Through the referral of a friend I stumbled on a fantastic cake lady, her cakes are beautiful AND likely the most delicious cake known to mankind.
The best part was that she was insanely underpriced for the area and her skill level, at ~$1.50 per serving, that's something i'm thrilled to work with.
I spoke with her Sunday and we arranged to have a to-go-sample, my mom is visiting from out of state which only happens once a year and I want her to be involved in choosing even though we don't have to have it till next June (which the cake lady knows).
The cake lady and I arranged for the day i'm to pick up the samples through email, then the next day writes me an additional email with more detailed directions (she lives in the neighboring town) and at the end mentions that "[she] is going on hiatus, but it wont affect yous"
I looked on her page, and she announced that she is leaving the cake business for a while for family and personal reasons.
-I don't want to be insensitive and demand to know whether or not she will be making our cakes, but at the same time I don't know how long a hiatus will take?
I guess i'm just asking if I should wait it out, and start panicing by December-ish if I don't have someone in order?
The only reason i'm even concerned is because next June is INSANELY booked all over town, we got very lucky with our venue and the day we wanted - but I can only imagine bakeries will be equally booked around that time - I like to plan ahead.