Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumOkay, I lost my mind this year and decided to do 3 fair cakes.
Now I'm not too happy with any of them. First attempt at buttercream palette knife decorating..
Next, a take off from a Debby Brown design.
And the last was a complete failure. Attempted to do this cake, wrapped in a sugar sheet, but found it was too humid and sagged. So, I had to go with a plain fondant instead.
Will be taking them 60 miles to Illinois State Fair on Sunday. No chance of championship this year.
Wingus Dingus
(8,054 posts)Scrivener7
(50,955 posts)You have such talent!
PS: The dragon is too amazing!
elleng
(130,975 posts)we won't be eating any of them!
BlueGreenLady
(2,824 posts)Gorgeous cakes!
patphil
(6,182 posts)Beautiful cakes!
PittBlue
(4,226 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Bristlecone
(10,129 posts)lucca18
(1,242 posts)You are very creative!
richdj25
(163 posts)I'll take them off your hands. Bet they go well with sherbet ice cream and some berries.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)But I get wanting a project of mine to be just so, instead of me thinking it came out so-so.
Still, your cakes are great!
MiHale
(9,742 posts)Ive seen presentation is one thing taste is another which usually tips the balance.
Is that how it works at your fair?
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)The exteriors are all real, edible stuff, but the inside is a foam dummy or a cake pan. It's like the cakes you see in bakery windows.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)I'll bring a knife and fork to help you destroy such monstrosities.
Your shame will be our secret.
spooky3
(34,460 posts)SidneyR
(84 posts)Like, what do you mean this isn't fantastic?! Wow! These cakes are beautiful.
Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)just thinking about all the work that took!
JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)I don't even understand the art of cooking and baking. Putting a list of ingredients in an oven and pulling out a meatloaf or a perfect cake is pure sorcery to me.
spooky3
(34,460 posts)I especially like the rose in the top photo!
summer_in_TX
(2,739 posts)They're beautiful and you are so talented!
barbtries
(28,799 posts)early days of the pandemic, i bought a bunch of stuff for cake decorating. i'm such a failure at it that i've never used it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,740 posts)hippywife
(22,767 posts)I just wouldn't want the transporting 60 miles in the summer heat part of this project.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)one of your successes!
I think I gained 3 pounds just looking at those, but thanks for the pix.