Baker Or Decorator?or Both?

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SweetBellina Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 8:17pm
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i, myself is a decorator (though still learning)..i get more excited decorating than baking..i don't feel comfortable when i'm baking coz i'm scared that it will not taste good or something..see, i never had any experience with baking..i do not know what makes the cake more dense,moist (though i just found out that sour cream and pudding mix can do the job) i am always stressed when baking, unlike when i'm decorating, i feel relaxed (unless there's a deadline) and it's like therapeutic..i admire those who can bake perfect cakes and also do amazing jobs at decorating it..

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MissT Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 9:24pm
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I guess I'm a little of both. I never worry about a cake tasting good because I have good recipes for box mixes. icon_lol.gificon_lol.gif I also make a lot of other baked goods (bread, rolls, cookies, pies, etc.) so baking I can do. But decorating can be stressful and I certainly don't come close to doing any of the amazing cakes I have seen in the gallery here. So I guess maybe more baker than decorator. icon_rolleyes.gif

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patton78 Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 9:31pm
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I am both, but I do enjoy baking better! I have baked since I was little, so I have always enjoyed it. I enjoy decorating too but I just do not have that creative side I need to make cakes! That is my main decorating problem.

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Cakers84 Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 9:50pm
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I like both. I get a kick out of trying new recipes. If they pass the - FAMILY - test they stay. Decorating is tough on me because I have carpal tunnel and arthritis, but I love to create so I bear through it. icon_smile.gif

Gloria I



Decorator...because I'm not that great of a baker, but I'm learning to make moist cakes. Love decorating 'cause I have a natural knack for it, and it's fun squishing goopy stuff out of a plastic bag! icon_razz.gif

Gloria II

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tbittner Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 9:55pm
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Baker first decorator second. I could always bake great tasting things but the looked bad! I took Wilton 1-3 and have improved in decorating a lot luckily and now enjoy it almost as much as baking! I am amazed at the flowers and things I learned and am looking forward to the gum paste class they will have soon!

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Somethin-Sweet Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 9:56pm
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I don't like to bake.........but decorate I Love! I wish I had someone to do all of the baking so I could do nothing but decorate!

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mbelgard Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 11:25pm
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Both. I love to be in the kitchen doing something.

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candyladyhelen Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 11:39pm
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I am both. I offer desserts also in my business. I love baking also.

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sweetsuccess Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 11:49pm
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Of course, I am very concerned about the taste, but my first love is decorating. birthday.gifbirthday.gif

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getfrosted Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 11:49pm
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I am both ... I love to bake and to decorate. My family has become my taste kitchen and my husband says that his weight problem is my fault because everything I make is so good ... I think it's just because he eats everything!!! lol

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dl5crew Posted 20 Jul 2006 , 11:51pm
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Both for me! icon_lol.gificon_lol.gif I love to bake; learning to love decorating. Really anything to be in the kitchen busy.

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dydemus Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 1:33am
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When it's a decorated cake, I like to spend my time and energy on the decorations. I wish I had a little helper who did the baking and the mixing of the icing - from then on, it's mine! But when I'm making something that's not decorated - I love to bake. Does that make sense? Like eclairs, or a complicated chocolate torte, etc. And I think I could make cookies all day - ten kinds!!

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Cyndi1207 Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 1:42am
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I love to bake and I love to decorate even more. I don't however like to mix the colors and get my bags ready. If my husband would just attempt to learn that for me I would be so happy.

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MeloMiMi Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 1:54am
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I also started baking as a young child. I love to bake and decorate, but having a full time job makes it difficult. Sometimes I come home from work start on a cake, etc., and may not get to bed until the early morning hours. I can't do this too often to hard on the body. I hope to become as good as you all in my decorating skills.

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ncdessertdiva Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 2:18am
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Both, I love to bake and decorate. Really good at the former, getting better at the latter. My business is for all kinds of desserts so just being in the kitchen baking is good for me! My DH says that I have a knack for good stuff!
Leslie

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Ksue Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 2:30am
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Decorator.

Baking is boring (the oven does all the work and I hate the clean-up), but entirely necessary.

Baking feeds/supports my decorating passion.

If I didn't bake, what would I have to decorate?

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Zamode Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 2:41am
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Baking --yes, thankfully

Decorating:
cakes --learning and trying...
cookies -- he** NO!

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ladyday95 Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 2:56am
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Now am both baker and decorator...

growing up I was the baker and my grandma would decorate... we self taught each other but I would always bake for her. after she past away I did both.. 15 years ago I lost all my cake supplies and did not have the heart to start again until this year.

Have always wanted to take wilton classes but am unable to find any that are interpreted. Finding CC has been a wonderful blessing for me. Have learned many new things and always willing to try something new at least once....

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Ksue Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 3:08am
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Oh ladyday95, your story touches my heart. It's amazing how many times the grandma-to-granddaughter connection takes hold and is such a special one.

I can't imagine what I would do if I lost all my cake supplies. I'm glad you've started again.

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ediecooks Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 11:59am
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baker, baker, baker.

I have only decorated a few things, took the wilton 1 course mostly to do bday cakes for my kids. I'm getting interested in cookie decorating but again, just for the kiddos.

to be honest i'm a bit of a baked goods snob and i think that as AMAZING as many decorated cakes look, buttercream made with crisco and fondant just don't taste that good, nor does royal icing. if it's taste i'm going for, I'd rather take the time and detail work to make dainty little pecan tartlets or linzer tarts or dipped french butter cookies than to perfectly ice a batch of no-fails! (by the way i think the no fails taste better un-iced!)

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brookej01 Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 12:14pm
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both now...grew up baking and enjoy making delicious desserts...but decorating now is something I really enjoy and hopefully am getting better and better at...the orders are rolling in, so I must be doing something right. Of course, I'm one who took the classes not for selling cakes but for bday cakes for my kids...hmmmm I wonder how this happened. not going to complain...at least not yet icon_biggrin.gificon_biggrin.gif

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Loucinda Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 7:36pm
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I consider myself both! I love to bake and I love decorating (I now teach the Wilton Method at Michaels - and I love it so much, I still forget to get my paychecks!) I have baked for 30+ years now, gingerbread houses are something I love to do - I just really enjoy all aspects of cooking, baking and decorating......EXCEPT the dishes. icon_biggrin.gif

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fuzzykoala22 Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 7:47pm
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I'd say I'm both. I love to bake, either from scratch or doctored cake mixes (which I've been leaning towards more lately), because I like to EAT IT!!!! lol Decorating is so fun and relaxing for me, but the worst part about the whole thing is WAITING for the cake to cool enough for me to level the tops (for a taste test, of course!) and put the whole thing together.

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shrek Posted 21 Jul 2006 , 8:57pm
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IM INTO THE DECORATING PART NOT SO MUCH THE BAKING.

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