Hi all! This is a practice cake I did over the weekend. I still have to put a ribbon around it but there's something I"m just not liking about it?? Maybe it looks too "amateurish" to me which I certainly am so only practice will help that but what do ya'll think of it?? Any idea's or advice? Thanks as always!

I don't think it looks amateurish, and the ribbons will certainly help . Maybe a center to the flowers would be the finishing touch...

I love your colors and you did a wonderful job with the finish!

Not saying it needs anything but just throwing some ideas to you if you believe it needs more.
Centers on the flowers...additional scrolling at the stems...random beads or dragees between flowers...

I agree with iamcakin. A center to each flower would really give it that finished look. What about a white fondant circle in the middle of each flower to give it more of a 2D effect?

I think it looks great. The only thing that I see is that the brown might need something to break it up. That my opinion. My husband does say that I tend to keep working until it looks overdone though. LOL.

not necessarily "needed" but I think that cake would look FABULOUS if you did the same brushed embroidery on the brown, only in white....like a reverse of the brown on the white on the center tier....and I also like the idea of a center on the flowers....I think the center would be nice as a series of small dots verses one BIG center dot on the flowers too.

Ooooo... I don't know what color ribbon you are going to use, but I can picture white scrolls all over the blank brown canvas.

How about a base board too? How are you going to get it off of your counter?

Love the cake. I agree with the flower centers.

Would you consider more of the white gumpaste flowers on the chocolate part? Maybe a dot of chocolate in them or some brown on the throat of the petals? The 3-D, 2-D contrast might be nice with the simple color palette.

Great suggestions! I'm not going into town for ribbon until Friday so I will post pictures when it's done. Thanks!

I like it. You did a great job. Maybe a touch of red in the center of the flowers.

I like it. You did a great job. Maybe a touch of red in the center of the flowers.

It looks so good!! I think it needs only very little more to finish it off - ribbon in an ivory/cream colour on the the two chocolate tiers and maybe a flower topper like a cluster of roses/daisies in an ivory/cream to balance the middle tier but beyond that I personally think it needs nothing else.

I would do 3 ivory Horizontal stripes on the brown, do centers or any 3D effect on the flowers on the ivory, and after that maybe add another white flower somewhere on the opposite side on the upper tier if needed.

put some ribbon on and made some gumpaste flowers...looks better but still not what I was going for...oh well, that's why we practice huh? Thanks for all the ideas!

Great job! I totally agree with the brushed embroidery on the brown layers.

The cake looks very elegant to me.

I like the suggestions that others made, but once you added the ribbon and extra flowers it looks great.

A suggestion I have... would have been to maybe add some texture to the brown tiers versus color. For example maybe a diamond pattern like the one acheived by those clear plastic presses.