Top Ten Reasons Faribault Needs a Specialty Cake Shop

Historic Faribault

It was just this past Saturday that we noticed a certain ‘Twin Cities based’ Cake Shop’s delivery vehicle, slowly driving around, lost while looking for the reception place in town. My first thought was ‘wow, what was the delivery fee for that?!’. So I called up the cake shop this morning and politely asked what they charge to deliver to Faribault for a wedding and after some major calculations, it turned out that it was about $1.75 per mile, which ends up being around $95.00-105.00. So this got me thinking about the reasons that Faribault needs a local cake shop.. and here they are…

10. You can buy a wedding dress & flowers in the historic downtown of Faribault, why not cake?
9. There were over 250 couples who are married in Rice County last year. If half of them bought a cake from the cities, that’s $12,500.00 in delivery charges!
8. With shows like Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss, who doesn’t want a really unique wedding cake for their special day… locally?
7. Dusek’s Bakery closed down almost two years ago so there is obviously a major need for a bakery on Central Ave.
6. There are lots of people walking around Central on a Saturday afternoon who have cravings for a cupcake!
5. Why pay $100 in delivery charges, when you could use that money for an upgrade on your honeymoon suite?
4. There are plenty of vacant retail spaces on Central Ave, so let’s open a cake shop already!
3. Just because we live south of the Cities, doesn’t mean we can’t have the same great creative, custom cake, here in town!
2. Choosing a cake should not be the same experience as choosing off of the McDonald’s number menu.

… and the #1 reason Faribault Needs a Specialty Cake Shop in town?

1. Everyone celebrates a birthday, a shower, a holiday or a special occasion of some kind, and we all deserve a special cake to help celebrate those moments!

I’m here to help you create the most wonderful cakes and cupcakes for your next special event! Please pass this link to anyone in the Faribault area that you know. Confectionery Cake Shop is here and ready to create a custom cake for you, with FREE delivery in the Faribault and surrounding areas! Thank you!

Bringing Reality TV to Reality!

Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes

Reality TV has been around for decades, but really started gaining momentum with shows like Cops back in 1989 and Big Brother a short ten years later. Shows like Fox’s American Idol and MTV’s Jersey Shores just go to show that reality TV is a staple in many American homes.

Currently, there are a few shows that highlight the professional art of cake making and decorating that have opened up the general public to an art that they may not have known existed (or at least to that level!). Everywhere I go lately, people ask me if I’ve seen Food Network’s Ace of Cakes or Cupcake Wars, or TLC’s Cake Boss where they focus on the art, competition, creation and drama of working in a cake shop while creating masterpieces using their craft and knowledge of baked goods. What has this done for the cake industry in general? Well, it has set a very high expectation that these kinds of cakes can be made in any cake shop across the nation (not to mention, there isn’t usually a price tag shown on the cost of those elaborate 7 tiered cutout cakes, covered in fondant).

I live in a city outside of the Twin Cities and I plan to make a name for Minnesota, just like Buddy Valastro has done for the Hoboken area of New Jersey or what Duff Goldman has done for Baltimore, Maryland. If people are seeing this level of work on tv, then they should be able to find that kind of product at a local cake boutique that at least can come close. It will take some time, practice, trial and errors, but I hope to achieve that high standard that these shows have created. As artists, we all have our own styles and ways of viewing the world, which I plan to keep to, and I also want to provide a high level of creativity to an area that really needs it! So why not bring a little Reality TV to, well… Reality?!

Starting a CAKE business!

My wedding cake, design by Queen of Cakes in Edina, Minnesota.

I’m so excited to finally start my cake business. Over the years, I’ve come to realize that when you have a good idea, more good ideas follow it. When you have a bad one, you’re stuck for days, trying to figure out your next step. Since I left my job exactly 3 weeks and two days ago, the ideas for my long awaited cake boutique have been consuming my mind. Finally! I’ve set up shop and gathered materials to create some display cakes, perfected my recipes and even have a couple of orders lined up. My goal is to bring a much needed sparkle, joy and a little bit of sweetness to the homes of many. Today marks the beginning of a beautiful future!