LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agoCake artists' creations wow Birmingham NEC exhibition goerswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkCake artists' creations wow Birmingham NEC exhibition goerswww.bbc.co.ukLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNot a newt@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months ago“Cake.” I’m not dissing the artistry, but cake should not have that ratio of fondant to edible content (and no, I don’t consider fondant edible.)
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoIt’s this weird human tendency to take things to extremes. Sometimes it leads to amazing advances and sometimes it leads to inedible sugar sculptures. Also, reminds of stuff like Carhenge. When humans have an excess of something, they make art out of it. I wonder if we supported art in more traditional materials better of this stuff would even exist.
minus-squareLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoI’m not a fondant fan either, don’t buy cakes with it
“Cake.” I’m not dissing the artistry, but cake should not have that ratio of fondant to edible content (and no, I don’t consider fondant edible.)
It’s this weird human tendency to take things to extremes. Sometimes it leads to amazing advances and sometimes it leads to inedible sugar sculptures.
Also, reminds of stuff like Carhenge. When humans have an excess of something, they make art out of it.
I wonder if we supported art in more traditional materials better of this stuff would even exist.
I’m not a fondant fan either, don’t buy cakes with it