First ever cake lol! Tasted way better than it looks!
by Morphing_Butterfly
36 Comments
No_Watercress4158
I bet it tasted awesome
orangecatxo
Great try! I’ll bet it tastes delicious.
Narrow-Explanation64
Love it!!
bzhai
Theirs has been edited to make the red pop. All you need is a sugar glaze on your strawberries and it will photograph amazingly.
zuenlosuyo
It looks delicious! You did a good job! 😃
Skylinesunhine
I think your cake looks great.
Much better than what I could do. I would definitely help you eat it too 😂
CozyTiramisu
Wowwww
Fuzzy_Welcome8348
I’d still eat it! Yum
PlaneEnvironmental
You did a good job for your first time💘💘 The cake looks delicious
probablyABard
Looks tasty! We eat first with our eyes and I would happily devour yours. Probably the only difference between is practice. I think the goal photo probably has some filtering but also the cake was trimmed, exposing the redder interior. It probably had some extra food dye in it too. Trimming also levels the cake and allows for those super sharp edges.
ArtisticCat8816
It looks nice tho
Thats_a_BaD_LiMe
Yours looks better. The inspo looks plastic and dry. Good job, mega jealous
Ok-Amphibian-6834
The inspo looks ai. You did a great job!
littleclaww
I think yours looks delicious, I’d be really happy if someone gave me a slice. Especially for a first time cake! My first cake looked way worse than this.
extrabigcomfycouch
Honestly I’d prefer yours if it tasted good!
twinkletwot
Your cake doesn’t look like AI spit it out after a string of prompts
swagomon
It actually looks great!
SacredandBound_
Absolutely love your cake, I would eat as much as I was allowed!
Careful_Drag_3353
First cake ever? Bravo! 👏 keep it up!
FromBeeBee
Your cake looks so pretty still!!
Bun23423
THATS YOUR FIRST CAKE??!
Minnymoon13
Still yummy
SheeScan
Be proud of it. Many people wouldn’t have even tried. It doesn’t stand up to the photo because you aren’t a professional photographer, but you did a good job making it.
Desperate_Dingo_1998
The cake your copying was probably using gel dye. Which makes the colour stay. They would have made a heap of flat rounds. They made a thick icing and piped rosettes around the outside and just filled in the middle. Then lastly, they’ve put a colour filter on the pic.
Your is a nice cake, I wouldn’t put all those strawberries stacked in the middle and serve with them on the side
TwincessAhsokaAarmau
The first picture is Ai
PurplishPlatypus
Still looks like it tastes good, tho. Looks like all of my cakes. Always a let down visually, but tasty lol.
andweallenduphere
Your 3rd pic looks way more delicious than the pro. one! Great job! Yummy.
knifeyspoonysporky
Red velvet is notoriously hard to make vibrant red. Like It requires a ridiculous amount of food dye and some photo editing to look like the sample pic.
Your’s looks amazing!
justasianenough
Honestly I think the main differences are that your cake layers aren’t cut flat on top/edges and you didn’t pipe your middle layer icing into puffs. Everything else about that first pic is about editing!
Purple-Ad1628
I think you did really well!
Piano-Beginning
Looks yummy!
sunangelflowers
Not gonna lie, yours makes me want to eat it more than the one on the first pic.
Kwaliakwa
Congrats on your first bake! I’ve never seen a real cake that bright red and I don’t think I’d eat one if the option was available. Red velvet, which has red food coloring added, isn’t even this bright in color, even if quite red toned often.
Sensitive_Chicken_87
*yes the first photo is either AI or photoshopped. Not arguing that. Just giving advice for the future. I work in a bakery as a manager, but started as a cake decorator*
Most commercial red velvet cake has a TON of dye. True red velvet cake does not, it’s classically a buttermilk cake with a small amount of cocoa and the chemical reaction makes a brick red color. If you’re wanting to achieve the color, use white cake mix and add gel dye to the batter, and bake at a lower temp like around 315 degrees Fahrenheit which will take longer but won’t brown it as much.
For the frosting, use a large round piping tip to make little round beads (look up bead border piping to see the technique) and you’ll pipe from outside in before adding another layer. The top is the same.
Use a cake level and torte the layers (thin even layers) save some scraps for the crumbles at the top. Arrange berries, I use a little corn syrup to make it look glazed but it’s really not necessary. The additional leaves can be achieved by adding food safe flower greenery or herbs, just be cautious about adding anything too savory. I personally like adding rosemary sprigs on top and it doesn’t release too much of the scent unless you rip off leaves or shove it in haha.
You’ll be able to get the cake to look really close to the original AI photo with these tips. I hope it helps! Your cake looks ✨AMAZING✨for it being your first! My first few cakes looked awful haha
Outsideforever3388
The first photo is definitely edited. However, I would recommend thinner layers or splitting the cakes if you try again. Make sure your cakes are cold before you try to split, and use a thin serrated knife. Slice the strawberries in the layers very thin and leave a 1/2 inch piped ring or large dots (like the original) of cream cheese filling around the edge for a clean look.
Lexicon444
The image for “expectation” looks fake or just straight up poisonous. Holy cow the red on that!
36 Comments
I bet it tasted awesome
Great try! I’ll bet it tastes delicious.
Love it!!
Theirs has been edited to make the red pop. All you need is a sugar glaze on your strawberries and it will photograph amazingly.
It looks delicious! You did a good job! 😃
I think your cake looks great.
Much better than what I could do. I would definitely help you eat it too 😂
Wowwww
I’d still eat it! Yum
You did a good job for your first time💘💘 The cake looks delicious
Looks tasty! We eat first with our eyes and I would happily devour yours. Probably the only difference between is practice. I think the goal photo probably has some filtering but also the cake was trimmed, exposing the redder interior. It probably had some extra food dye in it too. Trimming also levels the cake and allows for those super sharp edges.
It looks nice tho
Yours looks better. The inspo looks plastic and dry. Good job, mega jealous
The inspo looks ai. You did a great job!
I think yours looks delicious, I’d be really happy if someone gave me a slice. Especially for a first time cake! My first cake looked way worse than this.
Honestly I’d prefer yours if it tasted good!
Your cake doesn’t look like AI spit it out after a string of prompts
It actually looks great!
Absolutely love your cake, I would eat as much as I was allowed!
First cake ever? Bravo! 👏 keep it up!
Your cake looks so pretty still!!
THATS YOUR FIRST CAKE??!
Still yummy
Be proud of it. Many people wouldn’t have even tried. It doesn’t stand up to the photo because you aren’t a professional photographer, but you did a good job making it.
The cake your copying was probably using gel dye. Which makes the colour stay. They would have made a heap of flat rounds. They made a thick icing and piped rosettes around the outside and just filled in the middle. Then lastly, they’ve put a colour filter on the pic.
Your is a nice cake, I wouldn’t put all those strawberries stacked in the middle and serve with them on the side
The first picture is Ai
Still looks like it tastes good, tho. Looks like all of my cakes. Always a let down visually, but tasty lol.
Your 3rd pic looks way more delicious than the pro. one! Great job! Yummy.
Red velvet is notoriously hard to make vibrant red. Like It requires a ridiculous amount of food dye and some photo editing to look like the sample pic.
Your’s looks amazing!
Honestly I think the main differences are that your cake layers aren’t cut flat on top/edges and you didn’t pipe your middle layer icing into puffs. Everything else about that first pic is about editing!
I think you did really well!
Looks yummy!
Not gonna lie, yours makes me want to eat it more than the one on the first pic.
Congrats on your first bake! I’ve never seen a real cake that bright red and I don’t think I’d eat one if the option was available. Red velvet, which has red food coloring added, isn’t even this bright in color, even if quite red toned often.
*yes the first photo is either AI or photoshopped. Not arguing that. Just giving advice for the future. I work in a bakery as a manager, but started as a cake decorator*
Most commercial red velvet cake has a TON of dye. True red velvet cake does not, it’s classically a buttermilk cake with a small amount of cocoa and the chemical reaction makes a brick red color. If you’re wanting to achieve the color, use white cake mix and add gel dye to the batter, and bake at a lower temp like around 315 degrees Fahrenheit which will take longer but won’t brown it as much.
For the frosting, use a large round piping tip to make little round beads (look up bead border piping to see the technique) and you’ll pipe from outside in before adding another layer. The top is the same.
Use a cake level and torte the layers (thin even layers) save some scraps for the crumbles at the top. Arrange berries, I use a little corn syrup to make it look glazed but it’s really not necessary. The additional leaves can be achieved by adding food safe flower greenery or herbs, just be cautious about adding anything too savory. I personally like adding rosemary sprigs on top and it doesn’t release too much of the scent unless you rip off leaves or shove it in haha.
You’ll be able to get the cake to look really close to the original AI photo with these tips. I hope it helps! Your cake looks ✨AMAZING✨for it being your first! My first few cakes looked awful haha
The first photo is definitely edited. However, I would recommend thinner layers or splitting the cakes if you try again. Make sure your cakes are cold before you try to split, and use a thin serrated knife. Slice the strawberries in the layers very thin and leave a 1/2 inch piped ring or large dots (like the original) of cream cheese filling around the edge for a clean look.
The image for “expectation” looks fake or just straight up poisonous. Holy cow the red on that!
Your cake looks way tastier.