But that still leaves it the pastry equivalent of "well, she's got a great personality...."
This is exactly backwards. The PURPOSE of a cake is to taste good, not to look good! If your cake is delicious, you've succeeded; anything else is lagniappe.
I have more than once had the unfortunate experience of seeing an absolutely lovely professionally-decorated cake, getting a slice, and discovering that the beautiful icing was the only worthwhile thing about it -- the cake underneath was flavorless and dry. I'd much rather have a slice of one of your "failures".
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Date: 2014-03-11 06:37 pm (UTC)This is exactly backwards. The PURPOSE of a cake is to taste good, not to look good! If your cake is delicious, you've succeeded; anything else is lagniappe.
I have more than once had the unfortunate experience of seeing an absolutely lovely professionally-decorated cake, getting a slice, and discovering that the beautiful icing was the only worthwhile thing about it -- the cake underneath was flavorless and dry. I'd much rather have a slice of one of your "failures".