Newby cant believe the recipes do not include photos!  

What would the recipe be for? The actual cake? Usually it doesn't matter what flavour the cake is, because we are just admiring the decorating.

Maybe you could post a recipe and photo and others would follow. I'm not sure a photo of a bowl of icing or an unfrosted cake would be of much benefit to me.

If you just want to see finished, decorated cakes you can go to the gallery and spend hours looking. Since this is a free site and people generously donate their time to upload recipes (unlike expensive cookbooks) you can't expect them to spend time submitting recipes and adding photos to each one. Most people probably don't even have a finished cake to photograph when they submit the recipe. JMO

Try Barnes and Noble, or Amazon.com... they have LOTS of pretty, colorful cookbooks with pictures...

The particular recipe that you are looking at may be one they use most often and therefore it would be in a lot of their pictures. Since this site is used mostly by cake decorators I would think it would be difficult to find a recipe with a picture of a plain iced cake. I believe the recipes are for great tasting flavors and you can decorate however you would like. That is what the imagination and the wonderful pictures are for.
evelyn

I get what you are saying, and I never really thought much about it. Usually if I come across a recipe that I wonder how it is supposed to look on the cake, (like rolled buttercream or candy clay), I look in the poster's pics. But I guess I have only been interested in recipies that go on a cake and not cake and cookies themselves. If you are really interested in a certain recipe I think you should PM them. People would probably take it as a compliment. I don't think you will be able to get everyone that has already posted a recipe to include a pic, but maybe all the new ones will. Good Luck.

Sarah

No... your post is another in a long line of "can you please give me this because I want it" posts. Not to sound like I'm picking on you but, honestly, a lot of us who have posted recipes don't have time to make sure we take a picture of the finished product. We have busy lives and somtimes businesses. Usually when we've mad a recipe it's late and we are just trying to get this cake finished so we can go to bed. This isn't a foodie blog... it's in informational site. You get the info you are seeking. This happens a lot. People think they are entitled to people's time, and even if that's not how you meant to come across you kind of do.

Honestly... I don't see how a picture of a layer of cake or a lump if fondant is going to be remotely helpful.

And I wanted to say that you seem like a very sweet person since I have read a few of your posts. I don't want you to feel like I am picking on you.

Please (a pleading please... not an eye rolling please)... like I stated twice, I was not picking on you. I was letting you know why it isn't feasible for many people. And honestly... please don't stop posting because one person didn't jump on your bandwagon. I personally think CC could use nice people like you. Everyone isn't going to agree with everything you have to say or suggest, but it doesn't mean you are being shunned. Quite the opposite.

I think what you do is wonderful, and everyone here isn't a pro. It is for all levels of bakers and decorators and we all benefit for everyone posting. I think the community will benefit if you keep posting. Just be prepared to not have everything met with "Yeah let's do it!!".

I think it was more the persisting about not wanting to get a cookbook and how you weren't about to spend hours looking through the galleries, but people should do this extra thing because you would like it that made me want to post the other side of the coin. I know that's not how you intended to come across... I'm sure you aren't a demanding person... but you have to concede that your posts could come across that way. It could be a simple case of improper nettiquette. All caps is usually taken as shouting on the web and is often taken as being demanding. Or maybe reading tone into a post that wasn't there.

Please don't be angry over something so silly and stop posting. I think you could be a wonderful example for others to follow with your humanitarian efforts with your cakes. You don't have to give someone a flawless cake to make their year.