Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous - FRC: A bakery that

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dawnnys

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will not put a rose on a cake that you are purchasing (they have colors and tubes and equipment to do so and have written names or added flowers for any other cake that we requested it)?

This one escapes me... I picked up a cake in their display cake - it was completely white - and asked the girl if she could put a rose on the top. She replied "No, sorry, we aren't allowed to". "You're not allowed to?" "No, sorry."

I definately will ask the manager, but...?

 
Maybe that brings it into a whole 'nother realm of pricing?

They might have just drawn a line in the sand...or in the icing, as it were.

I'll bet if you look at the price of one of their "iced-but undecorated" refrigerated cakes versus the same size cake you ordered with decorations, the prices are different.

I'll be interested to hear the manager's side.

 
No. They say they cannot put anything on those cakes. None of them are decorated - that's the

ridiculous part. Line in the icing - hahah.

 
The only thing I can liken to this is a story I heard from a Baker owner once. She had some

employees stealing her designs and using them somewhere else. She is quite the artist and was doing designs no one was doing.

She eventually went took it to court. The end of the story is only her shop can do these designs and no one else.

Maybe the owner of this store was involved in some design issue and can only make plain cakes.

Strange

 
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's promoted as "homestyle" - I don't really care,

just thought it was odd. "Homestyle" in that it is supposed to taste natural, although the ingredients listed are almost larger than the cake.

The funniest part of this is that it says the cake serves FIVE! Hahah - five?! But at 350 calories for 1/5 of the cake, I guess that's about what it should be. (Note size of penny next to the 2-layer half cake left.)

Product Details:
Three reasons why our White Cake is the Ultimate: 1. Ultimate Taste -Pure white, moist, tender 3-layer cake. 2. Fresh - Iced fresh in store with velvety not too-sweet butter cream icing. 3. Easy - Delicious homestyle flavor without all the work. Tip: serve at room temperature.

Ingredients:
Sugar, Butter, Water, Enriched Bleached Flour (Bleached Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid), Soybean Oil, Egg Whites, Whole Milk. Contains 2% or less of the following: Palm Oil, Cornstarch, Emulsifiers (Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters of Fatty Acids, Sorbitan Monostearate, Mono and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Dextrose, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Calcium Acetate, Soy Flour, Natural and Artificial Flavor.

Warnings:
ALLERGENS: Contains Eggs, Milk, Soy and Wheat. MAY CONTAIN Peanuts and Tree Nuts due to shared preparation area.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/5 of Cake (79g)
Servings Per Container: 5


Calories 350
Calories from Fat 200

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Amount Per Serving and/or % Daily Value*

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Total Fat 23 g (35%)
Saturated Fat 12 g (61%)
Trans Fat .5 g
Cholesterol 45 mg (15%)
Sodium 140 mg (6%)
Total Carbohydrate 36 g (12%)
Dietary Fiber 0 g (0%)
Sugars 29 g
Protein 1 g

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Vitamin A 10%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2%
Iron 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Calories: 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less than 65g 80g
Sat Fat Less than 20g 25g
Cholesterol Less than 300mg 300mg
Sodium Less than 2400mg 2400mg
Total Carbohydrate 300ghttps://recipeswap.org/fun/wp-content/uploads/Finer_Kitchens/DawnNYS/minicake.jpg

 
All's well that ends well... from the manager

"To Whom It May Concern:

Hi this is ----. We apologize for this. Yes we can write and put flowers on the ultimate white cake. In the future, if there is a problem please ask to see a manager. Also, please let the employee know that I said it was okay. Thank you."

 
It reminds me of the old skit from In Living Color where the fast food worker couldn't...

...make a strawberry shake.

"If you want me to work with berries, you gotta TRAIN ME on berries. I can do chocolate and vanilla, but not berries. You messin' wit my professionalism!".

Very funny.

Michael

 
Ah, I thought it might have something to do with the "nutritional info".

Since the cake was sold with a label saying each slice was XX calories, adding additional decoration (additional calories) would make the label invalid.

 
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