I was a first time entrant and in wedding cakes I am sure the judge more harshly in this category! Because everyone wants their wedding cake flawless, I got a silver award for my Harry Potter cake but they only pointed out the imperfections that I knew about already, I’m a full time teacher too Roo and it was a lot of work so I was happy with the result but I don’t see why your cake was only a merit, there were a few decisions that surprised me, I had been told to avoid cutters and moulds where possible and not to use cake lace in its naked form…. So I piped it by hand and eye, I modelled by hand… And then some of the golds and Indeed rosette winners were cutters and moulds!! It’s a
L a bit baffling but I enjoyed the experience, my husband also competed and got silver with his green dragon sculpted and our autistic 8 year old son got a bronze for his Dr whooves tardis rainforest cake. Don’t give up, use it as valuable feedback and know where to improve in future, that is where the feedback squarely lies for me. For the record I loved ur cake x
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