10 Things That Annoy Me About Making Cakes!

hi it's Karolyn I'm here to help you learn  how to bake and decorate amazing cakes and   in this video I am talking to my fellow cake  decorators because only they will understand   this and I'm going to go over 10 things that  shouldn't Annoy Us as cake decorators but they   definitely do now before I start I need to  make a disclaimer and say that I love my job   I been doing this for over 20 years and it is  so rewarding especially when I get pictures of   people with their cakes and they're so happy  and I love working at home and making things   creating with my hands and seeing what I can  make however behind the scenes it can get a   little stressful and just like any job there  are things that will drive you crazy and these   are things that shouldn't but whenever I  have to do them or whenever I encounter   these situations I get super annoyed so I don't  want you to think that I'm complaining albeit I   am complaining a little bit but whatever  I mean I just know that there's people   out there who can relate and understand to what  I'm about to say so let's start with number one and that is baking day so there is one day  a week where I just bake all of my cakes and   I have a video where I talk about how I bake  a lot of cakes and how I plan that out and I   will link that below but baking day can just  be super annoying especially if it's a week   where I have between like six and 10 cakes and  they're all multiple tiers and I'm baking all   day the reason being is because I don't get to  sit down I don't get to eat until I'm finished   like I'm just going and going because once you  have the cakes in the oven and then you take   the other cakes out you have to let them  cool you have to flip them on top of the   plastic and wrap them up and freeze them then  you have to do the dishes and you have to prep   for the next batch that's going in and it's  constantly you're constantly doing something   and you don't get any kind of break so it can it  just baking day just annoys me on to number two and this goes in tandem with baking day and I  don't know about you guys but I stinking hate   making marble cake and it is so stupid because  I love marble cake and I have a video showing   you how I make it I will link that below and it  does taste really good but it's just annoying   for me to make it because you have to make  a yellow you have to make a chocolate and   then when you're putting it in the pan you  have to do a little bit of yellow a little   bit of chocolate back and forth back and forth  and it's just so much easier to do one flavor   and you pour it in the pan and  bake it so marble cake annoys me the third thing and this goes in tandem with the  marble cake is Rainbow on the inside cakes and   whilst they look very beautiful they are a pain  in the butt because again just like the marble   cake you have to dye a little bit and pour it in  the pan and it takes longer to bake because you   have to bake like six different thinner layers  and it's just a whole process and again talking   about the baking day you just want to be done  and there are all of these little processes   that you have to do that just prolong the time  the baking time and it drives me a little crazy all right number four and I've said this in other  videos it's making marshmallow fondant and I love   marshmallow fondant I only make marshmallow  fondant I don't like to use store-bought   fondant store-bought fondant is way too soft  and I just feel like I get a better result by   making my own fondant I just don't like doing it  because the process is just so messy it doesn't   matter if I cover the bowl with a wet towel  or a lid or whatever it just gets everywhere   the sugar gets everywhere and there's no way to  prevent it so after I make the fondant I end up   having to spend tons of extra time cleaning  my kitchen which brings me to number five and that is the whole cleaning aspect of cake  decorating which you really don't think about   until you have to do it because towards the end  of the week especially when you have all the   cake decorating tools out and you can't find  the Dresden tool or your xacto knife because   everything's all over the place it's just the  cleaning aspect of it takes a long time especially   like I said if I make the fondant and then there's  sugar all over the place and I have to wipe down   all the cabinets and everything and then when I  start my day I start by wiping down the countertop   and cleaning the sink and making sure my work  area is clean and it'll drive you a little crazy the sixth thing that can drive cake decorator  is a little crazy and I don't know about you   but early to midweek pickups so if somebody  wants to pick up a cake on a Monday Tuesday   or Wednesday ugh it just wait why am I getting  so annoyed it just throws off my entire schedule   because like I said I bake everything one day  the next day I fill all the cakes the following   day I ice all the cakes and then I decorate so  if somebody wants to pick up a cake on the day   that I'm filling or icing my cake it just throws  everything off I have to start their cake earlier   and it's it's just super annoying to try to  fit it in I actually had a Monday cake pickup   last week and I made the cake the week before so  it sat in the refrigerator for an extra day and   that is fine the cake isn't going to go bad it's  still going to be fresh and that's one another   thing I I've mentioned that in another video when  people go crazy about your cake being fresh but I   have a video where I talk about my cake decorating  timeline and refrigerating cakes and I will link   that below but those early week pickups can just  be such a big pain in the butt on to number seven and that is cake trends that we love that  just won't go away and I've talked about   this in videos before but the stinking unicorn  eyelash cake it's adorable we've done it can we   turn the page and move on to something else  like there's so many other options to do for   unicorns I've done other unicorn cakes where  I've been able to kind of talk people out of   doing the lashes and they end up looking so cute  so let's think outside of the box and try some   other designs and also like those cakes that  are shaped like a number like ugh do we have   to do those still and the baby bum I actually  got a request not too long ago like two weeks   ago to make a cake with the baby butt on top  with the feet sticking out and that's just   one of the putting body parts on a cake why is it  annoying me so bad like that's a trend we did that   the pregnant belly cake with the stinking  foot stick it out and it was one of those   trends that annoyed me so bad and I know people  say why don't you just make the cake that they   want and I do but usually I just won't post  those pictures because I hate those cakes the eighth thing that can drive us cake  decorators a little crazy it's one of   these I just I never liked it I've always hated  it and that is the half and half cake designs   why does it bother me I don't know because cuz I  just feel like if you want two different themes   on a cake either do one tier the certain theme  and the other tier the other theme or get two   separate cakes I hate the dividing it down  the middle and trying to get the fondant or   the icing exactly meet in the middle and then  one side it just it doesn't it's not cohesive   to me it doesn't match up and it's just super  annoying and I hate doing it on to number nine and I know that this isn't good for people who  are in business but it's just how it is nowadays   and and that is getting phone calls about  cake orders which I don't mind if it is an   initial phone call hey I wanted to see if you're  available for a cake or whatnot okay and I ask   for the email address the the information  the design the theme how many servings all   of that and then I like to start an email thread  because the whole conversation is in that thread   I've had times where people ask me can you just  give me a call I need to talk to you about this   and I understand because sometimes it's a lot  to put in an email however whenever we hang up   I have to type out everything that we just said  in an email because there needs to be a track   of the conversation that we had because then  you could there could be a discrepancy where   it's like I said this no I didn't say that why did  you do this and you have to have a record of your   conversations so I just feel like it can get a  little redundant when people want to call you and   talk about all the details on their cake when it's  just so much easier just to email it does anybody   else agree with me I know that everybody hates  talking on the phone now anyway I and I know like   I said it's important for business to be able to  do that but just let's keep everything in an email on to the 10th and final thing that shouldn't  annoy cake decorators but it does and this goes   hand in hand with the last one with the phone  calls it's messaging me on all different social   media or messaging apps about one cake order and  like I said said I like to have everything in an   email I try to funnel everyone to my email that  way everything is just in one place because if   you're messaging me on Instagram hey I sent a  deposit and then on Facebook you're asking me   you're telling me the flavors you want and then  you text me about pickup it's like everything   is in a different place and it's so hard to  keep track of everything so again when that   happens I get a message on Instagram then  I go to the email I retype it you said this   just so everything it's just so much easier  let's keep it all in one place and I know   not everybody likes to to communicate through  email but it's necessary for cake decorators   to do that because it's so much easier to send  attachments and any files and pictures and I just   prefer to have everything in email so let's  keep it in the email wait why' I get so mad so there you go there are my 10 things  that shouldn't annoy cake decorators   but actually do what did I miss on this list I  know that there's a lot more now I tried to keep   this list more geared to baking and you know  things that cake decorators go through rather than   customer complaints because we can go for hours  talking about things that people do that get on   our nerves but I'm just trying to concentrate on  the cake decorating aspect or running the business   or something that really gets on your nerves that  shouldn't so let me know if I forgot anything and just a reminder I have PDF ebooks with all of  my recipes I have my favorite scratch pound cake   recipes my best doctored cake mix recipes along  with all of the buttercream icing and filling   recipes that I use and my favorite numbers and  my favorite fonts PDFs so I will link all of   those in the description and I also have a Kake  Academy membership program and in that program   the top two tiers have access to my exclusive  Facebook group and in that group I go live I do   demonstrations on how to make buttercream and  fondant and two-dimensional figures we've done   cake critiques and talked about pricing I post  all of the pictures of the cakes that I make   along with how much I charged I post my YouTube  and social media content early and we are having   so much fun in this group it is a wonderful  group of supportive positive people who are   helping each other out I would love to have you  aboard so all of that information is listed below please like this video if you liked it and  if you're enjoying my tutorials I would be so   grateful if you could buy me a coffee my link is  down below and I would love it if you would keep   in touch on socials and you could check out my  website and if you want to stick around why do I   say it like that you can watch this video next and  hit subscribe and the bell if you haven't already thank you so much for watching I love you guys and remember it's cake although  sometimes it's annoying have fun I will see you in the next one bye

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Length: 11min 53sec (713 seconds)

Published: Wed May 01 2024