I'm Not Happy With How The Cake Turned Out- Going To Deliver Today
Business By Cakejeanie Updated 31 Mar 2014 , 3:22am by Crystalolvera60
Cakejeanie - I share your pain. I once did a Teletubbies cake for my good friend's granddaughter. At the time, I had not a clue about them as my kids were ten years older and they would not watch a programme like that. I was never, ever happy with that cake - it just never looked right to me - however, they said it was fine - in any event - you couldn't get a cake like that anywhere at the time. I still think back to it and question what it was that was missing but I just don't know what it was - I just think it was because I didn't like the little blighters. I did recognise the McQueen'ness in your cake - maybe you would have felt a bit better personally if it had been a carved cake? However, it looked like your sketch and I love the banner - how did you do that?
Re the copyright "thing" - there's a lady I follow on FB who has been contacted by Chanel to take down all images of her cakes. They have pursued her and all her brilliant work has now been removed from her page as they were suggesting legal action of some sort. Mulberry and all the others she replilcates are not bothered. I have always made character cakes for the children when they were little and, more recently on my return to baking (after 15 years!!) for DD and DN's 21st as in my Avatar. I am just going to keep my fingers crossed that nobody finds me!
Cakejeanie - I share your pain. I once did a Teletubbies cake for my good friend's granddaughter. At the time, I had not a clue about them as my kids were ten years older and they would not watch a programme like that. I was never, ever happy with that cake - it just never looked right to me - however, they said it was fine - in any event - you couldn't get a cake like that anywhere at the time. I still think back to it and question what it was that was missing but I just don't know what it was - I just think it was because I didn't like the little blighters. I did recognise the McQueen'ness in your cake - maybe you would have felt a bit better personally if it had been a carved cake? However, it looked like your sketch and I love the banner - how did you do that?
Re the copyright "thing" - there's a lady I follow on FB who has been contacted by Chanel to take down all images of her cakes. They have pursued her and all her brilliant work has now been removed from her page as they were suggesting legal action of some sort. Mulberry and all the others she replilcates are not bothered. I have always made character cakes for the children when they were little and, more recently on my return to baking (after 15 years!!) for DD and DN's 21st as in my Avatar. I am just going to keep my fingers crossed that nobody finds me!
Hi DaysCakes, the banner is made of paper. I printed it out on the computer, cut the pieces with an extra 1cm at the top which is folded down the back (if that makes sense). I then glued the banner onto a long narrow piece of fabric (you can use string as well). Then tied it onto the wooden skewers with a bit of glue to make sure they didn't slip.
I was contemplating a carved cake, but having never done one before I wanted to practice first on a 'gift' cake, not on a paying customer! In any case, I did give the customer 3 design options on the cake- the two other designs that were not chosen included a 3d gumpaste model of Lightning, the boy's name in the Cars logo in royal icing, traffic cones etc etc. and so these were a lot dearer. So I don't think they would have gone for a carved cake!
It is worrying about legalities of the use of characters on cakes. It sounds as if they made an example of the lady who did Chanel cakes (perhaps she did a lot of those cakes??)!
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Hear, hear!
It matched the sketch, I saw the "McQueenness" of it so i think she won a watch on price.
I dont take commissions that are cheap and ugly anymore (I'm a florist) because I hate working with garish colours and cheap flowers. I just cant get into it at this stage of my life. What used to be a challenge is just a chore. Maybe this will be your last character cake because you dont enjoy doing them?
With regards to Chanel pursuing a lady on facebook who is plastering their high end logo all over her cakes they always do that.
Its not a compliment to them and they dont need her help advertising luxury on her fb cakes.
The cake looks a lot like the sketch to me! I personally like the cake! I think you did a good job! :)
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