Until relatively recently, I hadn’t heard of this trend, but, lately, I can’t scroll through Instagram without seeing another wildly ornate, pastel-colored cake, sometimes in muted colors like sage green or dusty rose (my favorite), piped with dramatic ruffles, frilly borders and little messages.
Just seeing this post now but I think it’s great! I would co-sign your thoughts and also add that I also think it is a backlash against all the elaborate rolled fondant decoration we have been seeing for years. Visually those have a sterile lack of texture and also, are not nice to eat. So what could be better than fluffy, pretty buttercream?
Back in the 50s someone gave my mother a cake decorating kit. Her thing was roses. She piped what seemed like hundreds of them and we ate them until we were sick with sugar as only kids can. For years were cakes were decorated with Crisco roses an inch thick. I thank God that her next fad was carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Just seeing this post now but I think it’s great! I would co-sign your thoughts and also add that I also think it is a backlash against all the elaborate rolled fondant decoration we have been seeing for years. Visually those have a sterile lack of texture and also, are not nice to eat. So what could be better than fluffy, pretty buttercream?
Thank you for this—I’m still working on my piping skills so while vintage isn’t really
My aesthetic, it provides good, worthy practice.
Also Miami Subs, lol 😜🤣
Your own creation looks pretty darned impressive! Something I could never ever pull off.
Thank you!
Back in the 50s someone gave my mother a cake decorating kit. Her thing was roses. She piped what seemed like hundreds of them and we ate them until we were sick with sugar as only kids can. For years were cakes were decorated with Crisco roses an inch thick. I thank God that her next fad was carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.