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I am not the OP. Originally posted by u/FronkOwO in r/cakedecorating
The cake I’m bringing to the state fair with me! I won at the county level, so onto state! July 24 2022
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It’s a fake! Styrofoam and royal icing hold up for a very long time, just very fragile travel.
This is for 4-H! Members choose projects they can show in, this project being cake decorating. Judging is based on techniques used and cake design(perfect marks of course!). There is also a cooking project that members can show in and you can make actual cake for that!
Oh it’s absolutely terrible to transport lol. The stringing/roping tends to fall off very easily. I always bring a bag of supplies just in case! Just extra roses and white royal icing to re-do anything that comes off.
The columns come out! It’s technically 3 separate pieces like this.
Update on the cake! I won overall for my state competition, the judge loved me Aug 13 2022
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I’m only 18 but I learned from the best at a young age. She’s around 80 and used to decorate cakes way back when!
It took me about 20 hours. I’ve been decorating cakes since I was in about 6th grade, so maybe 7 years? And o be completely honest I only decorate once or twice a year as well. I just practice a bunch whenever I get the time! Cake pans make great practice surfaces.
Reminder: I am not the OP. Originally posted by u/FronkOwO in r/cakedecorating
*clutches pearls*
So...whatcha gonna do with all that extra frosting? I might know someone who knows someone who will take it off your hands...
If beautiful frosting was the gateway to polyamory, many more people would be polyamorous.
I screamed when I got to the buttercream and had to tell my husband why I was screaming and then he screamed.
AUGH! THE HORROR!
I'm glad that you learned to make your own cannoli cream after. That is probably the only rational response.
Have you ever seen Is It Cake? It's a whole reality TV based on that and some of the work is really astounding. The host is a bit annoying but the show is quite fun.
I would assume the styrofoam is reusable, so it's probably a fairly cheap hobby in terms of materials. Cheap in cost, but a great way to pass the time, making such ephemeral art.
I was blown away by how perfectly so many of those cakes mimicked things - they were incredible!
I really enjoyed the constestants trolling the host in the first few episodes too - I would watch that show more if they do more seasons.
me too, my favorite threads are the ones where we learn something, and it seems like a lot of people have a lot to share here!
I think mine would have been confused, because we weren't food insecure or anything like that. I think my mom would have been horrified that I liked *that* kind of frosting - she's a big homemade buttercream person.
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I may have bought icing in the craft store when I was a kid and hid it under my bed to eat because I thought it was the most delicious thing in the world and felt that cakes and cupcakes never used enough.