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Unit 4 Cake Decorating
This unit is for member’s ages 8-18 years old. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Cut up flat cakes and put them together to form different shapes
- Learn how to treat cut surfaces
- Develop more skills in using tubes and mixing colors
- Practice decorating cakes and cake forms
- Decorate a minimum of five cakes
- Share talents acquired through demonstrations and exhibits
Step 4:
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1. Colorado 4-H Cake Decorating Project Tip Sheet
2. 4-H Project E-Record for Family/Consumer Science and General Projects
Colorado State Fair and Local County Fair Exhibit Requirements
Project Exhibit Rules for All Units:
- Cake should be placed on a very firm, disposable surface, cut parallel to the shape of the cake and no more than 1 ½ “ on each side from the base of the border, not the cake. The surface should be covered. Freezer paper is not advised because it absorbs grease. Covering must be food safe.
- Real cakes are required for Units 1, 2, and 4. Cake forms are preferred for Units 3, 5, and 6 as they hold up better under state fair conditions.
- Lower Units (1-4) in Cake Decorating should not use Royal Icing or Rolled Fondant as the base frosting. No non-edible items in Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
- Exhibit requiring over 2’ x 2’ exhibit area must be checked with the superintendent.
- Cakes will not be cut for judging.
Unit 4
Exhibit will consist of the following:
- Completed e-record presented in a sturdy binder/notebook.
- Describe the four required cakes that you made and include the following information: occasion for use, size or shape, cake or cake form, techniques used, tips used and where, edible materials used, cost to buy similar cake and any problems you had in the the Specific Project Information in the e-Record. Be sure to put the cost of your four cakes and exhibit cake in the expense page in the e-Record.
- Include photos or drawings of the four required cakes, in addition to photos of you working on your project in the record photo page.
- One decorated cut-up cake using three different types of decorator tips (not different sizes of the same tips). (Edible materials may also be used non-edible materials cannot be used.) Cake board must be cut parallel to the shape of the cake and not exceed the 2’ x 2’ maximum limit. Non-edible internal supports are allowed but must not show.
