All My Cakes Please Tell Me What You Think
Decorating By mom2kay Updated 29 Sep 2007 , 3:51am by fiddlesticks
let me know what i can improve on
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I'm going to be brave here and assume you do actually want pointers and aren't just fishing for compliments
Your cakes are nice, neat work and I love the boat one.
I would suggest you;re not a strong piper (I'm not either, none of my cakes have piping!) as the piped letters and some details are shaky. You can make your work look more professional by using letter stamps or shaping letters out of rolled or extruded fondant sausages/ribbons. You can also edge using these - get yourself a fondant or clay gun to make this job easier. That's my one suggestion. My second one would be too think carefully about your colour schemes - I use art books to help me - I love Kaffe Fassetts quilting books for colour schemes.
Now that I've replied you can feel completely free to ignore everything I've said and maybe more pepole will post disagreeing with me or making other suggestions.
All this posting is meant with genuine desire to answer your request for pointers.
mom2kay and emma,
thank you both! I have a terrible time with both piping and colors and this may be exactly the help I need!!
I think you are doing a good job Its hard sometimes w/ the lettering - i have to watch my coffee intake before I do letters. Also I would just suggest paying great attention to detail and work on fondant smoothing.
I like your cakes - you have a nice design sense, and definately have a lot of promise.
I would say, don't be afraid to cut the cake into perfect shapes - like taking the rounded top off to have a smoother surface.
And about color- My suggestion is to be very careful with color particularly when you are using two or more shades of the same color - I'm thinking here of the (really adorable) monkey cake with the two shades of green. Dispite being in the same spectrum, they won't nessecarily go together.
My particular favorite was the ladybug cake - which you said was your first cake!!!! I thought that was funny.
One tip that I received is to purchase covered cake boards, or cover them yourself with the foil (not tin foil). It gives your cakes a finished, professional look.
I love your buttons & bow cake ! And I think the only way you can improve you slice of cheesecake, Is to share the recipe with me ! LOL! I would love to have it . If you care to share? Thanks !!
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