Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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.

6 comments :

Magnolia Perez said...

What a neat post! Looking forward for more post from you. Thank you for sharing!

Adie said...

I think you should totally call them and let them know. This is ridiculous, especially for $45!!! Want me to call? :)

Shannon said...

I believe my bike is this one...
http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCProduct.jsp?spid=52858&scid=1001&scname=Road

But in purple :)

Cute cake! I had wondered about the "Pretty" part!

Cecilia said...

BTW, I totally got the Pretty part and the pink icing. :o) The cake itself was very yummy. It's hard to find a cake that actually tastes good.

Stephany said...

Ahhh...that cake looks soooo yummy! Horrible customer service on the cake place part. I definitely would never use them again.

Julie said...

The camo isn't very appealing, it looks more like girl camo but from what it sounds like, the cake itself was yummy. I'd maybe call and complain, esp if it was like 45.00