Lambeth/australian Technique
This is my original creation using a variety of Lambeth and Australian techniques. I took Best of Show and center stage on the Best of Show table (signifying judges favorite out of the five Best of Show cakes chosen from different categories) in San Diego's Confections on Parade Cake Show in LaJolla, California in 2007. I like this photo better than the other I uploaded. TFL :-) Special thanks to Kerry Vincent, Wendy Kromer and Shirley Wilson for your invaluable advice in helping me create something I thought was out of my reach.
Absolutely stunning! I'm jealous--I want to learn this
I knew this was your work the second I saw the photo thumbnail. Excellent job, as usual.
WOW DIVINE!!! Pardon my ignorance; did you do that with regular buttercream???
This is with royal but can also be done with buttercream! Definately!!! I've done it on a few of my sheet cakes for practice leading up to this cake. It's fun to do because the end result is really pretty.
It IS very pretty! Looks like a lot of hard work!
Did you take a class for this? It's quite lovely. How long did all this decorating work take after fondant covered? Looks like it requires so much patience. Love it. Love bridgework but kind of in awe of it at this point.
Wow. I love it . Thanks for showing the work in progress. I would love to learn this. Be sure to show the finished product. Great.
Beautiful - I can hardly wait to seen the finished product.
Thank you so much! It's really easy once you get the hang of it. It is very time consuming though, there is no doubt about that. It also takes a steady hand and a paintbrush! :roll:
OOOOOOOOOOO This is going to be fun to watch!! Great work so far!!!
neat! can't wait to see the final product.
I want to learn this!!
It is super super easy! Anyone can do it.
OMG girl, that's sooo amazing!! *bowing down and saying, "I am not worthy!"* :D
can you share how you did it? Do you have instruction/tutorial for this design?
It's an excellent start, now post some of the finished cushion. Very neatly done Amy!
Absolutely Gorgeous! You have got some talent!
FANTASTIC! You go girl...we knew it was gorgeous!!! You so deserve it. We knew you "when".....
Congratulations Amy!!! I´m soo happy for you!
Amy, this is gorgeous!!! You deserve all the glory!! This cake is stunning!
WOW!!! Congrats! Stunning and breathless and well deserved!
You all are so nice! I see "eh" and you all see :o 8O
WOW!!!!!
So impressive, could you please tell all of us how many hours you actually had making this cake. It's just georgeous!
I'm your #1 fan! :D You're simply the best!!! ;-D
cakemommy congrats..I only wish I was half this good...
congratulations- you deserve it!
Congratulations. It's a gorgeous cake!!
You're too modest!!! It's an amazing cake!!!
congrats to you! It is absoltely beautiful! Savor the recognition!
Gorgeous!!!!
Congratulations...an outstanding cake...beautiful!!!!
Oh my goodness! That is amazing! I can't imagine how many hours you spent on that!
I spent probably 70 total hours on the cake. I took my time doing it though because my hubby is deployed and I have two monsters I mean boys at home running rampant. I spread the decorating across 1 1/2 months. I took one week and two week breaks. Sometimes just days for drying time. You really can not rush this technique!
Wow Wow wow What a beautiful cake!! Just gorgeous!!
Just exquisite - can't imagine how many hours it took - you are amazing. Many congratulations on this masterpiece.
Oh WOW!!! I have been waiting to see the finished product and just WOW!!!! It's beautiful. Did you place in the competition??
Simply amazing. I wouldn't be able to pipe stringwork even if my life depended on it. Gorgeous! Big congrats to you!! :)
Thank you so very much! Beginners luck!!
OMG! so gorgeous and in my favorite colour
You are sooo worthy, It's just amazing. I am not at all surprised with the judges!!!
never say never, this cake is gorgeous! i'm just starting out and to see this is very impressive!
STUNNING
Not worthy,... You are most definatly worthy!!! My mouth is just hanging open... I could only dream so big! Great job!!
You are all way too kind! Thank you so much for all your compliments. They are truely appreciated!
I love this look! You are wonderful at it already! Dang, I'm impressed!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Where did you learn the technique could you PM me some information? Thanks!
I just bought the 1934 Lambeth Method of Decorating book! Got it for $2.50 at a used book store. What consistency was frosting for this? Did you use royal or buttercream?
Wow!! I mean really just wow! This is probally one of the most beautiful cakes I have ever seen. You are so so talented
my hand hurts looking at it. Its Beautiful!
WOW! What great work. I'd like a shot of the whole presentation.
Wonderful stringwork
Truly Beautiful!
oh my goodness, this is beautiful... i love the colors too..
oh my, I have to learn how to do that. it's just so beautiful.
8O 8O 8O 8O AWESOME
I cannot even fathom the time, patience, talent and creativity this takes. This is just beyond words.
Good lord! This is just awesome. You must have the patience of a saint and the steadiest hands known to mankind!!!!
absolutely beautiful!!! How long did it take?
This is so gorgeous! I haven't tried anything like this because I'm afraid I'd QUIT! :D
This is awesome! your stringwork is perfect! I'm not putting it in my favorites - why aggravate myself? Did you make it for an occasion? If not, I hope it's a dummy!
we ask for detail, this is beautiful. wonderful job cakemommy. i just love it. the shade of purple is just WOW!!
it's amazing!!! I'm here w/my 2 yo daughter next to me. she says mommy i liiiiike the cake. lol she has a good eye at a young age.
THANK YOU EVERYONE! YOU ALL ARE SO KIND!
Thank you everyone! I spent about three days on that tier alone. That is mostly drying time! Of all the techniques on the cake, that tier was the easiest for me to do. It is something I have done before so I was happy to buzz right through a tier!! :)
:lol: :lol: I wanted to quit so bad but being that this is signature I knew I had to finish it.
wow gorgeous!
wow gorgeous! did you take a class?
very nice!
very nice!
wow again!
I AM SO JEALOUS!! :o
Hi thank you! No I didn't take a class. I taught myself!
wuaw i guess it is hard to eat that right? or not... hmm looks really nice
great job! congratulations!!!!!!
wuaw! u did a great job looks amazing
BEAUTIFUL CAKE!
This is absolutely gorgeous!!
I saw the thumnail and I just knew it was you!! Another great job!!
Incredible. Just beautiful. I'm jealous.
Wow!!! How long it took you to do it ?
Another beauty, maybe you should right a book. You are that good!!!
Just gorgeous!
Wow! What beautiful work, and such patience!! :o :D
Thank you so very much!
Incredible. absolutly incredible.
oh wow! I just commented on one of your in-progress pics, didn't realize you'd finished!! You won! Congrats (although belated here) I was searching for lambeth cakes and found these. This is BEAUTIFUL!
Breath- taking!
can you share how you did it? Do you have instruction/tutorial for this design?
It's an excellent start, now post some of the finished cushion. Very neatly done Amy!
Absolutely Gorgeous! You have got some talent!
FANTASTIC! You go girl...we knew it was gorgeous!!! You so deserve it. We knew you "when".....
Congratulations Amy!!! I´m soo happy for you!
Amy, this is gorgeous!!! You deserve all the glory!! This cake is stunning!
WOW!!! Congrats! Stunning and breathless and well deserved!
You all are so nice! I see "eh" and you all see :o 8O
WOW!!!!!
So impressive, could you please tell all of us how many hours you actually had making this cake. It's just georgeous!
I'm your #1 fan! :D You're simply the best!!! ;-D
cakemommy congrats..I only wish I was half this good...
congratulations- you deserve it!
Congratulations. It's a gorgeous cake!!
You're too modest!!! It's an amazing cake!!!
congrats to you! It is absoltely beautiful! Savor the recognition!
Gorgeous!!!!
Congratulations...an outstanding cake...beautiful!!!!
Oh my goodness! That is amazing! I can't imagine how many hours you spent on that!
I spent probably 70 total hours on the cake. I took my time doing it though because my hubby is deployed and I have two monsters I mean boys at home running rampant. I spread the decorating across 1 1/2 months. I took one week and two week breaks. Sometimes just days for drying time. You really can not rush this technique!
I want to learn this!!
It is super super easy! Anyone can do it.
You are sooo worthy, It's just amazing. I am not at all surprised with the judges!!!
OMG girl, that's sooo amazing!! *bowing down and saying, "I am not worthy!"* :D
Wow. I love it . Thanks for showing the work in progress. I would love to learn this. Be sure to show the finished product. Great.
Beautiful - I can hardly wait to seen the finished product.
Thank you so much! It's really easy once you get the hang of it. It is very time consuming though, there is no doubt about that. It also takes a steady hand and a paintbrush! :roll:
OOOOOOOOOOO This is going to be fun to watch!! Great work so far!!!
neat! can't wait to see the final product.
Wow Wow wow What a beautiful cake!! Just gorgeous!!
Just exquisite - can't imagine how many hours it took - you are amazing. Many congratulations on this masterpiece.
Oh WOW!!! I have been waiting to see the finished product and just WOW!!!! It's beautiful. Did you place in the competition??
Simply amazing. I wouldn't be able to pipe stringwork even if my life depended on it. Gorgeous! Big congrats to you!! :)
Thank you so very much! Beginners luck!!
OMG! so gorgeous and in my favorite colour
Absolutely stunning! I'm jealous--I want to learn this
I knew this was your work the second I saw the photo thumbnail. Excellent job, as usual.
WOW DIVINE!!! Pardon my ignorance; did you do that with regular buttercream???
This is with royal but can also be done with buttercream! Definately!!! I've done it on a few of my sheet cakes for practice leading up to this cake. It's fun to do because the end result is really pretty.
It IS very pretty! Looks like a lot of hard work!
Did you take a class for this? It's quite lovely. How long did all this decorating work take after fondant covered? Looks like it requires so much patience. Love it. Love bridgework but kind of in awe of it at this point.
never say never, this cake is gorgeous! i'm just starting out and to see this is very impressive!
STUNNING
Not worthy,... You are most definatly worthy!!! My mouth is just hanging open... I could only dream so big! Great job!!
You are all way too kind! Thank you so much for all your compliments. They are truely appreciated!
I love this look! You are wonderful at it already! Dang, I'm impressed!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Where did you learn the technique could you PM me some information? Thanks!
I just bought the 1934 Lambeth Method of Decorating book! Got it for $2.50 at a used book store. What consistency was frosting for this? Did you use royal or buttercream?
Wow!! I mean really just wow! This is probally one of the most beautiful cakes I have ever seen. You are so so talented
oh my goodness, this is beautiful... i love the colors too..
oh my, I have to learn how to do that. it's just so beautiful.
8O 8O 8O 8O AWESOME
I cannot even fathom the time, patience, talent and creativity this takes. This is just beyond words.
Good lord! This is just awesome. You must have the patience of a saint and the steadiest hands known to mankind!!!!
absolutely beautiful!!! How long did it take?
This is so gorgeous! I haven't tried anything like this because I'm afraid I'd QUIT! :D
This is awesome! your stringwork is perfect! I'm not putting it in my favorites - why aggravate myself? Did you make it for an occasion? If not, I hope it's a dummy!
we ask for detail, this is beautiful. wonderful job cakemommy. i just love it. the shade of purple is just WOW!!
my hand hurts looking at it. Its Beautiful!
WOW! What great work. I'd like a shot of the whole presentation.
Wonderful stringwork
Truly Beautiful!
it's amazing!!! I'm here w/my 2 yo daughter next to me. she says mommy i liiiiike the cake. lol she has a good eye at a young age.
THANK YOU EVERYONE! YOU ALL ARE SO KIND!
Thank you everyone! I spent about three days on that tier alone. That is mostly drying time! Of all the techniques on the cake, that tier was the easiest for me to do. It is something I have done before so I was happy to buzz right through a tier!! :)
:lol: :lol: I wanted to quit so bad but being that this is signature I knew I had to finish it.
wow gorgeous!
wow gorgeous! did you take a class?
very nice!
very nice!
wow again!
I AM SO JEALOUS!! :o
Hi thank you! No I didn't take a class. I taught myself!
wuaw i guess it is hard to eat that right? or not... hmm looks really nice
great job! congratulations!!!!!!
wuaw! u did a great job looks amazing
BEAUTIFUL CAKE!
This is absolutely gorgeous!!
I saw the thumnail and I just knew it was you!! Another great job!!
Incredible. Just beautiful. I'm jealous.
Wow!!! How long it took you to do it ?
Just gorgeous!
Another beauty, maybe you should right a book. You are that good!!!
Wow! What beautiful work, and such patience!! :o :D
Thank you so very much!
oh wow! I just commented on one of your in-progress pics, didn't realize you'd finished!! You won! Congrats (although belated here) I was searching for lambeth cakes and found these. This is BEAUTIFUL!
Incredible. absolutly incredible.
Breath- taking!
Wow... i've just been staring at this cake in disbelief for about 5 minutes... amazing.
wow!!
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Critique Group Member: I will say only this... "We're not worthy!!! We're not worthy!!!!!" :wink:
Exquisite! 8O
Critique Group Member: Wow ~ what incredible stringwork. I would love to try the Lambeth technique someday. Those oval striped thingies on the sides are incredibly perfect. Wow! No critique here.
In case everyone doesn't get a chance to check out the other photos of this cake (which I recommend you do :D ), those "oval thingies" are called Cusion Lattice :wink:
This cake is fit for royalty :D
wow! mouth gapping open wow! that's all i can say. wow! 8O
Holy Moley this looks fantastic!
Oh myyyyyyyyyyyy!! Wow!
Wow, it's very beauitiful! Now can you imagine doing this all the time? Do you suppose ole Mr. Lambeth had a lot of orders for this sort of thing> It's the most intimidating style/technique I've ever seen for cakes. You did a wonderful job!
Amazing! Thanks for posting the close-ups. Your work is exquisite.
That is a true work of art. I'd put it in my fav's if there was even a teeny chance I'd come close but no way. Belated Congrats.