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I cant find a decent box that would secure the cake for overnight shipping. Does anyone know of a reliable suppliers for the box.

These are my infamous rum cakes and pound cakes and red velvet cakes and sinfully peach pound cakes.

I want the product to arrive at the client`s house as if it was fresh out of the oven.

I tried several experiment and all the cakes were broken upon opening it ~ no matter how good I wrapped it.  

This is my hobby though, I currently strictly do it for friends and family members.

If I can find a supplier that will solve my problem of broken cake I would seriously consider taking this hobby to the next level.

 

DeafCeo,

I believe if you check around on the web and look at others selling gourmet desserts, you will find they ship them to their customers frozen. This is how they avoid the issues you bring up. Recently, my wife won a prize of a year`s supply of gourmet desserts - a monthly shipment for 12 months. We just received the first shipment yesterday. A styrofoam container about 20" cube, separateable in a top and bottom half. The product was a pumpkin creme cheese cake - frozen solid as a rock. The bottom half of the container was basically the packing for the cake - surrounded by a cardboard ring with spacers to eliminate the side-to-side movement - tight as socks on a rooster. Then another cardboard plate on top of this entire layer. Then, the top half was for the dry ice - inside a plastic bag. The dry ice was still about the size of a laptop computer when it arrived. We threw the cake in the freezer and will thaw it out for Thanskgiving.

I don`t see how you can ship a fresh cake, not frozen. Even if you could eliminate the side-to-side movement in shipping, you will never be able to guarantee the package will not end up upside-down in transit and no matter what packaging you devise, a fresh cake will not be able to stand that kind of abuse.

Can you not freeze your product fresh and it be good once thawed?

R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

I did thought about that. But frozen??? See that would set me apart from everybody and their grandma if I could ship it fresh.

 

Usually pies are to be frozen but cakes can be fresh.

Hmm I gonna do more research on this but thanks for the suggestions

Good luck - R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

Check out http://www.carolinescakes.com.  She ships fresh.  If you click shipping on the landing page it will direct you to her description of how she packages and ships.

Anita - she still ships frozen. From her website:

"We ship all of our cakes frozen to ensure that they flawlessly arrive on your doorstep."

R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

Hmm it does said it is shipped frozen.

I need to determine if I want to ship my cake frozen because most people like me want that fresh out of the bakery`s oven feel. Hmmm thanks I didnt realize how much of a factor this will play in my pricing.

Dry ice ? Is that expensive?

 

If anyone can refer me to a reliable cake packaging supplier that would be great

DeafCeo - suggestion ... call the cake lady mentioned in the website. Most folks like this will share their knowledge. If she won`t, call others. There are plenty online from my brief search.

Good luck.

R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

 Call the competetior and ask for advice? WOW i didnt think of that. hmmm I think I can do that and get an oscar lol

 

DeafCeo - It works. People love to talk. I`m speaking from years of doing it. Try it, you`ll be surprised.

R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog