Ok this my pet peeve; Why do some people post pictures of beautiful cakes, or scuptures or anything 3D and then don't give you ANY info on what it's made from or what they used to make it??
I'm not asking for a full tutorial, but a brief description would suffice. Is the tiara/watch/flower etc. made of Royal icing? Fondant? Gumpaste? A mixture of both?
I'd like to know. Maybe I'll need to make one someday and it would be nice to know what it's made from.
Got it off my chest, stepping down now. Thanks for listening!

LOL!!! I totally agree. I love when people put a short description of what they have done and what flavor too!! So ditto from me!

I agree! I hate it also when there is a beautiful cake or flower and all they say is that it is their first or give the name of the flower. So many times I see these items and No Info! I have wanted to say something for so long but was trying to be nice. Thanks for the post.
evelyn

My related pet peeve is when there are no key words added. How can it be found in a search if there are no key words!

I agree. I would like to know the flavor of the cake and frosting, and a lot of people don't include that.

Because many of the beautiful cakes posted here are uploaded by members from other countries who cannot write in English.

I couldn't agree more! I want to know who it was for and for what occasion, flavor of cake and icing, what medium was used to decorate, did you have a disaster alonf the way, etc. Of course, I tend to write novellas in my descriptions!

KathysCC, I'm sure that non-English speaking members account for a lot of the description-less photos but definitely not all of them. So,let's clarify that our pet peeve is not directed towards non-English speaking cakers .

It annoys me too....and yet I don't do it half the time...Lesson learned See there a vent can help

My big pet peeve is that now whenever a picture is posted, people demand full tutorials on the techniques used on the cake. It didn't used to be this way, but now it seems that a very large percentage of newer users expect this to be FreeTutorialCentral.com

UGH

I think it is only courteous to put a brief explination as to how you did something unique or special. Unless the only reason you post your pictures is to show everyone else how great you think you are and that you don't want to share your knowledge.

I totally agree 100%. And I would like to add this .....keywords would be nice too, it makes a search easier. Sorry I didn't mean to threadjack there

Oh you didn't hijack cakelady! That's another of my pet peeves too. I think I should have titled this thread "my pet peeve is...what's yours?" LOL!
Everyone, feel free to shout out your own CC Pet Peeve!

I'm probably going to be attacked for this but it bothers me when I open a post to read it and the OP starts it with "OK, SO......" In all instances if the "OK SO" is deleted it's a perfect post! It's the English major in me! Sorry to all those I've just offended! My 14 year old says "ok so" everytime she has something to say and I hear her snotty voice with every "OK SO" post!!

Sorry! Sorry! Please don't hate me! But I had to get it off my chest! Now if any of you are like my 15 yr old you'll all be starting posts that way for the simple satisfaction of knowing my eye will be twitching the entire time I read it. Haha.

Don't kill me but...

I just like looking at the pretty pictures.

A brief description on the technique would be nice, but not having a description doesn't lessen my appreciation of the art. A comment about the occasion or reason the cake was made adds a personal touch and helps the reader connect with the writer, but again it doesn't bother me when it is missing.

And the flavor of the icing and cake... well frankly I don't give a hoot about that.

Just an opinion from the other side.