Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, Amazing Wedding Cakes, The Next Great Baker, The Ultimate Cake Off, Fabulous Cakes, Cupcake Wars, DC Cupcakes......
It seems like everyone and their mother has a cake show on TV or an undercover black market cake shop on the internet. Not to mention the billions of people that suddenly decided to get in on the hype and pick up a spatula. But is oversaturation cutting the quality? Better yet, is it killing the originality that made all of these sugar sculptures so friggin' SICK in the first place?
I think so.
Why come up with an original design or learn a new technique when all you have to do is Google "________ cake" and you have a thousand photos of cakes you can copy? My work has been cake jacked* three times already in the 2 years we've been officially open!!! What happened to the concept of ORIGINALITY and CUSTOM work?
Don't take this as knocking the people that take the time to be creative and dare to push limits; to be different. That's what I love most about the concept of food art, creating the unexpected. This isn't about you. This is about questioning the fact that if anyone can slap some icing on something anykindaway or cake jack someone else's hard work then what's the point. And don't get me started on subquality baking in the first place...
Yes, I am venting but sometimes there is such thing as too much of a good thing.
*In case you had no clue what I was talking about lol.
CAKE JACK: To steal cake photos, concepts or designs from another artist and claim them as your own original work.
Stay Cakin'
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