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kentauros

(29,414 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2015, 12:19 AM Feb 2015

At what age should someone be before they are allowed to decorate cakes professionally?

[font size="3"]So, Where Ya Want It?[/font]

It's always important to tell your baker where you want the writing on your cake, lest you end up with one of these situations:

So, for instance, if you ask a baker to "write Happy Birthday on top," you might get this:





So try to be specific! Use words like "in the middle" to avoid confusion.



See how much clearer that is?


And you can't go wrong with directions like "over this" and "under that," right?



I mean, when has that ever caused a problem?


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At what age should someone be before they are allowed to decorate cakes professionally? (Original Post) kentauros Feb 2015 OP
.... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #1
Thanks for the thread-title, too! kentauros Feb 2015 #3
Talk about taking directions literally. lovemydog Feb 2015 #2
If you've never perused Cake Wrecks kentauros Feb 2015 #4
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