Do You Ever Feel Overwhelmed?
Decorating By sccandwbfan Updated 21 Jun 2011 , 6:56am by handovertheasparagus
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of information that is out there about cake decorating? Products? Recipes?
I was just saving another recipe and I thought to myself that I probably have about 200 cakes that I want to try, why save 1 more? 
Yep, right there with ya. There are so many cool tips that I want SOOO badly to remember, but I know in a year when I will actually need it, it will be gone. Wish I could make and decorate cakes in my sleep. (actually I sometimes do, but it always ends up being a nightmare, so maybe I'll retract that wish.)
Wish I could make and decorate cakes in my sleep. (actually I sometimes do, but it always ends up being a nightmare, so maybe I'll retract that wish.)
Haha! Right there with ya on that one!! It can be quite overwhelming, but one thing I taught myself, once I find something I really like be it a recipe or technique for decorating, I leave it alone. If it works for me, why mess with it? There were always be new recipes, techniques, and gadgets. I have all my basic recipes now, so the only time I get to try out new ones is when they are requested!
Not about information or products, but definitely about recipes...
I worry that I'll never be able to get to them all...
I fantasize about taking a month off of everything in my life just to cook & bake every recipe I've collected...as time passes, I worry that a month isn't long enough, LOL!
Well, I keep a book that I write down every tip that I ever come across that I think would help, but hardly ever remember to look at. 
I've been going back and reading it during down time hoping that the repetition will make it stick in my head.
Well, I keep a book that I write down every tip that I ever come across that I think would help, but hardly ever remember to look at.
I've been going back and reading it during down time hoping that the repetition will make it stick in my head.
I started doing that same thing about a month ago. Alot of it is stuff that I have read and forgotten 2 or 3 times, so who knows, maybe writing it down will help me.
Yep, right there with ya. There are so many cool tips that I want SOOO badly to remember, but I know in a year when I will actually need it, it will be gone. Wish I could make and decorate cakes in my sleep. (actually I sometimes do, but it always ends up being a nightmare, so maybe I'll retract that wish.)
Oh my goodness! I dream about cakes...and the funny thing is that when I wake up sometimes I think, "oh, I really need to make that cake!!" But sometimes they DO end up being nightmares...being chased through the forest by murderers, but having to stop every few feet to add a petal to a rose... haha.
I do feel overwhelmed! I work in a grocery store bakery as a cake decorator, but started doing cakes at home for friends and family that are far more creative! I see so many things I would love to try, but I do get overwhelmed and discouraged sometimes... How hard is it to branch out on your own when you are self taught?
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