Cake Decorating and Sugar Art

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:47 am

This past weekend on the Food Network it was wedding weekend. I watched several shows on wedding cakes. And I was totally blown away with some of the cakes I saw. I've now decided before I die, I would like to go to the Sugar art contest held every year in Tulsa Oklahoma.

Does anyone here decorate cakes, I've tried but I'm not steady enough to draw a straight line with pencil, much less with a piping bag. :rolleyes:

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:49 am

Sheryl wrote: This past weekend on the Food Network it was wedding weekend. I watched several shows on wedding cakes. And I was totally blown away with some of the cakes I saw. I've now decided before I die, I would like to go to the Sugar art contest held every year in Tulsa Oklahoma.

Does anyone here decorate cakes, I've tried but I'm not steady enough to draw a straight line with pencil, much less with a piping bag. :rolleyes:

Jr Minks and I watched that show ... simply amazing isn't it. I wish I could do anything remotely pretty like that.

Jr Minks is looking to take a class in the summer to try her hand at this. (I think the beau is going along too) Me I have no patience for it. But cool show.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:50 am

I saw part of that show, the cakes were gorgeous. I watched up until the part of the Japanese wedding cake, all the pieces of the tea set made out of sugar!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:16 am

Chronsi, did you hear the guys price for the Japanese wedding cake. If it was to be made for a customer, would cost them $5,000. I about fell out of my chair.

Erinna1112 · Post by **Erinna1112** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:23 am

Sheryl wrote: Chronsi, did you hear the guys price for the Japanese wedding cake. If it was to be made for a customer, would cost them $5,000. I about fell out of my chair.
That's cheap for a wedding cake. There was someone at that competition that said theirs would run about $25,000. I have a friend whose cake cost about $7800...just for the cake. Yeesh. When I think of the dent that seven grand would make in my mortgage....

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:31 am

The say the average cost for a wedding these days is $40000. That's 5 grand short of what my house cost. :-2

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:39 am

*feeling faint*

Oh, and my oldest daughter just engaged last month!

observer1 · Post by **observer1** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:48 am

That's why I'd elope to a beautiful island with my young stud!!