Last weekend Tyler got yelled at by a customer because his cake was just too large to safely put into a box. Rather than blow up at the guy Tyler channeled his anger into this hilarious, if not somewhat passive-aggressive, info-graphic. We love our customers, but yelling at us, after we just spent 5 hours decorating your cake, over something as piddly as your cake being too large for a box… yeesh!
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As many of our Facebook and Twitter followers already know, we’ve been running a super terrific, awesomely fun competition for the last three weeks. We call it “Guess the Cake!”
The idea is pretty simple.
It’s really fun, and a really good reason to follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Amanda Oakleaf (and Tyler) were both born and raised in a small town outside of Sioux Falls, South Dakota called Hartford. After the airing of the Food Network Challenge we got in contact with Sioux Fall’s local newspaper the “Argus Leader” and they did a really nice write-up about Amanda and our cake business.
Check it out here:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100822/LIFE/8220305/1004/life
And the journalist for the paper also blogged about us here.
We made a Cookie Monster cake today, and we decided to video tape it so you could see in very simple terms how we go from structure to completed cake.
Image Credit: Bakerella.com
Amanda Oakleaf Cakes has a new twitter account where we do cool things like post photos of cakes we’ve decorated, hold “Guess the Cake” competitions, and best of all, talk directly with you – our most favorite people!
So in celebration of this, and to get the word out, the FIRST 500 people to follow us on twitter will get a free cupcake!
Simply go to http://twitter.com/oakleafcakes, log in (or sign up), and then click “follow”. Then within an hour or so you will be sent a direct message with a coupon code. Then just stop into the shop within 30 days, show us the message on your phone or print-out, and -POW!!!- free cupcake!
For those of you who’ve ever seen our cakes and wondered: “how do they do that?” we give you our new, most awesome video series called “Cake Answers.” Today, in part 1, Tyler and Amanda show you how they go about making our super-delicious marshmallow fondant. Yum!
Today we finally broke down and decided to try out the twitter. Soon our lives will be full #computerized @gibberish and cutesy-bird-related words, but if it provides a better way for us to share our awesome cakes with you all, then more power.
Follow us at:
http://twitter.com/oakleafcakes
or, if you’re already a tweet-ier-twit-tweet-er-whatever
@oakleafcakes
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Let the count-down begin! Now only 3 hours to go until the Food Network Challenge! Watch it @ 8pm EST and Pacific, and 7pm Central, on the Food Network.
On a more personal note:
Myself, Tyler, Alicia, Liz, Julie, Alyssa, & Brian -really want to thank everyone for all of the support and good wishes. We’ve loved making all of your cakes, and we truly appreciate that you have given (and continue to give) us the opportunity to add something special your celebrations. So from all of us, Thank You!
And Enjoy the Show!
Some cakes look best in their natural environment. Zorro is a bomb sniffing dog, so he’s very much at home taking a drive in the car. At least that’s what this photo made us think of.
To spread the word about our new storefront we’re letting you send your friends who haven’t yet tried our cake a gift certificate for a FREE CUPCAKE!
It’s simple: Just fill our the form below, and we’ll send your friend a coupon for a FREE CUPCAKE! No strings, no mailing lists, no shady behavior. Just free cupcakes for your closest friends. Easy.
