Custom Cake Creations by Carmen

10/21/2017

Ughhh

Saw this at . I’ve seen the price of vanilla go from $8 to THIS in just 2 years. THIS price makes it harder and harder to keep prices down. AND it isn’t even pure vanilla extract SMH

10/07/2017

10/07/2017

10/07/2017

Good evening everyone.

I am sure many of you have been questioning my long silence and absence from here. And while I hadn't meant for this page to become neglected, sadly it has. That stops today.

Custom Cake Creations By Carmen had to, unfortunately, be put on hold for the past few months for several reasons. While I could remain vague, I felt you deserved an explanation and wanted to clarify without being too unprofessional:

For 2 decades I have struggled with a condition that has tormented me both physically and mentally, causing crippling anxiety and depression. At times it would even cause me to doubt my skills: that any cake made wasn't good enough. I cant tell you the number of times I have wanted to call some of you and refund monies because it didn't meet my expectations, no matter what people told me otherwise.

Sadly, things came to a head when I lost one of my best friends and champions in June. His death has affected me more then I wanted to admit. I tried to be strong and live in all the happy memories we had but instead, I sunk deeper and deeper into a black abyss. I lost my desire in everything.

It has now been several months (and four since his passing) and I can finally say that I am motivated again. I am still sad and miss him terribly, however, I am ready to put sugar and butter and flour together and create.

I am excited to turn my newfound motivation into something amazing for you. So please allow me to say: I am sorry for my absence and hope you can find it in your hearts to give me another chance. I have so many ideas to share and am ready to create.

Much love,

Carmen

03/15/2017

Hello everyone,

I want to start by sincerely apologizing for my absence from here. Without boring you with all the details, I've been going through a several things both personally and medically in my life that have prevented me from posting like I'd like.

I also have a confession to make: lately I've been grappling with not making cakes anymore because of the raising cost of supplies. I do try to stay reasonable when pricing but when I saw this, I about damn near had a heart attack. All my cakes are from scratch and just to give you all an idea of how much this bothers me: for an 8in cake vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, I am using about 6 TBSP, which is about 1/4 of the bottle. .... just trying to figure out what to do because I want to be fair but not shoot myself in the foot.

09/10/2016

Going through and doing some uploading. I'm in Texas now but will be back in NJ tomorrow. 😊👍🏼

09/06/2016

Since I'm not receiving notifications via Facebook (?!) I'm going to give you all my number and say to feel free and text me any questions. 609 442 2284. This will be a more efficient way so you are not left waiting.

~ Carmen

08/28/2016

Hello everyone!

I've had 2 months to deal with things in my life, both medically and personally. And while I am still on the mend I wanted to let you know that I'm back. Officially as of today 😊. If you've messaged me here I can't apologize enough. I'm truly sorry from the bottom of my heart: for it appears that the "vacation setting" wasn't set letting you know of my absence.

Once I get situated I will be announcing a cake giveaway for September. This will be but a small token of thanks to you all for believing in me when I didn't. I'm still a work in progress 😁