Fancy cake trends are making home bakers forget the fundamentals

In my experience, everyone at the farmer's market now sells overly decorated cakes that taste dry and bland. Your mileage may vary, but I see new bakers skipping simple buttercream practice to chase complex designs. Take this with a grain of salt, but I think a good sponge beats a perfect fondant figure any day.

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joseph_green131mo ago

Used to disagree but you're totally right.

karenc201mo ago

Is it that deep though? @wadedixon's take feels extreme.

karenc2010d ago

My last attempt at a fancy drip cake looked great but tasted like sweetened plaster. It was a real wake-up call about priorities. Now I just focus on making stuff people actually want to eat.

wadedixon1mo ago

Seriously, read a thing by a food writer last week that said the same. They called it "cake as content." All for the camera, zero for the taste buds. It's like people forget the whole point is to eat it. A stunning cake that tastes like cardboard is a total fail. Gotta master the real basics first, flavor and texture, before the fancy stuff.