CUSTOM CAKE INFO / FAQ's

In addition to our Standard Celebration Cakes and Wedding Cakes, Magpies has also become known for Custom Cake Designs.

We have three categories of Custom Cakes - 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D Designs.

1-D Designs: Think illustrated cake. We can draw a custom illustration on any of our cakes. It can be as simple as duplicating a napkin design to creating an original design to complement the theme of your party

An Art Charge is added to the price of your standard cake, and can range anywhere from $15.00-$100.00, depending on the complexity of the design, number of colors used, custom color matching, etc.

A week's notice is appreciated when ordering custom 1-D Designs, as we have to factor additional decorating time into our schedule.

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2-D Designs: These are simple shapes usually cut out of sheet cake with illustrated details. These are original works of art - a strawberry shortcake or vintage wine for a vintage lady party - no two are alike. These cakes require more time to design and create, and must be ordered at least one week in advance.

An Art Charge is added to the base price of the cake (minimum 20 servings). Art charges range from $75-$200 and up.

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3-D Designs: These cakes are original works of art created from blocks of cake, stacked and engineered to design. Indeed, they are very sweet sculptures.

Creating 3-D cakes is labor intensive, requiring time to design and research, unique skills to engineer, and artistic ability and experience to carve and detail.   Because they are expensive, these are usually created for groom's cakes or to celebrate a milestone birthday or event - this cake was the groom's best friend and this cake marked a bookwriter's birthday.

These cakes are priced individually and must be ordered at least two weeks in advance.   We take a limited number of orders, especially during wedding season (minimum 20 servings). Prices range from $300 to $2000 and up.

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Questions about ordering your Custom Celebration Cake:

01. Can you draw Sponge Bob on my cake?

Unfortunately, we cannot risk drawing copyrighted characters on our cakes. Companies like Warner Bros. and Disney license manufacturers to create the stock designs and figures you see on grocery store cakes, and have actually sued small bakeries for drawing these characters freehand.

What we can do is utilize the colors and styles of your character theme to create a design, which will complement your party. You are welcome to bring in figures that we can incorporate into the design as well. The art charge for doing this would generally run in the $15.00-$20.00 range.

02. What can you do for Baptisms? Anniversaries? Christenings? First Communion Cakes? 50 th Birthdays?

We don't really have stock designs for these occasions. Here are a few designs we have done for christenings & baptisms, first communions, anniversaries, and 1st birthdays.   We usually personalize these designs to your event, working with the theme and colors that you've chosen.

It's very helpful if you bring in (or email) a picture of cake design you like or a copy of your invitation, etc. This gives us a place to start for your design.

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