I asked how and she sent me to her facebook page to buy the instructions.  She has a lot of cakes on here posted like this one.  I am not spending $30 for a tutorial.  I have some ideas, as I have done the polka dotted cake and a cake with flowers and butterflies in it.  But this looks like it is all cake.  Any ideas?

I Am Baker does a lot of designs inside her cakes, you could take a look through her blog.

AHmmm ... The cow and strawberries will only look right if viewed from the front (slice through Centre of the cake). I've never done it, but it seems like you could use the same concept as the polkadot cake ... prebake your shape (the cow might have been baked in a cookie cutter) then put it in cake pan with Bayer and bake the cake.

Seems really interesting! If you try it please let us know how it goes :)

TWO OPTIONS.....

If you want an easy answer - pay the $30 !

If you don't think it is worth $30........ start baking, cutting and WASTING cake until you figure it out for yourself

I have seen something similar here:  http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/975551/pumpkin-pound-cake

AI'm not sure anyone who paid $30 for the tutorial is going to want to share the info with you for free!

Its really inconsiderate to dis someone who obviously spent the time to come up with something so cool you want to learn to do it. You didn't even

come on here to say how talented she is for doing something like this. You only came to complain. I get not wanting to spend $30 but that is your choice. She

has every right to charge for a skill or talent that someone else doesn't have. The above picture obviously took some time to figure out. Probably more than 3 hours which is essentially what you are paying for.

AYeah I have an idea. Start experimenting and practicing till you figure it out. I promise you by the time you're done you would have spent way more than $30. You might have gotten better responses if you'd just left the snark out of it.

I have to say, I didn't really think about it til I saw other posters comments, especially howsweet's, I would be pretty upset if I was the decorator you posted about.

AWow ... I didn't even consider it from that perspective. Sorry guys! I just took it as 'this cake lips beat, guys was it made? ' I also didn't realize the person who created the cake is a CC member. I agree with the others, experimenting will cost way more than $30!

i think $30 is cheap. does anyone have the link? i'd like to learn that!

AKwitcherbeechin.

$30 is cheap to learn that technique.

I am sure the Bokdoos has spent an incredible amount of time and product teaching herself (himself?) how to do these fantastic cakes.

Complaining that Bokdoos wants remuneration, and a measly $30 at that, cheapens every effort that Bokdoos has made.

Shame on you.

This discussion shows up on Google. Love you guys for saving CC's reputation! His talent is amazing. I've been a Facebook fan and receive notifications. On his Facebook page he wrote, "Welcome to all my new friends, especially those who have arrived today from Cake Central."

ASometimes we just need another perspective on things, I'm sure you didn't mean any ill will.

The issue here is that when other people know how to do your 'secret' technique, it is not so secret anymore.   I have seen these cakes where you make pictures inside for years now (including the polka dot cake, the carrot in a garden cake, iambaker's cakes).  I pinned this pumpkin cake almost a year ago.  Now, Bokdoos' cakes are by far the most detailed/pretty, but the fact remains that other people are going to know how to do it, and some of those people may share their information.  If I learned how to do a particular technique by purchasing a tutorial, then I would not feel right about sharing that information.  But if the information is readily available for free on the internet, then I don't feel bad about pointing someone in the right direction.  

A $30 tutorial is like any other tool in a professional's arsenal.  Oh, you're not a professional, just a hobbyist?  People spend that all the time on supplies and equipment for their hobbies.  Either way, it isn't much money.

The point being, if you want to do something so cool, that you won't even be able to see if you got it right after baking and delivering it (just crossing your fingers and praying), you best just pony up the $30.00.  It would take 5 to 10 of the same cake, made and then cut, just to make sure you were getting it right when it came down to it.

Liz

Edit:  I see you just posted you live on a fixed income.  It doesn't seem then like you would have the money to experiment on the technique either way (paying for the tutorial or not).  Disregard my comments.

I'm sure people who take pens from businesses don't think they are putting them out of business either if they just take a pen. However

That is money you are taking from a company. Its their pen just like its her tutorial. The amount of money banks and companies that

use pens spend putting the same pens that someone just decides is just a pen is money that could go towards their business. My father

is an inventor and helps others who invent things so I'm a bit passionate about this!

You may share what you learn with others but that doesn't mean everyone HAS TO!

Yes people share but its not expected or required its a generosity on their behalf. Who cares where HE lives he put forth the effort and

he should get to charge whatever he wants. Who's not to say he used to be on a fixed income and this tutorial helped him move out of that

bracket. To me this goes right back to customers saying its just cake. Its not and its not JUST a tutorial.

AHow is this any different than the threads wanting to make your own version of Agbay or fondant lifters or sugarveil? We all want to save money.

I agree with the above posters, so glad to have found this thread.  I just ordered a package of her tutorials and can't wait for them to arrive.  Already planning the design of the cake for our family Christmas party (although I'm sure it is a tedious process so I may have to scale it down after getting the tutorials ).  Her website has a small writeup on her background and how she got to where she is now.  She has a very diverse background...gives me hope.  Thanks again for the link.

Because trying to invent something new like the $2 item at Home Depot is considered a new invention.For instance a bench scraper at home depot is cheaper than one by wilton but they accomplish the same thing.  Same tool different price. A price is also still paid for someone else invention. They just paid for a different one. Also sometimes there are better ways to accomplish the same thing.

That is different than trying to figure out the exact recipe for Satin Ice which is wrong. We aren't talking about trying to do this on a smaller scale we are talking about wanting this exact design from right underneath the creator. I also think there is a big difference in $30 and $300.

People ask for ways to cut their cake like the AGBAY they don't say hey I want the blueprints for AGBAY so I can make my own and pay nothing.

The question posed was for this exact cake not technique. The OP already stated they had done various other cakes similar to this one. The OP knew somewhat of the technique they stated similar cakes they had already done. The OP wanted the blueprints to this exact one.