Celso's Cakes

Sunday, September 14, 2008

So instead of going to church, I ended up at the office, catching up on work that has been slowly but surely piling up on me. I guess I'm just not motivated to do much bankruptcy work. In this economy, we are constantly and consistently busy.

I ended up stopping by Michael's on my way home to check out the new weekly sale and to use my coupon that I had found on a bridal forum. I was so excited to find that my purple flowers were on sale and I'm so glad I waited to pick them up. I bought these to go in the copper flower arrangements. They look so beautiful!!! I also picked up a corner rounder for my general crafting needs. YAY!!!!

I also found a possibility for invites that I TOTALLY love. Apparently brides.com makes a line that is carried exclusively by Michael's that includes invites and accessories. The particular one that I favor is called Fern and it's a beautiful green fern pattern letterpressed onto this beautiful cream textured paper. GORGEOUS!!!!
I realized that I would have to kidnap Al and drag him to the store in order to get his approval before purchasing.

I finally made it home to pick up Al and race to our cake tasting. We had an appointment with Celso's Cakes, http://www.celsoscakes.com/, for an initial tasting consult. They are currently running the business out of their home, but are getting ready to move to a new bakery.
We met with both Celso and Pavla and tasted a variety of cakes.
Vanilla with white chocolate mousse and raspberry, almond cake with amaretto mousse, chocolate opera cake, and chocolate cake with grand marnier mousse. They were all pretty tasty, I have to admit. I didn't get the same, wow this is AMAZING as I did from Coffee-cakes, but I think it was because the cake we were tasting was cold and the buttercream had hardened and the cakes had become more dense. We also got a chance to taste some buttercream that was at room temperature and was a better indicator of what the cake would taste like.
We talked about shape, design, flavor, fillings and price.
He charges $4.50 per slice for buttercream with any filling and $5.50 per slice for fondant.

Total Cost for bridal cake for 100, delivery, groom's cake (ramblin wreck replica) for 40 was quoted at $800.00. Not too bad and definitely standard in the world of wedding cakes.

We have a couple of other bakers to do a tasting with then we can make a final decision.
I think the cake is one of the last few large items to take care of on our list.
I'm looking forward to taking care of the cake and getting one decision closer to the wedding.