1 How much does the cake actually weigh? Does the decoration count? The weight you order is edible cake, which is what gets served. Modelled decoration, sugar flowers and supports do not count as servings: they are work, not yield. 2 Is the whole cake really edible? Yes. Even though the design may look like a prop and the figures look artificial, everything is edible. The only things removed before cutting are the small fixings that hold the structure up. 3 Why isn't every flavour available in every shop? Because each shop's stock is replenished in cycles and they do not always coincide. If you cannot find a flavour, you can look for it at another shop or, more reliably, order it by phone two days ahead and we will have it ready wherever you like. 4 What counts as a small, medium and large cake? They are not official categories, but in practice they work out like this: small up to 2 kilos, medium from 3 to 5, and large from 6 kilos upwards, almost always in tiers. 5 What cake flavours do you offer? Twelve: expresso, blueberry cheesecake, trufa, rompope with coconut, apple and carrot, sacher torte, mont blanc, controy, black forest, amaretto, moka and nutella cake. Below is each one with what it contains, whether it carries liqueur and whether it takes fondant, because not all of them do. 6 Which flavour do you recommend when the guests are all sorts? When the table is mixed, with children, grandparents and people who do not eat chocolate, what works best is a gentle, not-too-sweet flavour, and letting the decoration take the lead. 7 How many people does a kilo of cake serve? Around ten pastry portions, which is the 100-gram slice: the one served after a meal, not as a main course. 8 Is there a minimum order? Each cake in the catalogue states its own minimum in kilos on its page. For custom decorated designs the minimum is 4 kilos. 9 Do the cakes have a filling? Can I choose it? Yes, and the filling comes with the flavour. Each flavour on the list is a considered combination of sponge and filling, tested so that it works together: the moisture, the sweetness and the texture are worked out as a whole. 10 Do the cakes contain alcohol? Eight of the twelve do: expresso, trufa, rompope with coconut, sacher torte, mont blanc, controy, black forest and moka. The four free of alcohol are the blueberry cheesecake, the apple and carrot, the amaretto and the nutella cake. 11 Do you make tres leches cake? It is not on our flavour list. We can make it to order, from 3 kilos upwards, because it is a very wet sponge and in small pieces it does not give the result we would want. 12 What is fondant, what does it taste like, and is it very hard? Fondant is an edible sugar paste, similar to modelling clay to work with but sweet and pleasant to eat. It is what makes the finishes and textures of a designed cake possible. 13 How many kilos of cake for 100 people? Ten kilos, with the same rule of 100 grams per person. From this size upwards the cake is almost always resolved in tiers, both for how it looks and for handling: a single ten-kilo piece is hard to move and hard to cut. 14 How many kilos of cake do I need for 50 people? Five kilos. It is the question we get most and the sum is simple: on cakes over two kilos we count slices of 100 grams per person, so you just divide the number of guests by ten. 15 How do you cut a round cake so it goes further? The way most of us cut a round cake, in triangles from the centre like a pizza, is precisely the one that yields least. The triangles come out enormous at the edge and tiny at the point, and halfway through there is nowhere left to cut. 16 How do you cut a tiered cake? From the top down, tier by tier, never all three at once. First lift the top tier onto a separate plate, cut its portions, and only then move to the next. 17 Can I combine several flavours in one cake? On cakes for more than 150 people, yes: one section of tiers in one flavour and another section in another. On sculpted cakes it cannot be done, because holding two different textures inside a carved piece is not workable. 18 What size do I need, and how many people does it serve? Choose by number of guests, not by kilos. For small cakes, a two-kilo cake serves 10 to 15 people. Above two kilos we count 100 grams per person, so a five-kilo cake serves about 50 and a ten-kilo cake about 100. In the online shop you pick the number of servings and the size sorts itself out.