I Need Help On What To Teach/demo For State Fair!
Decorating By danasflowers Updated 1 Sep 2006 , 7:37pm by JoAnnB
Our state fair as asked me to do a cake decorating demo and I have no idea what I should teach.
suggestions??
Thanks!
Dana
The other day I went to the CA STate Fair because there was gonna be a
Cake Decorating Demo. I was very disappointed because first of all,
I was the only one that showed up at first, then three more people did after 10 mins of the whole demo. I guess I expected too much, because the lady who did the demo was a Wilton Instructor, was showing the very basic of Fondant decorating.. While I was watching, i thought, I can do that in my sleep !! I was hoping she would touch
more elaborate styles. I paid $7.00 for parking and $10.00 to get in for a
30 minute Cake Demo that I can do with my eyes closed.
Maybe do something that would "aww" people, although not everyone in the audience might be able to do what you are doing. To me, I want to see a "show" not just a demo. Show me something out of the ordinary.
That is what I expected. Good luck
i think you need to play to your audience, and lets face it not everyone is a cake decorator. So i do think basic is probably better. Depending on the length of the demo will also depend on what can be covered.
If your demo will be say after a cake decorating challenge then i would do something more advance. Like a gumpaste flower that will impress more seasoned decorators.
Here if our fair were to do something like this it would have to be a basic demo. But if it were at the state fair, where there are more cake contests then i would expect a more advance demo.
I have a had a demo spot in our state fair for about 3 years. They set up a table in the food arts building, and I have it for about 4 hours. this year I only took 2 days (because of Cake Camp).
I usually sit and make roses from various mediums. Chocolate clay, fondant, gumpaste, and candy clay in other colors.
Most people stop and ask a lot of questions. The kids love it, and surprisingly, the little boys are fascinated.
If you only have few minutes for a demo, you could take a finished model and do a quick fondant demo. Show them what it looks like commercially, compare it to MMF, and then roll and cover a small dummy or cake. You won't have much time for anything to elaborate.
Or If they have a good stage, you could do quick decorating ideas, like stencils and powdered sugar, color sprays.
It is hard, because the audience will likely be mixed: complete novices and experts. Can't please them all.
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