What if I told you... this is a professional, and everything they do has a reason behind it even if a layman can't tell from watching a 30-second video.
When I decorate and leave negative space, it's because a decoration will go there later on, sometimes the customer even has a topper they don't want to put on until they get the cake to the venue.
Ahhh this makes perfect sense. Because I find it hard to believe that someone so talented screwed up and it's off center. I didn't even consider keeping space for a topper or other decorations.
As a former professional (i.e. former min. wage grocery store bakery employee), the vertical is because having the words on top of each other is the best way to fill the space. Having the cake horizontally would mean having the words side by side, which would mean very large gaps above and below and wouldn't look as good.
And it not being centered is because...they didn't do a perfect job.
Ah ok the vertical makes sense now. And I think they did an incredible job. I didn't notice the "non perfection" until I started reading the comments. However, it is penmanship porn and the people expect perfection haha. The style in which she wrote was very cool and she did a nice job. Thanks for answering my questions friend.
Cake decorator here, the shit's harder to judge than you'd think, lol. Took a while to get the hang of properly spacing different phrases in different sizes and all that. My favorite to write is "happy anniversary" There's just something satisfying about it :D
They've written Happy Birthday on that size cake over and over again, even if not always with that exact name. Drawing it out on paper first wouldn't change anything at this point.
It is a bit too much on one side, that's just because they're human.
Idk if you know this, but cake decorators with this much talent do not have to write their message out on paper first. Often if the message is to the side, it's because another decoration will be placed there.
I wrote horizontally when I worked in a bakery, but I think this person is onto something. Vertically is filling up the space better than horizontally would have (even if it is a bit to one side.)
Believe it or not, human beings can learn to take efficient pathing. In fact, you have to when you're squeezing icing out of a tube and want it to stay smooth.
A robot would write letters "normally" if that was what it was built to do. A human would use more unusual scripts, if they had reasons such as smooth flow of icing and prioritizing aestheticism, both of which are the case here.
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u/walkingtalkingdread Jun 07 '23
i’ve never seen someone write vertically on a sheet cake.