How Long Would It Take You To Make This Cake?
Decorating By janetwhitson Updated 12 Jun 2006 , 5:11pm by spottydog
For some reason, it felt like this cake took WAY too long to make yesterday. How long do you think it would take you? Its a 8"/10" torted cake iced in cream cheese frosting, fondant roses, cap, diplomas, and pearls.
Honestly, that would take me all day. First because I can' make flowers & second because I don't smooth cakes very well. But I would say if I started in the morning I would be done until late into the evening...maybe longer 
No matter how long it took you...its a beautiful cake & you did a great job 
What technique did you use to get the diamond design? If you used a triangle to measure each line, that is time consuming. There are diamond impression tools that the job easy. See http://globalsugarart.com/customer/search.php?substring=diamond
heres a bump - i know i take a long time (so it seems) to make a cake - i dont think it really matters as long as it comes out good and you are happy with it. I know that i think things should go faster - they seem to as i make progress in something - hope you get better answers
It took me roughly 12 hours to do...with some interuptions. That just seems like too much...and yes I did the diamonds with a triangle.
If I didn't have my impression mat for the diamonds and used a bamboo skewer to mark the diamond pattern then it would most likely take me
1 hour bake time
45 minute ice and smooth
30-45minutes to bamboo skewer mark the diamond pattern
2-3 hours for fondand strips and ribbon roses
1 hour to apply stripes, roses and dots and stack.
so 7 hours probably a safe bet.
Are you including clean up time in your equation? that would take me 10 hours or more. Speed is not my strongest suite.
I was just thinking the same thing, you made this cake in 1 day????? 
It would take me:
1 day to make the fondant and color it
1 day to prepare, bake and cool the cake
1 day to make fondant roses and cut fondant strips
1 day to assemble everything together
I think you did it in lightening speed getting it all done in 1 day!
I guess I could never charge for my time when making a cake, LOL.
The cake looks great, nice job!
I agree with projectqueen on her timeline - it really does depend on what's going on around me, what's on tv, what kind of mood I'm in, and if I already have a set design in my head to go on!
Assuming my cakes were already baked and ready to go ... that would take me the better part of a day to decorate and complete. Assuming the pearls and diploma and cap were already made.
But then ... I'm a mom with 3 kids and a household to run and a phone to answer and laundry to do and dishes to wash and floors to mop, besides!
I've learned a lot from our chef-daughter ... she only has to conceive of the menu and make sure it's executed properly ... she has sous chefs, line cooks, prep cooks, dishwashers, and servers to help carry out her vision.
It is the rare (and justly highly-paid) cake artist who has the same "back room staff".
I'm not there yet 
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