Cake Tasting

We've just started our search for the wedding cake and decided to order (and PAY!) for a couple of cupcake samples from this shop that seemed to know what it was doing on Sunday. It was featured in a few magazines and had good reviews from other brides in a bridal forum...so...

Yesterday we picked up our cupcake (1 vanilla and 1 chocolate chip) from Cake Avenue. They didn't seem prepared for us at all. The guy rushed around looking for our order but couldn't find it, had a quick chat with the girl in the shop who also didn't seem to know of it, and finally he came out and asked us what we meant by "plain" on the order and figured that we hadn't asked for it to be decorated - we only wanted to taste the cake. So, he rushed into the kitchen (which we could see into as it had a clear glass window), rolled out some fondant (marzipan), and stuck it onto our cupcakes. NICE!



We also decided to give their chocolate fudge cake a punt, which they said was delicious...Hmmm...

Looks good eh. The FUGDE was quite yummy but the cake bit rather disappointing.

So, our verdict? Bad Service. Can we trust them to actually make our cake on the day and deliver it? Dry cakes. I think no amount of liquid will moisten throats once you've consumed these cupcakes! So, onwards to the next bakery.