Funfetti, Metallic Icing, Dolly Parton’s Tattoos and no more naked cakes?!! Lauren Kitchens is back and she is talking 2018 Cake trends and how to work collaboratively with creative vendors.

Michelle felt really left out the first time we had Lauren on the show, and this time, she makes up for it! We are so stoked to have Lauren Kitchen’s - owner, operator and artist at Fancy Cakes by Lauren - back on the show. The first time, we talked about cake basics, and this time, we delve more into the artistic side of things. (Also, have you heard the rumor that Dolly Parton has tons of tattoos? It’s Christy’s favorite rumor of all time.)

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Big Takeaways

How do awesome clients work with Lauren? She gets clients that want to challenge her. It’s a brainstorm between the client and Lauren from the very beginning. A bride comes in with a vision, and Lauren asks questions and gets a feel for the couple and then starts to sketch...some ideas stay, some ideas go. It’s rare that a client will come in with a photo of a cake and ask Lauren to exactly replicate it.

Lauren specifically mentions that the more you can tell her about your other vendors, and about decisions that have already been made - the better.

Vendors that have been around for a while, work really well together.

At the tasting - keep it small.

When negotiating with creative vendors, find out what THEY want to do...and you may be able to get a lower price because they want to have something cool and new in their portfolio.

A cake can sit out for about 5 hours before being cut and served. The longer it sits out, the less structurally sound it is.

Quick trends: Copper and metallic tones = IN. Naked Cakes = OUT. Gold > Blush.

Links we referenced

www.fancycakesbylauren.com

https://www.instagram.com/fancycakesbylauren/

https://www.instagram.com/grace_loves_lace/

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