Feldman would be the first to tell them--it can be done. The master of cake sculpture has risen to many a challenging occasion.
"We once made a full-size person," he says, "But that was one of our very first cakes."
However most customers find such elaborate styles cost-prohibitive.
A cake so large would cost a several hundred dollars and require hours of work, while the average cake costs about $30 and takes about a half hour to frost, Feldman says.
Some customers have investigated cakes with women jumping out of them, but have balked when Feldman told them that such an effort would cost at least four or five hundred dollars.
While you might think Feldman would be hard pressed for orders with such a novelty, he says business is booming.
"We've got enough business," Feldman says, "We even stopped advertising about three years ago.
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How then do customers know what goes on in the little back room? Feldman supposes "all the regular customers see the signs in the window."
And there are always referrals.
Friends who partake of Sweet Touch's specialties at bachelor or birthday parties frequently come to the store when they want to "send something special."
Visitors to the bakery last week said they had heard about the cakes from friends and even from family.
While most of his goodies are definitely not for the kids, Feldman himself is a family man.
He says his family has no objections to his line of work, and his 18 year old son "grew up arond it."
"They don't think any thing of it," he says.
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