Mattie's B-Day Cake...

...I ordered Mattie's birthday cake from Baby Cakes in O'Fallon. That might sound familiar because I went to their grand opening back in January, you can read here about it. I decided that since they were a new business and I loved their cupcakes, I'd give them a try for his birthday cake. I walked in the store and the owner was there. I asked how much a quarter sheet cake was and she said, we don't do sheet cakes, we either do rounds or squares. Okay, so we went through this whole drill of what I wanted, what size, etc, etc...I knew it would be expensive so I was trying to keep it really simple. Here's what I told her I wanted: a 9-inch square, chocolate cake, chocolate frosting with greenish icing because he likes camo and Happy Birthday Matt written on it. Okay, easy enough. She rings up my total and it's $45!?! Holy hell, I almost had a heart attack! I know I could have just walked out and said no thanks but I felt like we'd already gone through the details so I might as well just do it. I thought more and more about the price of this cake and decided, you know what? If I'm paying $45 I'm going to have it decorated nicer than a plain color. I call to tell her that he likes camo and she says she's never done a camo cake but she'll see what she can do. Okay, I was really excited/worried to pick it up. I had good reason to, this is what it looked like: Now, I know camo isn't pretty but would you have paid $45 for this VERY plain looking cake? Also, I changed it up and had it say, "Happy Birthday Pretty" because, if you haven't caught on, that's what I call my husband. I did it in hot pink to be funny. Everyone asked me, what hot pink? I didn't know hot pink was so controversial! All his friends asked, why Pretty? I told them to ask Matt to see the inside of his wedding band. They all think we're weird now-whateva! It's our thing. The actual cake part tasted pretty yummy. The icing was a little sweet and like no one ate the camo fondant. OH! And when I picked up the cake, she was like let me get a box. Okay, so I'm waiting and waiting and she comes out with a plain cardboard box that had held cookies or something inside. She sets my cake in it, it's not a tight fit and there's no top. She looks at me, "Sorry! We're out of cake boxes." Really? A bakery is out of cake boxes? I paid $45, I think I should get a cake box! Anyways, as it turned out, the cake was really the least of my worries that night. I doubt I'll be purchasing another cake from Baby Cakes but I might stop in for a cupcake or two.