less often) work just as much, without actually earn in tatters!
As can be estimated for a wedding cake shock, a potential customer, then the following alternative of interest. High quality wedding cakes can be obtained from various sources, either with a minimum of decoration, or in some cases only the cake, allowing designers to create the final touch, resulting in a reduction of costs.
And one last word. Professional decorators decorate cakes rarely other peoples cakes.They know that even if Aunt Mary has offered to make the wedding cake, but it is to be a high standard - there is a risk that this is not. And when guests ask, "Who makes the wedding cake" Your name will be linked forever.
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