Lambeth Method?

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cakerator Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 1:40am
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i have seen a few cakes in the galleries using the Lambeth method so it peeked my interest. what is everyone's take on it?

is it considered a method for the more advanced decorator? for those have done it, is it primarily on wedding cakes that you've used it? it seems very time consuming so i would guess that people would tend to use it on wedding cakes that they are getting paid more money for.

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fmandds Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 1:52am
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I've seen it pop up a few times as well. When I first saw it I thought it looked okay but then I researched and decided that its too gaudy for me.

I don't necessarily think its for advanced, just precise. It seems to me its mostly putting down a design then tracing over it time and time again, and the tip gets smaller and smaller.

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patygpm Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 1:58am
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What's the Lambeth Method? icon_redface.gif Sorry for my ignorance but I want to learn and the only way is asking all you profesionals!

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mjs4492 Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 1:59am
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"Gaudy" - I have to agree thumbs_up.gif

I can't imagine how long it must take to complete a cake with this method and what occasion it would be served at.....
It's somewhat pretty but some pictures I've seen, are truely gaudy!

Wilton has a picture (small) of the Lambeth method under their classes and there is another thread on this topic under forums. It's layering of borders, embroidery, attaching scrolls, etc. Very intricate details of decorating. Some are very pretty but then some are pretty in the eyes of the beholder I guess.

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ShirleyW Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:07am
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I think it's a matter of personal taste. I took Lambeth lessons in 1964, I think it is beautiful but outdated for todays style of cakes. I would not serve a cake with royal icing, it is too hard and too sweet to eat in any large amount. You can do a modified Lambeth design in buttercream but it will never have the definition of royal icing.

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Zmama Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:23am
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I did an overpiping (modified) on a cake after seeing the Lambeth style. I think overpiping is nice, and would love to learn Lambeth, but it could be done simpler (is that a word?) on other cakes.

Mine was an experiment (very rough!) in overpiping and crown borders.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=Zmama&cat=0&pos=10

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fmandds Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:31am
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I overpiped on a wedding cake I made for my mother's friend. I think its a simplified version of Lambeth. I just wouldn't want on a cake for me. I'll do it for others.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=fmandds&cat=0&pos=8

I do like bridgework and hope to try that sometime.

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JanH Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 6:18am
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