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the couple who was celebrating their anniversary.
    â€œI just love how detailed you are,” Charlotte said after they had spent twenty minutes talking. “It’s been a while since I’ve had my cake person be as interested in the event as I am.”
    Sydney smiled. Common first-timer comment. “Well, our goal is not just to give you a cake. Anybody can do that. But this is a special event—an anniversary. A day when two people are remembering one of the most significant days in their lives. Reliving that memory through the anniversary party is a special experience, and the cake should add to that experience. That’s why I asked about the theme and the venue and the couple, because the cake should reflect all of those things and help to draw all those special parts together.”
    When she was done with her speech, Charlotte was grinning from ear to ear.
    Charlotte shook her head. “You just reminded me why I got into the event-planning business so many years ago. Sometimes I get so busy and so lost in the routine and forget it’s about creating that experience.”
    â€œI know what you mean,” Sydney said. “That’s why we’ve kept Decadent so small. Even though there’s always the opportunity to go bigger, we never wanted to become a cake factory. It sounds corny, but we want to make sure every customer feels like their cake, and their order, is the most important.”
    Charlotte leaned in with a smile. “Trust me, I already feel that way.”
    â€œGood,” Sydney said, wiggling her eyebrows. “Now for the fun part. Picking the cake design.”
    With a touch of the screen, Sydney began to show Charlotte all the different types of cakes they had done and all the options available to her. Sydney bit back a smile as Charlotte slowly but surely relieved Sydney of the iPad and began scrolling through the diverse inventory of cakes and pastry arrangements.
    â€œOK, so I have a confession to make,” Charlotte said suddenly, putting the iPad down.
    Sydney raised an eyebrow. “OK.”
    â€œYou got recommended to me by . . . someone. And I said I would check you out, but I didn’t really think you would be this . . . this . . . amazing!” She sighed. “So I already decided on the design I want.”
    She pulled out a picture clipped from a magazine and laid it in front of Sydney.
    â€œAnd I already showed this to my partner; she liked it, so she just told me to go with whoever could make this. But now that I’ve seen what you can do, I don’t want this one anymore.”
    Sydney looked over the picture of a two-tier round cake iced with marzipan and beautifully designed with gold trim. It was a bit too wedding cakey for Sydney, but she could understand why people would go for it.
    â€œSo?”Charlotte pressed, a look of concern on her face. “What can you do?”
    â€œWell,” Sydney said slowly. “If you want this cake, I can make it for you. But this cake is more of a wedding cake than an anniversary cake. Also, there’s nothing that says you have to follow this rule, but gold is usually for fiftieth anniversaries. I would go with a silver trim for you for your twenty-fifth event.”
    â€œOK, I’m liking that,” Charlotte said. “Tell me more.”
    Sydney went on to suggest they go with a three-tiered square cake designed to look like silver-and-white gift boxes stacked on top of each other. The design was simple, clean, and elegant, which fit the conservative, traditional nature of the couple Charlotte had described to her.
    Sydney got Wendy to bring out a slice of their two-layer vanilla white cake with buttercream filling for Charlotte to sample and also boxed up a slice for her to take away. By the time they were done, Charlotte couldn’t stop talking about how glad she was she had come in.
    â€œI’ll call and confirm later this evening, but I am almost positive