Love Bites Pastry Shop Rumors…and why we shouldn’t believe everything we hear

LoveBitesPastryShop · 01-05-2008, 02:40 PM

Just recently I had a few unfounded and just plain silly rumors brought to my attention in regards to my business. I would like to take the opportunity to clarify some of these tall tales.

Silly false rumor #1 The size of the desserts we supply to Lemongrass have gotten smaller.

The reason why this is silly is because we use dessert forms, the same forms that the previous owner of Love Bites used. These forms are made from metal and plastic, as far as I know they don’t shrink. We also use the same recipes and ratios, in short there is no possible way for these desserts to be any different in size then they were previously. The only reason I could see for some to “appear” smaller is because a great deal of the desserts we supply to them are mousse based desserts and their height depends on the amount of air whipped into the desserts, some may have settled but I can assure you the net weight is still the same.

Silly false rumor #2 Love Bites no longer does wedding cakes.

This one is so silly and far out there that it almost defies logic and common sense. OF COURSE we do wedding cakes. In fact we love doing wedding cakes so much that we spend a great deal of time and energy researching the latest techniques and styles for today’s brides. As well as joining forces with a local florist to help provide couples with a wonderful bargain for both their wedding cakes and their flowers.

Silly false rumor #3 Darcy just runs the business and has other people doing the baking.

We are a team here at Love Bites Pastry Shop. I am the owner and head chef, as such I do spend some of my time doing administration things however, if I am not doing any baking then I wish someone would please explain to me what I am doing for 86 hours a week in my kitchen and why at the end of the day I am washing flour out of my hair and why my goofy chef pants are covered in chocolate and raspberry sauce.

Since I have purchased this business we have expanded by leaps and bounds, securing much larger wholesale clients than we ever had before, such as becoming “The official pastry supplier” for Meadowbrook. We are also working with coffee shops, bookstores, restaurants, and non-profit groups from all over the Lakes Region and beyond. Not to mention being 1 of the few if not only pastry shops that supplies such high end pastries made from only the finest of ingredients gathered from both local sources as well as shipped in from all over the world. We also are expanding our foray into the sculpted cakes realm and can truly, comfortably boast the fact that we can turn most anything into a cake. Most of our recipes have remained exactly the same, a few changed for the better according to our patrons, made by the same staff that have been working with these recipes for years.

I truly appreciate you taking the time to read this, and would also appreciate you forwarding this information along, so much so that I am prepared to offer anyone who mentions this posting to us a 10% discount off their purchase here (excluding wedding and sculpted cakes).

01-05-2008, 02:40 PM	#1
LoveBitesPastryShop Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Thanks: 4 Thanked 34 Times in 4 Posts	Love Bites Pastry Shop Rumors…and why we shouldn’t believe everything we hear Just recently I had a few unfounded and just plain silly rumors brought to my attention in regards to my business. I would like to take the opportunity to clarify some of these tall tales. Silly false rumor #1 The size of the desserts we supply to Lemongrass have gotten smaller. The reason why this is silly is because we use dessert forms, the same forms that the previous owner of Love Bites used. These forms are made from metal and plastic, as far as I know they don’t shrink. We also use the same recipes and ratios, in short there is no possible way for these desserts to be any different in size then they were previously. The only reason I could see for some to “appear” smaller is because a great deal of the desserts we supply to them are mousse based desserts and their height depends on the amount of air whipped into the desserts, some may have settled but I can assure you the net weight is still the same. Silly false rumor #2 Love Bites no longer does wedding cakes. This one is so silly and far out there that it almost defies logic and common sense. OF COURSE we do wedding cakes. In fact we love doing wedding cakes so much that we spend a great deal of time and energy researching the latest techniques and styles for today’s brides. As well as joining forces with a local florist to help provide couples with a wonderful bargain for both their wedding cakes and their flowers. Silly false rumor #3 Darcy just runs the business and has other people doing the baking. We are a team here at Love Bites Pastry Shop. I am the owner and head chef, as such I do spend some of my time doing administration things however, if I am not doing any baking then I wish someone would please explain to me what I am doing for 86 hours a week in my kitchen and why at the end of the day I am washing flour out of my hair and why my goofy chef pants are covered in chocolate and raspberry sauce. Since I have purchased this business we have expanded by leaps and bounds, securing much larger wholesale clients than we ever had before, such as becoming “The official pastry supplier” for Meadowbrook. We are also working with coffee shops, bookstores, restaurants, and non-profit groups from all over the Lakes Region and beyond. Not to mention being 1 of the few if not only pastry shops that supplies such high end pastries made from only the finest of ingredients gathered from both local sources as well as shipped in from all over the world. We also are expanding our foray into the sculpted cakes realm and can truly, comfortably boast the fact that we can turn most anything into a cake. Most of our recipes have remained exactly the same, a few changed for the better according to our patrons, made by the same staff that have been working with these recipes for years. I truly appreciate you taking the time to read this, and would also appreciate you forwarding this information along, so much so that I am prepared to offer anyone who mentions this posting to us a 10% discount off their purchase here (excluding wedding and sculpted cakes).