Organizing Cake Orders

The best way to get a customers cake order right, is through organization. La Puente Bakery uses special cake order slips to right down the specifications for the customers cake.

If the customer chose a cake out of the catalog then it's the cake decorators job to make the cake exactly like the one shown in the picture, unless the customer specifies the color of the borders. For example the customer wanted the top border to be pink instead of yellow.

The customer then gets what they want and their will be no need to have an upset customer. Then the following cake orders await in a clip with the day on it.

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

Content:

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?
I plan on interviewing Carlos, a cake decorator from La Puente Bakery #2 because he has a lot of experience in the field and he will be essential in giving me a good background. This will not be the first time I have talked to him since I met him during my mentorship. I have seen his skills at hand and I would like to ask how he can make amazing cakes without losing time. Carlos is in the picture below making an oreo cake.

2.  What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

 I plan to ask Carlos where he learned how to decorate cakes? How do you prepare yourself for a special cake? When the cashier writes a cake order what key things would you like so that it  helps you identify how you decorate the cakes?

Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

Content:

1. My topic is Cake Decorating.
2. I plan on being a part of a few other committees, such as prom committee decoration, powderpuff, and blood drive committee to show growth as an Ipoly citizen this year. To show growth as an effective learner this year, I plan on tutoring people in physics, Spanish, or statistics because practice will help me master the material and learn more while I am tutoring people. For example I could probably tutor Erika Lara because she was having trouble with the kinematics unit in Physics. I can show growth as an effective user of technology by using the Cal Poly databases at least 3 times this year for the research checks. I could also use the prom sites in order to help make our prom better. For example I could use promnite.com to give the prom committee ideas on themes for this years prom. Finally I can show growth as an effective communicator by taking a stand in organizing a house party or a potluck to learn how to communicate better. I could also make a club for people who are interested in learning how to decorate cakes.

Summer Mentorship Component

Content:
Answer the following 5 questions.  Remember to link the log of your mentorship hours using google docs (drive).  Post your blog response on your senior project blog.  We check it there. 

Literal:

1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAlQS2inC8udFVJZ1g1d3lIMG9zTEtJTW1KM2hRSlE&usp=sharing
2. La Puente Bakery #1: (626) 961-4545,     #2: (6260 851-9223
3. How did you get the idea of owning a bakery? Where did you get your training at? How is your business successful?

 Interpretive:

     4.  The most important thing that I gained from this experience is that the customer is the "boss" and that whatever they say will be. An example of this is that at the second bakery there was a special order and the client said that they wanted a picture and a bunch of army toys on their cake, but the thing is that the cake was too cluttered. In the end the client got what they wanted.



Applied

      5.  I've always had a passion for cake decorating, but after this experience I have decided that I want to go further than what I already know. I was just so moved by the diverse clients and I like to do things different.