When she became a mother, Becky Rink wanted to bake cakes for her children just as her mother had done when Becky was a child. Her sister presented her with Wilton Method Class in cake decorating as a birthday present, and after they completed the class Becky's reputation as an extraordinary cake decorator began to skyrocket. In January 2001, Becky decided to offer her services professionally, and founded About the Cake. We visited with Becky recently, and listened as she provided this overview of her offerings;
About the Cake, Inc. specializes in creating delicious and delightful specialty cakes, including wedding cakes, special occasion cakes, bite-sized treats, pastries, cupcake towers, and 3-D and sculpted cakes. You can get a sheet cake anywhere, but the cakes we bake are truly unique. We can create a cake that resembles practically anything you can visualize, and the more challenging it is, the more excited we get about the job. We serve the greater Cleveland area, including Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Sandusky, and surrounding Counties, and delivery service is available throughout the counties we serve.
The work we do cannot be found at your local bakery. We have created very unusual cakes, such as a cake that looked exactly like a bucket of fried chicken and cakes that resemble purses, gift boxes, pets, guitars, mermaids, and leprechauns. We view cake decorating as an art form, but nothing is ever too pretty to cut and eat.
We offer approximately twenty-five different flavors of cake, ranging from vanilla, chocolate, yellow, and marble to mocha, spice, raspberry swirl, dark chocolate-raspberry truffle, coconut, Kahlua chocolate, Amaretto, carrot with pecans, and an assortment of vegan cakes. Our fillings are available in many flavors, also, such as lemon or pineapple curd, mousses, creams, chocolate, raspberry, pistachio, white chocolate, peanut butter creme, Irish Cream, White Russian, and dark chocolate ganache. Sweet Buttercream is our standard icing, but we also offer Italian Meringue Buttercream and Fondant.
Through our subsidiary company, And Cookies Too, we offer specialty cookies made specifically for gift boxes. Our most popular assortment is our cocktail box which includes Fuzzy Navels, Alabama Slammers, Strawberry Daiquiris, and Nutty Irishman that taste just like the drinks for which they are named. We also have an assortment that is perfect for college students away from home that includes ginger snaps, molasses, chocolate chip, peanut butter, and oatmeal raisin.
The only products we ship are the cookies and our pound cakes. Our specialty cakes are too fragile, and the shipping costs would typically exceed the cost of the cake.
We require at least one week's notice when customers are placing an order, although from late spring through early fall (our busy season) we recommend two to three months advance notice.
Classes and private lessons are also available covering a variety of cake carving/sculpting, fondant, and cake decorating techniques.
About the Cake, Inc. specializes in innovative treats designed to delight the eye and tantalize the taste buds. Call About the Cake, Inc. today, and don't forget to tell them Avon Business & Living sent you!
