Think she'd do my wedding cake? It's EASY!!

cakedecor, Gee I have a cake pic in my book just like yours!! I wonder why??
That class was soo boring!

Melvira and knox, thanks alot you nearly made me wet my pants laughing, with your doggy woggy baby talk. My parting comment about the website in question is that hopefully the pic at the end of that tutorial will put a scare into any bride considering making her first reallly big cake her own wedding cake. I have a cake here all torted and ready to put together, ice and decorate. Maybe I'll just let my 7 year old granddaughter do it for my on Sunday. It won't look any worse than the one we've been discussing. (I'll show her the Viva method.) Ü

You guys are sooooooo funny!! But come on, it didn't look THAT bad. though the flowers were just funny, and what's with the monogramme? I like the whole, make the wedding cake 2 DAYS before the wedding commnt. I mean, from what I learned here at CC, Aren't beginners supposed to leave at least a week?(Not that I'm thinking of attempting a wedding cake anytime soon.... Give me a couple of years.) But honestly, I'd love to see a stressed out bride try to figure out how to torte a cake, let alone stack it.

You know, we should make a video. Anyone who has a huffy bride trying to make her own cake should go over and record the whole thing. Now that's something that'll cheer any cake decorator up!!

Here's how I think of it.....Imagine you are a bride who has never decorated a cake and you come across this article. You read it and then look at the final cake....is that what you want your wedding cake to look like? If no, then you will probably go to a bakery and shop around. If that cake is fine with you , then you will probably price the pans, supplies, etc and then do a practice run. I seriously doubt brides everywhere are reading this going...yipee i can make my own cake.
Now, if the author would have put a beautiful, perfectly made wedding cake for the final product, then i would say that it is misleading. But she put what a cake would look like realistically if you were a beginner and did it yourself.

I think they are trying to scare the bride into making it themselves. Notice they said $8 per serving?? Not where I live. BUT THAT DOES GIVE ME AND IDEA show them that picture and then tell them this is waht you get for $8/serv and if they pay me$8.01/serv they can have one that looks like mine?!?!
Oh wait, that would be lying. ok ok $1.60 per serving and I'll make it!

eagerlearner wrote:

I looked at the picture again. It has weird thin spots on the frosting (looks like some crumbs also on the second and third tiers) and the top tier leans a bit to the right. The flowers don't have a rhyme or reason for type, style or placement. Hmmmmm, I still think it is "rustic" enough to be on the Worst Cake Post. Obviously, the author is just that, an Author. Not someone with design, artistic or pastry skills/training/experience. "Jeez, even Bobby Flay on Throwdown knew he was out of his element when challenged with a wedding cake."

And I agree with eagerlearner, "What's with the monogram?" I pity the poor, poor bride that believes in this article..........

actually, her final "smoothing" isnt bad for a crumb coat....

Tirby, LOL I was just getting ready to say "Good luck with THAT tactic!" LOL If I was throwing together a cake, and I DO mean throwing, when I was first starting out, I'd have come up with something better than the one in that picture. It doesn't take that much extra effort to smoothe icing, sorry. Maybe that lady thought that by leaving the icing with that "fluffy" look it was less effort and would look ok. NOT If we could see into her photo album we might just see a few more similar works, ya think?

How'd she get that job? They should have a cake person to write about cakes, not the event planner, she has very little cake decorating experience (by very little, I mean none) according to her bio

Maybe about.com needs to be directed to this thread.

I was just reading the beginning of her article and the author says that making a wedding cake is "really not that hard." As many of us know, yes it is hard, takes many hours, effort and patience.

I was watching some time ago an episode on Martha Stewart Weddings and her planner lady was saying that a bride should not consider making her own cake because the task could be "daunting" for someone that doesn't have experience making them.

So, the statement of "really not that hard" is "really" incorrect. I wonder if the author got any feedback from readers who make cakes and what they said to her.

I haven't finished reading her whole step by step but didn't looked at the pics of the entire cake.

Another options she could have given to keep low cost, is perhaps have a supermarket make the tier cakes separately, filled and iced and then picked up by bride and then assembled at receiption are and add flowers and decor there.

I've heard of people who have done this and it is much less expensive.

I haven't read all 9 pages of this thread but I did go through the entire "DIY wedding cake" instructions and all I can say is I'm glad her final cake looks the way it does. It is somewhat representative (or probably a little better) of what a DIY cake WILL look like for someone unexperienced. At least she didn't have a perfectly smoothed and well decorated cake pictured, giving brides a very false hope for their DIY cakes.

I've had lots of brides take my classes with the goal of doing their own wedding cake but not one of them ever ended up doing it themselves once they realized just how hard it is. Her article is definitely deceptive on how much time is involved in such an endeavor. 1 hour baking time?? LOL

actually, her final "smoothing" isnt bad for a crumb coat....

I'm going to submit an article to about.com about DIY surgery. The first sentence is going to be "why spend thousands on a surgeon when you can do it yourself?" Here's 8 easy steps.

jsmith and cakesbykellie,

ROFLMAO

Ever time I check on this thread it just keeps on getting better and better.....

And I loved the baby talk for the handsome old pooch, too

Okay the funny stuff has to stop...seriously...I have asthma, and if I start laughing too hard I will have an asthma attack! I'm not joking...that comment about the DIY surgery had me grabbing for my inhaler b/c it made me laugh!

And in other news, a local Floridian is found dead clutching an empty inhaler. Her husband, dumbfounded by this tragedy, was quoted as telling police that he found her writhing on the floor in front of her computer, her last words being, "steak knife...*cough* vinegar... *gasp, cough* BEDAZZLER!!" Back to you Jim!

Someone has been sniffing Powder Sugar again.

psst... i have asthma too.... so get your inhaler! or maybe a nebulizer.. because here is step THREE!

step 3. when performing the surgery of your choice (i have decided to staple my stomach shut with the Bedazzler!) make sure you use a ruler to measure the size of your first incision.... do a "rough cut" first... you can always go back and do a smooth finish after... if you make any mistakes, these can simply be covered with unsprayed flowers from your local florist! OR, retreat back to your Bedazzler....

picture tutorial to follow.....

LOL!! I was hoping someone from about.com would read this forum - but now they may think we're all nuts (well that is if they read all the way to page 9 or so....) You all are too funny!!!!

I knew I made the right choice coming back to this thread! You all are nuts....

of course if you are going to perform surgery on yourself make sure you have mirrors on the ceiling and all the walls for a better view of the injury site. Don't forget to invite the neighbors to see how easy it is to slice and sew yourself. They can also document what your bedazzled mouth is trying to say as you black out......we all have to be accurate and good journalists you know!

maybe Nina has something for funerals? she IS an Event Planner, you know.

ok... i need to stop.... i'm laughing myself right off my chair and no one in my house thinks this is remotely funny.....

Okay, I promised myself I wouldn't come back and read this but couldn't resist...

Anyone up to contacting NINA regarding funeral planning...

Here issssssss your DIY book! Not kidding this is off the internet.

Do-it-yourself funerals
Practical and tested guidelines for arranging private funerals are provided in Munro, L. (2001) The Do-It-Yourself Funeral Book, available from http://bereavement.bnc.org.au/bookstore.htm. The book includes guidelines for coffins and preparing and storing bodies.

Ok I am making a 3 tier cake for a b-day party this weekend and I really hope that my cake does not look like that.
I am a newbie to decorating and have been practicing with a few cakes but the cake on that site would make me run as fast as I could from making a cake for my wedding.

I am planning on making a cake for my grandparents anniversary in the summer so I am learning all I can to be ready for the final project.

I really hope people don't try that at home.

Melvira: You're so crazy! CakesbyKelli: Ohh...y'all have me laughing!!

--Knox--