Course 2 Cake - Buttercream With Royal Icing Flowers
I just finished this cake today in class. It's the 4th cake that I have ever decorated. While I was doing the basket weave I got talking with one of the other students and missed a horizontal stripe twice which ended up throwing off the ends where they meet up. I camouflaged that spot with more flowers:-) P.S. I loved doing this cake but I'm so exhausted from making the flowers into the wee hours of the night so the kids didn't come and nab them on me!! Thanks for looking!
You did a great job! The flowers are really good! You've learned quick, when you make a mistake, cover it up with flowers or leaves! Keep up the good work! I remember how proud I was of my first basket weave cake. Doesn't it make you proud?!
Very pretty.
You did a great job on this cake. Your flowers are lovely, as is the basketweave. And good save on the accident. Excellent job on this.
critique subgroup member: This is beautiful. Your basket weave looks fantastic and your flowers are just incredible. You have a talent here and you are going to create some amazing cakes. This cake's whole presentation is well done!
critique subgroup member: Your basket weave is beautiful! I really, really like the pansy.
critique subgroup member: wonderful wonderful job!!!! your flowers are perfect! and yeah!! your cake board is bigger and nicely covered! your basketweave is great as is your borders!!!
critique member: wow! This is much improvement from the other cakes! You learn fast! I love your basketweave...very straight! and all of your flowers are beautiful! I have nothing to say about them because they all look so perfect! Really nice work and you have a natural talent! ;-D
Those crumb snatchers...You have to watch them every second!! Looks perfect to me!!! :D :D
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! I changed the cake board from aluminum paper to wrapping paper/clear paper after reading several threads on CC. My 1st 3 boards were all covered in aluminum paper because that is what we were told to use in class (I'm sure my instructor was just trying to save us some $$). I'll have to find a easier way to wrap though, as found it pretty difficult to do! Thanks again for looking! :D :D
Critique Subgroup Member: Wow! Great cake! You have natural talent! Flowers are great and your baskeweave & borders nice & even. Great job!
Critique subgroup member: Alleluia no tin foil!!!!! Your piping has really improved!!!! Your drop flowers are exquisite. Your basket weave and rope border is lovely. Unfortuanelty that icing seems a bit overworked. I would pick up ShirleyW's IMBC recipe online here and make that. Once you go to real BC you will not look back!!!!!! Are you proud! Should be!!!!! It's pretty.
critique subgroup member: well, here ya go- a perfect cake! You should be very proud of the work you have done here. I hated making all of those flowers but, you know, the practice is exactly what I needed. Great work on your basket weave cake!
Critique subgroup member: I can not find a thing wrong with this cake. That yellow rose in the front, well all of them actually, are PERFECT!! This cake is beautiful!
Critique group member: Absolutely beautiful! You definatley have a gift for flowers! Your basket weave is also wonderful as well! Well done! :)
Nancylynwallace: Thanks for the nice comments and yes I do feel proud of my cake! Thanks to you to bashini for the nice comment!
Critique Subgroup Member. I agree with jadak about the basketweave and flowers. The colors are great on each. I like this cake board better, too.
critique subgroup member: Very, very nice! :D Your basket weave looks perfect, your rope border looks nice, and the flowers look great!