Most grocery stores have a "central location" (such as Denver) where all their cakes are baked, frozen, then shipped to other locations (such as Colorado Springs, Monument, and Woodland Park) throughout the state only to sit in the freezer even longer until they are thawed out, frosted, decorated with your basic trim, balloons, and confetti, then stuck in a refrigerator case where they sit for days, causing the frosting to crack and colors to bleed, all the while hoping someone will take them home. If you're lucky, you get a "manager's special": a cake that's been sitting so long it's on the verge of being dumped in the trash. Even if you order from a bakery, chances are the cake was baked a week or two ago and has been frozen until your order comes up, and the frosting used to decorate it was possibly made days ago for someone else's cake and you get the leftovers!
What if you could choose your own flavor of cake, filling, type of frosting, colors, and personalized greeting? What if you could ask for a motorcycle, a dinosaur, or martini glass--items that can't be found in assembly-line fridge bins at the local grocery store? What if you could order your cake as fresh as possible?
I bake all of my cakes either the night before or the day of your order. The frosting is prepared right before I decorate, not days before and stored in the fridge where the coloring and cream can separate. I make every single cake to order, down to the cake's flavor, filling, colors, picture, and message. I can do whimsical, three-dimensional, and/or "painted" cakes; sheet, round or square cakes; tiered or three-dimensional cakes for any occasion!
Sure, they cost a little more, but people will be talking about your one-of-a-kind cake for weeks! And aren't you worth it?
E-mail me at srmerchant326@hotmail.com with questions or to place an order. Please give at least 3 days notice.
Below are some cakes that I've done over the last several weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions or feel free to leave comments.
(One of these days, I'll figure out how Blogger lines up the captions with the pictures, but for now, you can probably figure them out!)
Mazda 6 for Bob Penkhus Mazda.

























































