Missy's Cakes and Cookies

 
-Time is the most costly factor in any cake designer. The more time that is spent in the design of your cake the more expensive it will be. A more simple design will be less costly.  Please see our Rates & Services page.

What types of decorations are available?

-The possibilities are nearly endless, but you have to know the difference between the various types of icings and what you can do with them.
-Buttercreams come in a number of recipes, some sweeter than others.  If you're having an outdoor reception on a hot day, this might not be your best bet, since it doesn't respond well to heat.
-Rolled fondant is a sugar-clay type of icing, and it gives the cake a smooth, porcelain-like look. It's more expensive than buttercreams, but you can do more with it in terms of modeling decorations.

I have heard fondant tastes horrible.  Is this true?

-Unfortunately fondant gets a bad rap because the one brand of fondant that is most readily available nationwide tastes... well... like feet. It's kind of like eating brussels sprouts and then deciding "I hate vegetables", when really you have only tried the worst of the bunch. There are some great homemade and commercially available fondants on the market, so if you like a design that will look better in fondant... I promise mine is amazing!  You can get it in a variety of flavors too!  (buttercream, chocolate, vanilla, berry, grape, melon, tutti-frutti, strawberry, cherry, lemon, orange or chocolate-cherry)

We want to have an ourdoor reception.  How will this affect our cake choices?

-Since heat is the mortal enemy of buttercream, an outdoor reception will limit your choices, sometimes severely. Depending on the weather, you may have to go with fondant as a covering for your cake, since buttercreams will melt and slide off the cake if it's too hot. You may also have to avoid fillings that are perishable, depending on how long the cake will be sitting out in the heat. If it's at all possible, you could arrange to keep the cake in an air-conditioned area until it's time to cut it, and this might open up your options a little.
-Another consideration is wind. If your buttercream cake is sitting outside at any time of year and the wind starts stirring up dirt... you are probably going to have dirt & twig pieces embedded into your cake. With fondant a lot of that stuff will bounce off leaving your cake looking pretty for photos. We recommend fondant for all outdoor receptions because of this reason.