All you need to know about the ‘Best Cake Display fridge for your boutique cakery business’

The moment I hear ‘cake’, it sends me to a fantasy world of smooth yummylicious cream that I can slide through while grabbing a bite of the spongy cake beneath. Whenever I walk into a bakery, I love the dreamland I slip into for some seconds. Everything is colourful in an ice cream parlour while all bakery items at a patisserie just lure me to eat, dream, repeat.

Do you know, how is all this possible? The correct display appliance and its unique features make all this possible. And this feature plays a vital role in creating, maintaining and increasing your bakery sales.

The other day I was just passing by 6^th Avenue street in New York when my eyes stopped over a huge window. First, it seemed to me like a colourful toy store for kids. Later when I looked up, it was an ice cream parlour and a patisserie. Such unique bakery craft was displayed in the most perfect shape, colour, texture and so much more. That was only possible because the entire presentation was placed inside a piece of modern equipment called a ‘cake display’. When I walked inside and asked the owner to brief me about the display in the window, he offered me a muffin out of that themed display and said:” Why just listen, taste and enjoy”. I was taken aback. No one could have ever imagined that only window shopping couldn’t have made you learn what you are looking is meant for relishing and not just seeing. Neither will I ever forget the taste of the muffing nor the presentation. And I will always be inspired by the hospitality of the bakery owner.

From this experience, I understood that the correct professional appliance can leave an everlasting impact on your visitor or customer. Now if you are in a food business where your prepared food items are visually appealing, you should plan and buy an appliance that would enhance the visibility quotient of your preparation.

Such types of businesses like restaurants, bakeries, ice cream parlours, cafes and so on must install commercial display equipment. Optimum temperature, excellent lighting, a perfect display of your creative bakery skills- all this make a commercial cake display a complete package for boosting sales.

I have curated a list of important zones that need to keep in mind while you plan to purchase your cake display fridge.

Let’s take a look.

Freeze a spot- While you take a complete and planned approach towards your food trading space, it is extremely important to freeze the correct spot for placing the equipment. For eg., you can display cupcakes and muffins at the left side of the entrance door in a sleek upright cake fridge. When your preparations welcome your visitors, it creates a good impression of the items that would be sold in the bakeshop.

Choose equipment- The actual dimension of the spot will decide the capacity and size of the cake display fridge. For eg., if you wish to display special cakes for the day, that a curved glass cake display will surely enhance your purpose and the interiors of the parlour or bakery.

How much can you expand your pocket- Budget plays a crucial role in deciding for your correct equipment. You might end up in buying in big cake display if you plan to rum your boutique cake parlour on different themes for different days. While you might choose two to three sleek upright cake display fridges with rotating glasses that would give a 360-degree view to your customer about your artistically prepared bakery items like cupcakes, muffins, scones, ice cream cakes, multiple tier cakes, flavoured sponge cakes, multi-shape eclairs, doughnuts, sweet rolls, tarts and so on. You might end up buying a cake display fridge and freezer. But that depends totally on your items prepared.  

Design- Let me tell you that the design of the cake display fridge/freezer does contribute to the interiors of your confectionery parlour. Cake displays are available in many designs and layout to facilitate and enhance the interiors look of your workplace. Experts have designed then in a way that you can select your equipment keeping in mind the look it will add to your bakery.

Let cakes dwell in the shelve- Most of the commercial kitchen equipment suppliers ask for how many shelves are needed while choosing your appliance. They are available in a variety of shapes, numbers and functions. Some upright cake display fridges come with rotating shelves that often attract the customers to the cakes displayed inside. Some displays come in L-shapes layout that covers the corner of your cakery. It is an enticing fill-up to that corner. More shelving will help you organise and arrange your preparations in an appealing manner.

Power- We encourage you to have a mindset of saving energy while tunning your business. It is a huge contribution to the environment. Choose a brand that manufactures appliances that consume less power but perform extremely well.

Don’t miss the additional features

While the above pointers develop a good and complete knowledge base, an addition to the above will help you guide further. This will aid your display to perform exactly how you need it. 

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Fan supported cooling- these features facilitate an even temperature environment inside the display fridge. Consequently, this feature leaves no spot with a high temperature. Cooling is further supported through this unique feature.

Convenient usage- Cake displays doors are available in a variety of opening options. Yous should choose the way you want to work. The back door access will give your staff ease to place or remove a certain food item. While a front door, be it a sliding one or the hinges one will facilitate self-service.

Pull-out beds- You might not find this feature in every model of a cake display fridge. This feature helps in easy cleaning and removing food items. But if you will you require this unique feature, then evaluate accordingly.

Perfect lights- Lights create a perfect visual appeal of the cakery art displayed inside. A clear look from the outside will attract them towards buying your products.

Extra storage- Some display fridges provide under storage that proves as an extra space for either displaying more preparations or placing name cards with the name os items on it or you can place instructions on it too.

Brand choice- If you have a preferred brand, then browse through the entire inventory and carefully study its features. Make sure the brand you are opting for is open to services, warranties and replacements.

Humidity, misting and fogging- In extremely dry areas, humidity can be an issue. Accordingly, your equipment should have control over temperature to not let humidity ruin your food. Misting and fogging not only disrupts the view from outside, but it also gives an unpleasant look and feel. Some cake displays feature a small glass section in front of the viewing area of the equipment that helps curb this problem.

Accessories- Some brands provide extra accessories to enhance the usage and efficiency of the equipment. This will help you to further increase your productivity and boost sales. For eg. Extra shelves.

Steel finish- Majorly these types of equipment are made up of stainless steel. It makes the cleaning and Maintainance work extremely easy. 

Who is a reliable commercial kitchen equipment supplier?

This question is a huge block when it comes to choosing a source for the equipment. Do look for a reputed commercial cake display supplier that understands and advises you according to your needs and requirements. Bakeries, Ice cream parlours, cafes are crowded and busy zones. Your equipment undoubtedly should be of high quality, standard and energy-efficient.

You should visit some boutique bakeries or cake hubs. You will get ideas and come to know-how is an appliance placed and why is it placed in a particular area, and so on. Likewise, you can also gather a good amount of information on prices, deals, services and warranties. Well done research goes a long way.