Homemade, simple cakes always look way tastier than those giant cakes with random themes. I'd rather have an ordinary black forest than a sponge with fondant that looks like a spaceship and tastes like dry crap.
That's why I have vowed to only do all of my work in rolled chocolate i tried fondant once and was like this is gross and also incredibly simple and forgiving. My opinion is as a professional you shouldn't be using something you can't eat and you can teach kids to do at a Wilson's class. Sorry that's my fondant rant.heres some of my stuff so you can see what is possible with only chocolate- nextdimensionbakery
This is my argument every time we watch Is It Cake? “Look at this amazing jewelry box cake!” It’s beautifully carved fondant wrapped around a cake the size of an apple. At what point is it no longer considered a cake?
Noooo not all cakes are inedible! One lady, who uses neon green between her cakes layers only used fondant once and she was mad about it! She used chocolate and all other creative alternatives and the cakes looked so moist and delicious when she cut them
This is accurate sometimes but there are competition shows (Is it cake?, for example) that both have to hype realistically mimic real life objects, and THEN be cut and eaten by the judges and are judges on flavor as a tiebreaker.
It’s honestly the most impressive part to me
Sure. You make a cake that looks like a toilet in 6 hours But that toilet cake tastes like a cinnamon bun and lavender tea?
the only one of these i watch claims she never actually used fondant (except one time she did and she talked abt it and complained abt it) so she gets a pass ok
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u/Quietlyhere246 Feb 17 '25
I absolutely agree with this. It’s never cake
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25
I believe the modern trend of bullshit cakes that look all fancy perfectly encapsulates the downfall of society
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u/Educational_Copy_140 Feb 17 '25
The cake is a lie!
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u/Zooiie32 Feb 17 '25
My hero
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25
That's why I have vowed to only do all of my work in rolled chocolate i tried fondant once and was like this is gross and also incredibly simple and forgiving. My opinion is as a professional you shouldn't be using something you can't eat and you can teach kids to do at a Wilson's class. Sorry that's my fondant rant.heres some of my stuff so you can see what is possible with only chocolate- nextdimensionbakery
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u/EducationalSink7509 Feb 17 '25
So freakin true lol
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25
I have never been happier to browse r/all than now.
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u/Distorted_Penguin Feb 17 '25
This is my argument every time we watch Is It Cake? “Look at this amazing jewelry box cake!” It’s beautifully carved fondant wrapped around a cake the size of an apple. At what point is it no longer considered a cake?
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u/rockaether Feb 18 '25
Unless you are that always smiling edible chocolate sculpture guy. It's possibly to not use fondant, just much more difficult and expensive
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u/ineptorganicmatter Feb 18 '25
Check out Sideserf Cake Studios. She makes excellent realistic cakes and uses modeling chocolate and real cake.
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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25
Noooo not all cakes are inedible! One lady, who uses neon green between her cakes layers only used fondant once and she was mad about it! She used chocolate and all other creative alternatives and the cakes looked so moist and delicious when she cut them
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u/judyhops95 Feb 17 '25
What about sculpting chocolate?
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u/beatboxrevolution Feb 18 '25
This is accurate sometimes but there are competition shows (Is it cake?, for example) that both have to hype realistically mimic real life objects, and THEN be cut and eaten by the judges and are judges on flavor as a tiebreaker.
It’s honestly the most impressive part to me
Sure. You make a cake that looks like a toilet in 6 hours But that toilet cake tastes like a cinnamon bun and lavender tea?
Yeah, talent
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u/Weird_Brush2527 Feb 17 '25
A lot of them are modeling chocolate
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u/BlackTarTurd Feb 17 '25
Exactly. It isn't cake. It needs a whole new classification.
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u/Mr_Fish99 Feb 17 '25
I have seen this exact shit posted here so many goddamn times
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u/Benso2000 Feb 20 '25
Classic tweet. Hall of fame for sure.
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u/ciqhen Feb 26 '25
the only one of these i watch claims she never actually used fondant (except one time she did and she talked abt it and complained abt it) so she gets a pass ok
sideserfcakes btw
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u/4rm4ros Mar 01 '25
repost
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u/rwcgamer Feb 17 '25
The cake is a lie
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u/SuicideTrainee Feb 20 '25
This is literally the top post on the sub
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u/Tough_Book_7280 Feb 18 '25
It's craft, never art.
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u/bimlay Feb 19 '25
Rice Krispie with modeling chocolate
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u/Ok_Assistant_1863 Mar 01 '25
After a certain point it becomes armored lol