Decorated Cakes Contest | Iowa State Fair 2012 how to make
Decorated Cakes Contest | Iowa State Fair 2012
English English I DID A FOUR-TIERED HEXAGONWEDDING CAKE. IT'S COVERED IN RED FONDANT ANDTHEN IT HASN'T WHITE LACE GOING DOWN EVERY OTHER SIDE AND THENSOME SCROLLWORK PIPING AND GUM-PASTE FLOWERS.I MADE A ONE-TIER SQUARE CAKE, AND IT HAS A DECOPAC HOUSE ONTOP OF IT. THAT'S WHAT I ENTERED FOR SUGARARTISTRY. I BROUGHT A WEDDING CAKE WITHSOME PINK DAHLIAS ON IT, AND THEN I BROUGHT A SEA TURTLE.I'D JUST LIKE ANIMALS AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT POPPED INTOMY HEAD. MORE THAN ITEMS WERE ENTEREDIN THE DECORATED CAKES DIVISION THAT RANGED IN TIERED TOSOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING ISN'T A CAKE, TOCOOKIES, TO SUGAR ARTISTRY AND MORE.THERE ARE SEPARATE CLASSES FOR COMMERCIAL BAKERS, AMATEURS, ANDADULT OPEN, THOSE WHO DON'T WORK FOR A LICENSED BAKERY.GEORGE FOWLER IS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THIS EVENT, AS WELLAS ONE OF THE THREE JUDGES. YOU LOOK FOR THE OVERALL, HOWNICELY IT LOOKS. BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ALLTHE TECHNIQUES AND HOW WELL EACH TECHNIQUE IS DONE.IF THEY'RE GUM-PASTE FLOWERS, YOU'D BE WANTING TO SEE THINPETALS, THIN LEAVES. WITH GUM-PASTE, YOU THINK THINALL THE TIME. YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO BE THICK.AND YOU WANT CLEAN LINES. GEORGE SAYS IT TAKES PRACTICE,PATIENCE, AND A LOT OF TIME TO PERFECT THE ART OF CAKEDECORATING. THE COMPETITORS HERE TODAYAGREE. I BROUGHT A WEDDING CAKE AND IDID THE BILLOWING FOR THE FIRST TIME.I WASN'T REAL HAPPY WITH IT BUT IT WAS A FIRST TIME FORTHE BILLOWING. I THINK THAT THE DESIGN OF THECAKE CHANGED TIMES SINCE WE DECIDED ON IT.IT TOOK US ABOUT A MONTH TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND GOING.REALLY THIS ONE I KIND OF RUSHED THROUGH BECAUSE I DECIDED FRIDAYTHAT I WAS GOING TO DO ONE. SO ACTUALLY I DID IT IN A MOTELROOM THIS WEEK AND HAD IT DONE PROBABLY IN FOUR HOURS TOTALWORK. WE BROUGHT FIVE CAKES TODAY, ORFIVE PIECES TODAY. JUST CHATTING ABOUT DIFFERENTCAKE IDEAS JUST KIND OF SPAWNED A WHOLE LOT OF IDEAS AND ICOULDN'T RESIST MAKING THEM. WE HAD MANY FINE CAKES TODAY.UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE CAN GET FIRST PRIZE.RIBBONS AND PRIZES WERE AWARDED IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, AND THENTHERE WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE WITH THE AWARD OF BEST OF SHOW.KIDS BIRTHDAYS, IT STARTED OUT. AND GENERALLY I'VE JUST BEENDOING ONE FOR EACH YEAR, AND THEN A COUPLE OFFRIENDS' CAKES. THIS ONE I SAW A DOLLHOUSE ATONE OF THE CRAFT SHOPS EARLIER IN THE YEAR IN THE YEAR AND THOUGHT IT WOULDMAKE THEM A NEAT CAKE.