About Us:
The
ingenuity of Gerry Mayer, a 5th generation baker, started Kopykake
Enterprises in 1969.
Until the late 1890’s, Schifferstadt, Germany was home to Mayers
and their bakeries. From 1905 through the mid-1960s, the baking
legacy was continued in Chicago. Mayer's Bakery of Palos Verdes
opened its doors on July 12, 1965, and has been delighting customers
with the finest cakes and baked goods ever since. In the later 1960’s
Gerry Mayer was getting more and more requests from customers for
him to put designs on their cakes that matched their party napkins.
Being a creative artist Gerry was able to copy the design by eye
onto cakes with icing but he instinctively knew there had to be
a better, quicker, more profitable way. A way that would make his
life easier….
So he began to experiment and the result was the first Kopykake
Opaque Projector. Now, whenever a customer gave him a design,
he would put it in the projector, project the image enlarged onto
the cake and outline it in a fraction of the time it used to take
him. He could now complete more cakes in a day and become more profitable.
Soon all the local bakeries heard of Gerry’s invention and
wanted one; so he began manufacturing them in his garage after the
bakery had closed for the day. As word spread, Gerry became busier
and busier and that’s how Kopykake began.
Since those early days Gerry has shown his inventiveness many times.
Kopykake quickly established itself as a leader in the bakery supply
industry and became renowned for its creative innovations.
Innovations such as the KromaJet and Airmaster air
compressors as well as airbrushes that spray food colors onto cakes
without blowing holes in the frosting. An array of Kroma Kolor
Food Colors aids the cake decorator with color coded tops to
prevent the need to search for the required color.
Disposable
Decorating Bags allow the cake decorator to easily see what
color icing is available to them and so reach for it quickly - saving
time and frustration.
Making Life Easier for Cake Decorators
is the underlying mission of Kopykake. Everything we do and manufacture
is inspired by this objective.
Noticing that technology could be used to take leaps towards making
life easier for cake decorators, Kopykake invented the
Kwikscan-III and KopyJet computerized cake decorating systems that enable
pictures, photos and images to be scanned, printed and placed seamlessly
on top of cakes. Other systems exist but are too expensive for the
small retail bakery, KopyJet utilizes the bakery’s own computer,
own scanner and own printer (Canon or Epson) the only expense being Kopykake’s
Edible Inks and Edible Frosting Sheets. We have even designed
Cake Decorating Software Desktop Decorator, which is available
as a FREE Download!
Kopykake is perfectly positioned at the fore front of the industry
and expects to remain there because Gerry Mayer is joined in the
business by his two Sons, Rick and Greg, along with a team of professionals
dedicated to making your life easier whether you’re a Cake
Decorator or an Artist. |
