A 90 year old woman came in the store today and said that it was her 60th wedding anniversary. She was having a couple people over and just wanted to get a cake. She picked one out of the case, but I couldn't let that happen. This was a huge milestone and I am a sucker for that stuff. I told her to give me half an hour and I would make a cake for her. I am not supposed to just make up designs or carve cakes, but I have the ability to and I will use whatever ability I can. Usually custom orders have to be placed 24 hours in advance, but this was something I wanted to do. I asked her her favorite colors and asked what her and her husband usually do for their anniversaries (not wanting to hear anything gross though...she IS 90). She said every year her husband bought her a dozen red roses and he had done that every year since the beginning. She said the one time he could only afford one red rose was during the depression, but he still managed to bring home that one rose. Her favorite color was light green so I came up with an odd design, but I liked it:
I didn't get the opportunity to take a picture of the final product, but this was the basic design before all the frills were added. I made a double layer vanilla cake with Bettercream frosting inside and out. I put edible dye into the batch to give it a light green color. On the top I printed one of our edible image sheets of a rose and cut it to fit the cake. I surrounded it with a small-tip rope border with a bow at the base. Around the sides I did strands of rosebuds and just little white dots for design. As Buddy Valastro would say "She'sa lookin' good." From that point I had the elderly woman retrieve me a picture of her and her husband. She brought me one from their wedding and I made a white frosting banner across the top. I printed another edible image with their picture in a faded circle for effect. Then I wrote "Happy 60th Anniversary". It came out extremely nice and she was so pleased with it.
Just another good deed from a minimum wage, under-appreciated Stop & Shop worker.
Stay Sweet,
Lil' Buddy
Wow! It's great to see someone who cares about people, about the individual, about the true meaning of an occasion and not just the customer. At the end of the day it shouldn't just be about the money but rather making an impression on people. I'm sure you made quite the impression on that woman and made her and her husband's 60th wedding anniversary a day for both them and you to remember. Who knew that S&S could provide such quality work? I'm coming to you for a cake when I need one!
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