Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumOkay, I lost my mind this year and decided to do 3 fair cakes.
Now I'm not too happy with any of them. First attempt at buttercream palette knife decorating..
Next, a take off from a Debby Brown design.
And the last was a complete failure. Attempted to do this cake, wrapped in a sugar sheet, but found it was too humid and sagged. So, I had to go with a plain fondant instead.
Will be taking them 60 miles to Illinois State Fair on Sunday. No chance of championship this year.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)Scrivener7
(50,934 posts)You have such talent!
PS: The dragon is too amazing!
elleng
(130,834 posts)we won't be eating any of them!
BlueGreenLady
(2,824 posts)Gorgeous cakes!
patphil
(6,161 posts)Beautiful cakes!
PittBlue
(4,223 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)IcyPeas
(21,856 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Bristlecone
(10,122 posts)lucca18
(1,241 posts)You are very creative!
richdj25
(162 posts)I'll take them off your hands. Bet they go well with sherbet ice cream and some berries.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)But I get wanting a project of mine to be just so, instead of me thinking it came out so-so.
Still, your cakes are great!
MiHale
(9,713 posts)Ive seen presentation is one thing taste is another which usually tips the balance.
Is that how it works at your fair?
sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)The exteriors are all real, edible stuff, but the inside is a foam dummy or a cake pan. It's like the cakes you see in bakery windows.
keithbvadu2
(36,724 posts)I'll bring a knife and fork to help you destroy such monstrosities.
Your shame will be our secret.
spooky3
(34,425 posts)SidneyR
(84 posts)Like, what do you mean this isn't fantastic?! Wow! These cakes are beautiful.
Sky Jewels
(7,052 posts)just thinking about all the work that took!
JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)I don't even understand the art of cooking and baking. Putting a list of ingredients in an oven and pulling out a meatloaf or a perfect cake is pure sorcery to me.
spooky3
(34,425 posts)I especially like the rose in the top photo!
summer_in_TX
(2,727 posts)They're beautiful and you are so talented!
barbtries
(28,787 posts)early days of the pandemic, i bought a bunch of stuff for cake decorating. i'm such a failure at it that i've never used it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,697 posts)hippywife
(22,767 posts)I just wouldn't want the transporting 60 miles in the summer heat part of this project.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)one of your successes!
I think I gained 3 pounds just looking at those, but thanks for the pix.