TRUTH!! These were hands down the most extravagant wedding favors I have ever seen!!! So what does that make me? Too harsh of a critic lol! I'm a detail girl, so I always want more and more and more details and to be blown away. BUT did these bakers come through on the colors, overall mood board aesthetic, YES!! Of course these always more that people can do to elevate things, but they did pretty darn well and I'm glad you guys can see it (and are calling me out for not giving ENOUGH credit where credit is due!) What did you guys love about all of them??
I agreed with you I think they could have gone a lot further - but half hearted 🤷♀️ they had unlimited budget so why didn’t they go all out - I don’t think any of them quite did it right 🤷♀️
I think you might be forgetting that they are thinking with the future in mind. Maybe you only ordered a few now, but if it turns into an order of 100 or more, they have to plan with that in mind. And they’re planning these things without knowing how they’ll be displayed, etc. All of those details matter for the planning. It would help if you made a version that fits your vision to put up against the rest of them.
You can be as critical as you want, it's your order and your channel! I would like to see though how you would fulfill this assignment yourself! You make these beautyfull creations.
Yeah, I kind of came here to say that you were being SO critical. But I get it. You are a detail girl for sure. When you tell them "whatever you want that is this color and costs XX" you are giving them a lot more creative license than you are rating them for. HAHA I think the cakes were too big and also don't love the old style decor. All the others were pretty ON target in my opinion. The colors were so great with all of them. I love how much of a variety you got from all of them and as a bride you'd be able to choose one you love for sure!
I don't understand how the sugar cookies got an 8.5 when she asked for extravagant flavour, meanwhile the mini cakes with arguably the most flavour and detail got a 6...
People really need to explain their rating system. If I were doing this, I would assign 4 points on an ascending scale for poor, average, above average, and excellent, and assign a score to each characteristic, like flavor, creativity, execution, and any others that were important to me. Then I could compare the total points. If the final score didn't look right, I could disagree with my own assessment, but at least there would be a framework for the decision. Of course, there are many ways of scoring a project, but a generic sort of "feel-good, feel-bad" score isn't very helpful.
@@verity3616 I mean to be fair she also said they were super messy and the cake was basically falling apart. They were awesome but seems like there was some issues with execution.
Laurie: this is a little basic, I really want more details give me more, elevate it!! Also Laurie when there’s a lot of details: this is a little busy, I feel like this could’ve been scaled down a bit. Like girl what do you want? Your instructions to what you actually critique is so contradictory. One minute you’re upset that the cakes are too big then you’re like “oh… mini donuts? I thought they’d be full size…” it’s so confusing I’m not sure you know what you wanted even after you sent them the mood board
I agree, what do you want Laurie?! You’re not happy with hardly anything on these. I feel like Laurie felt she had to criticize every little thing just to make the video interesting or something. It just annoyed me actually. I don’t think Laurie could make these any better or to perfection as she expects from others.
We have seen a number of these types of videos from The Icing Artist so far. What I would like her to do to elevate them would be: to present all of the samples and critique them like she does. Then I would like her to create what she actually wanted. Showing story boards of her vision is one thing. But having the Icing Artist, herself creating her vision and then critiquing it, would take it to the next level.
yeah same here, i feel like laurie critiquing other bakeries' work is only half the story, the other half is seeing how SHE would do it. seems like it's been forever since we've seen laurie bake something. :(
With the larger cakes, the decorator may have thought the cakes were to serve each table, not individual guests. Which would probably in the long run save some money.
The baker knew she asked for favors those cakes definitely do not meet "favor" size..what wedding guest is going to be able to hall that cake around especially if you have guests that have to fly in for the wedding. Also, not everyone at each table are part of the same "Household" or individual so logistically how would that work??
I am an artist and I hate it when clients say free for all. They never really mean it. I do my idea their like not what I wanted. All of these pretty much hit the mood bored, but she didn't like any of them.
This is what I was thinking, as an artist myself. They all hit the mood board but she keeps talking about the few details they "missed" like??? They're not gonna spend hours putting every single little color and detail you see in those photos into some sugar cookies... The only one I didn't like was the baby's breath, toxic plants shouldn't be used near food products. Other than that they all did really well and hit her mood board really well too 🤷
Also, I have yet to see what the “Icing Artist” would do herself…she can be harsh for someone who has never shown what she would do for each challenge. I thought all of these were fantastic.
amzmiq I was thinking that too I was like you’re always nitpicking and talking about how you would do something better but we rarely ever see you doing anything
Brooklynn Bailey you’re right I think she forgets that these bakeries have other orders and things as well on top of her saying the last time they didn’t go outside the box but now this time that they did she’s nitpicking flowers or saying it’s too big or talking about the mood board. She complained when they didn’t have enough colors but then when someone used all the colors she still complained
@@melaniemars155 ikr like taking off 4 points just cause a small icing flower wasn’t perfect on a cake is a bit to harsh like common no one is gonna see the individual flower it’s all gonna go in your stomach and she rarely does any cakes herself she judges these cakes too much
I’ll be completely honest here, I felt that a lot of these really hit the mark 👍🏻 Laurie! Let’s see you make the favors that you’re expecting because I’m really not getting your vision
Yea I thought they all matched pretty well plus I thought the mini cakes were really nice and on point with the theme and color scheme. I thought the vintage mini cake was the best so I was surprised when she said she disliked it.
The critique of the macarons sent me over the edge. If the pampas grass were missing it wouldn’t look as nice?? But it ISN’T missing! It’s on there, and it DOES look nice!
Yeah, but they are not edible. I get what you mean, absolutely, but it's not truly part of the macaron it's something that you actually SHOULD NOT consume
youve got to think in the hustle and bustle of moving things to and from one place to another things can get detached in this example the grass could come off and go missing
Also girl, whhhhhattt are you talking about for the macaroons??? Just because the little grass stuff matched that ONE photo of the arch doesn’t mean if it was gone it would have not matched. The macaroons themselves defiantly matched the entire vibe of the wedding even without the grass.
I thought the same thing - I thought they were so beautiful and totally matched the board! It also seemed like she didn't really know what she wanted...asking for more of the colors from the board for those but then complaining about the cakes that had all of the colors all together. Poor macaron makers just weren't gonna get a win XD
No offense- just a teaching moment- They’re macarons. Macaroons are a coconut cookie. 😀 they’re pronounced differently too. The dessert in this presentation is kind of pronounced like you’re say “on” or “Ron”. And the coconut cookie - macaroon- rhymes with moon. 😂😂😂 bakers lesson of the day! 😘😘
I agree. I think the packaging plays a huge part in the gift as a whole and they’re stunning! Also, there would be way too much going on if the macarons had even more flowers etc. on them too. As a whole package, they’re perfect in my opinion 😍
And the favour is a favour as a whole...it's staged with the grass. Thats like saying to the bride her dress wouldn't look as great without the veil....it comes as a package...its styled in that way. There's being picky and there's being petty.
I’m a big fan of Laurie but she’s way way way too harsh at critiquing other bakers who have no idea what they signed up for. I absolutely love the macaroons and that baker had gone above and beyond to be on theme. Laurie should put here baking skills into action and show how to make the “perfect “ favor I guess
That they didn’t sign up for this is a good point - I never really thought of it that way but she’s treating this almost like a reality show competition, but these bakers didn’t know they were contestants in the first place...
To make it even, a random client needs to give her a mood board and pictures of desserts they like and an open budget...see how she performs. She obviously already had some things in mind for this challenge
exactly! finally somebody said it. She sits at the top and judges potraying she knows anything and everything and no one can be better than her while the poor bakers, bro they don't even know the thing they signed up for 😭😭
This is one of my favorite series, however the critiques feel like they don't line up with your final "rating" most of the time. The mega mini cakes would be to take home for your own family to enjoy, so you said "go all out" and she did. They also had the best flavors but were only a 6/10 when you plain rated sugar cookies an 8.5/10? I don't think you really HAVE TO rate them, it's not usually accurate to the presented opinion and it totally throws me off.
I totally agree one minute she’s like they’re not using enough colors then the next minute she’s saying they’re using too many. On one of them she was like oh I don’t like this vintage style despite her literally showing one picture of a vintage wedding and just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good cake or dessert. I feel like she doesn’t know what she actually wants and I lowkey feel like she can’t do everything that she always says that she would have done.
I’m sorry but how could you dislike the mini cakes. She gave you four incredibly detailed hand piped cakes! They match PERFECTLY to the mood board. kind of sad you didn’t appreciate them more
I understand her point about the size though. Wedding favors are supposed to be per person. I can't imagine anyone eating that whole cake in addition to dinner. So sooo much would get wasted. I can't stand excessive food waste, so I agreed on the sizing. Also, that middle one with all the tiers of icing looks like a piñata cake, not a modern wedding favor. They were impressive for sure, but they missed the mark.
@@kloee7254 but she did not ask for 'per table' wedding favors, so to that point, they missed the mark on another element. I've personally made 'per table' cakes and those aren't really big enough for that either. Unless you have 2 or 3 per table.
The biggest part where she is failing to take into consideration is that she requested a sample box for luxury wedding favours. So the person who is making these is making them with the mindset that they may need to make 100+ of these favours. There is NO way you could get all the detail she's asking for at the price she's thinking. To Do extremely detailed favours like she wants for the volume of a typical wedding would easily run you over $100 per favour. Since she's a home baker, she's only thinking about the single set she's received. These professional bakers take into account not getting too detailed when you need to make so many sets and they need to look the same. Too much detail would inevitably result in minor shifts in the design. For me personally, I feel these videos where people buy items from others then shining a magnifying glass on any minor flaws to get views is in poor form.
and if youre a single baker who is expected to make 100+ favours then it would be impossible to make every single one extremely delicately detailed. Its not like the baker can just start earlier, baked goods go bad. One person only has 12 hours in a day, and its not like you can put piped cakes in the freezer.. so even if they were to split the piping up into two days, and work non stop for 12 hours each day, and there were only 100 favours to be made that still comes out at just about 15 minutes per cake. _Which isnt nearly enough for the intricacy she seems to expect_ Its just not doable, and as you said the bakers probably know the limitations and chose to make something that is actually possible to execute
Especially because probably 85%-90% of the images she gave as a reference were probably made specifically to be photographed and posted on a blog or website and of course they’re gonna put a mind blowing amount of detail into a few cupcakes to show off their skills, but there’s no way someone would put the amount of over the top effort she wants into 100+ favors for $50 a piece.
Exactly, I think she is very unreasonable in these video's, especially this one. I think it's getting to the point where she is just hating for the sake of hating. It's kinda sad because these bakeries probably point so much effort into these and she just kinda being unreasonable.
i’m actually vibing with the mini cakes. if you say extravagant, that explains why they did a bigger version of mini cakes. Also as wedding favors, those could be given per table/family and not individually.
These bakers did a great job.. but for the next video I think you should do ‘what I would have done’ and make what you had in mind from the mood board. Would love to see what you come up with!😊
I'm a huge fan but I think you missed on this video. You gave them several colors and then criticized when the bakers used all the colors you gave. You asked to extravagant but criticized when they went large and over the top. I think your mood board needs to be refined so that the bakers can nail the objective.
I usually don't hate any of the videos in this series but this one I did lol. They were pretty much all on point with the mood board and you still hated them lol 😆 I would hate to be told to do whatever because imagine them still hating them 💀
Exactly, like when she was saying how she disliked how the customizable and on-theme part of the macaron’s packaging was detachable??? First of all what was she expecting??? Them to go out and design and order custom packaging for literally one client??? And also why does it even matter??? If anything that’s better because the guests can just keep the cute little bundle rather than having to save the whole box. This one was so nit-picky and every single one of these favors was gorgeous and on-theme.
Same here, unless you're very specific you can't be unhappy with how people managed such an order. I mean, for a wedding you have at least an idea of what and how you want the favours to be, you're not like "oh do something pink and good please" :')
I don’t think she hated any of the favours? I mean she rated them all pretty high like it’s out of ten and they were all above a 5, she literally gave the macaroons a 9
I came here to comment this. It seemed like literally nothing made her happy which was weird and kind of annoying to listen to. I loveee these videos but the vibe felt off for this one
Not gonna lie Laurie, it still feels like you don't really know what you're asking for with this challenge. Each favor is either too big or too small or too decorated or not decorated enough - I feel like what you want from a wedding favor really depends on what you want your guests to be able to do with them. If I was handed a single sugar cookie piped to look like a leaf, for a wedding where the dinner plates were $100, I'd be pretty underwhelmed!! Of course, I'd never pay more that $10 per wedding favor either, but maybe I'm just cheap lol.
After watching your mood board part again, I could see how to donut artist got confused with what you wanted. 2 of the donut pictures in your inspiration had very minimal decor, and small dainty real flowers as the only topping. I think they thought they were hitting the mark. Same with the small cake- there was multiple pictures of cakes that size in your mood board.
About the donuts - I think what kind of small flowers are used makes a huge difference. I looked at the moodbord again and it's hard to say what flowers the dried ones are, but since they're pretty much embedded into the donut, it's safe to assume they're edible. One I can recognise are pansies, and those are safe to eat. So no, sticking a bunch of poisonous flowers just for decoration isn't the same as actually using flowers as a part of the donut. I know your comment is pretty old, but this was something I wanted to point out 😅
I love this series but I don't think it's realistic to just throw a couple mood boards at a bakery with no budget and expect them to nail your expectations on the first try. IMO you need to either give them way more direction or be more open minded about what you'll get.
i'm pretty sure by now they all know who she is and what kind of videos she does, and they can turn down the job if they don't wanna be roasted on youtube lol
She pays them big bucks though, customers are customers. She doesn’t name the bakeries so it wouldn’t affect their reputations. I’m sure they appreciate her business.
I really enjoy this channel, but I feel like this particular series is getting very nitpicky in a mean way. I would have so much anxiety about any orders I was putting out if I lived in Laurie's area. You're holding these bakeries to your very high standards while giving them vague instructions at best. Mood boards are open to interpretation, and if all you give them is a mood board and whatever budget they want, you have to accept that there is the possibility that they won't turn out a product that you personally are happy with. And while these places absolutely have the option to turn away whatever orders they want, turning away an order is turning away money, and many independent bakeries can't afford to do that, especially when you're given an open budget. I also think some of your critiques are... over the top. Like your criticism of the macaron packaging- of course the vibe of them would be different if you took of the little floral bundles. They were made to go together, if you remove part of it it is no longer going to look the same or have the same vibe. Like I said, I enjoy this channel, but frankly, the Karen vibes are getting strong.
I felt no matter what was brought out, she criticized it! Too much detail, and then right after? Not enough. I'm genuinely unsure what she wanted them to come up with.
ive been following her for years and i enjoy watching her videos but these just keep getting meaner for no reason :/ i'm an artist who works under commissions, and when people tell me i can do whatever i want (with a theme or color palate) then thats what they mean. she tells them that they can do whatever they want with a few key words and a palate, and then complains that it isnt what she wanted..... but she didnt actually tell them what she really wanted? idk atp i would like to see her husband or someone give Her some keywords and a color palate and see if she can do better than these bakeries that have so many other customers to help aswell. i used to love her but this past year her videos kinda rub me the wrong way lmao
Agreed. My theory for her change is because Kevin’s snide comments are rubbing off on her. She is learning from him how to be more judgmental. It’s sad to watch because they used to be so much more fun to watch. I hope they can get back there.
@@Belle0477 Yeahhh..at first she used to be so nervous to judge but after a while, she used her nervousness as..an excuse-? For example, she would say “oh I think that this looks bad, sorry!! I feel so bad for saying that but I think they could do better” I don’t think she feels bad so there’s no point in apologizing if you’re just gonna keep doing it..
These videos should always finish with you showing how you would have done it… really unfair to criticize and then not put your money where your mouth is
Ok.. but I think your forgetting that this is for a wedding. Do all brides bake, NO. So it’s not like they can “put their money where their mouth is”. You’re also expecting it to be perfect, like it’s your wedding. Brides want their wedding to be perfect. I do think she shouldn’t have complained about it being not what she wanted when she didn’t clarify flavors and such. But something like the Flowers’s falling off or not very good tasting flavors is okay to complain
@@emma7478 She rips these bakeries to hell and then never bakes herself. What she does bake always looks awful. She should totally step up if she could do it soooo much better.
@@moniqueh7948 have you just looked through all the negative comments and said the same that she sucks and she doesn’t I am 12 years old and I don’t know how old you are but I am 10x more mature and kind than you
The mini cakes and macaroons were absolutely incredible!!!! I can’t believe the amount of criticism on those. It’s obvious she doesn’t even know what she is wanting. Giving bakeries free reign, telling them “extravagant” and then being upset with most of what they did. If you wanted them to meet YOUR expectations, you should’ve told them what YOUR expectations are. I always tell people this.. how can I please you when I don’t know what you want?
The mini cakes would be for a whole table not personal cake. I’ve been at a wedding where there was two mini cakes per table and then we each got a personalized sugar cookie as a name tag it was cute :)
@@mariakhan7986 At the wedding this person was talking about they did have both. But there weren't enough for each guest to take a mini cake home. That's what a party favor is, something every guest is supposed to get.
As a home bakery- videos like these always stress me out. So nitpicky when you’ve purchased beautiful work. My worst nightmare is to see someone buy one of my cakes and then rip it apart on the internet. ‘These aren’t detailed enough but these are too much’ It honestly doesn’t make sense, hearing some of the critiques back to back. And I think sets up unrealistic expectations for what things should cost. I’ve watched a couple of these, and while it’s a fun concept, I think I’m gonna skip these videos because they’re giving me anxiety 😂
@@augustussquiggles770 I mean yes I understand your point, but also try creating cakes based on mood boards??? Also did not she actually gave them the freedom to create whatever they want, and then afterwards being kinda harsh on them? It is one thing if u messed up a detailed topic of the cake and it is all another thing being harsh on the art that needed to be created based on few pics with given freedom. She should be more on topic, not bakeries.
@@augustussquiggles770 bro, you don’t know how good this person bakes/decorates. And even so, Laurie sets unrealistic expectations after telling them to do what they want with a mood board. So you better learn how to bake and leave your negativity somewhere else.
Omg that macaron favor with a girl/bride piped on at 14:57 is stunning! I’d be happy to receive it. This exercise kinda falls apart because when you order wedding favours, you actually edit it and negotiate on the details till it meets your vision. So what’s sent as a sample is usually a draft or a first cut.
This. It can all be talked over and fixed. That’s why you sample beforehand. The larger mini cakes are really nice if it’s per family. I know i’d be happy to go home with my own cake. 🤷🏻♀️
I loved the mini cakes. I thought they were absolutely perfect - they had all the colors she asked for, they were beautiful, loved the vintage one. Yes, they’re larger but obviously this was a communication issue that could be addressed. If she wanted more detailed flowers - again that could be communicated. But damn, if I could get a cake like that for 35$, just tell me where to go man 🚗
They’re $35 because they know you’re going to order 100 of them. And they have a $3500 order then. Those cakes alone are probably closer to $60-$75 each. It’s only because you know you’re getting the bulk order and some don’t have to be as overly decorated as others. You can make a big bath and churn them out.
Lol during the critique for the sugar cookies, she complained that the baker only used pinks and purple shades, and that she wants to see a better variety of color. Then afterwards, she made a remark that the mini cakes used too much colors and the baker needs to be more selective??? Look, I get it, from a more "professional POV" she would want more details, and she sees things that some people don't; but at least be more consistent with your comments....
There is definitely a sweet-spot between 'too many colors' and 'too few'. It's completely understandable that some may have too few colors (and therefore look a tad duller or something) but others may have too many colors that just make it look too busy.
I'm so glad that I'm not in your area. As a home baker if you ordered my sugar cookies, which have a set flavor, gave me free range and then complained they weren't the flavor you hoped for 🤦🏼♀️ wtf.
I keep watching, but something drives me nuts. As overly critical and negative she is about most deserts, it would be great to see HER create her vision so she doesn't just look like a snotty critic
@@emma7478 she made a comment on how lemon would have been good becasue the royal icing was sweet. Traditionally, sugar cookies don't contain lemon. If she wanted lemon, order that.
I know it's probably expensive to do but paying different bakeries to "compete" is my favorite series. Would love to see a citrus themed battle this summer 🍊🍋
@@marcogonzalez8186 they're certainly large, but it does fit within the requirements. And there's likely still wedding cake even if these were to be used, these are also intended as a remembrance thing rather than the usual wedding favours like the wine corks/cookies/macaroons she showed at the start.
I'd be so deflated if I were the artist who did the mini cakes. Countless hours of designing and making each one unique. They were lovely and just what she asked for...but apparently too extravagant...or not extravagant enough. Geez.
Genuinely curious if you were an out of town guest how would you travel with that cake as it is not a "favor" size and is too large to eat a one sitting
you told people to do whatever…but we’re unhappy when they weren’t insane. you need to set some sort of minimum and give a little bit more explanation. or you need to accept that you told them to do *whatever* and appreciate them for what they are. these were all beautiful, and all met the mood board. i can’t imagine what would possibly please you at this point. please make your own to show what you’re envisioning, because i can’t think of anything better than the stuff in this video. you’re also failing to acknowledge that these are wedding favors, so likely for 100+ people. it is out of touch to expect that someone hand pipe thousands of flowers. you’ve become overly critical and it’s off putting to see at this point.
Amen. I mean, I think Laurie is a great cake artist but I find with these different videos with items from other bakeries are getting mean. I mean, practice what you preach. If so many bakers are getting everything wrong, then why not show everyone how to do it right. Just a thought......
OK Yes. I thought the flowers that were done in forms or whatever you call it were prettier than the hand piped ones; but maybe that is just my opinion since I am completely ignorant of these things. LOL I couldn't imagine piping so many flowers for a ton of favors.
I love this channel but it’s so annoying how she literally nitpicks EVERYTHING they do, like Ik that’s kind of the point of the video but geez just say good job sometimes
Yeah and then she never shows how she would recreate it or make it better because she secretly can’t even preform to her highest expectations. Get real right
She’s a customer though, she has the right to nitpick if she payed for them. Also, if she doesn’t actually feel like it was a good job, whether you agree or not, she shouldn’t just lie to the viewers about it, either. I agree she’s being a little harsh but I also think that’s fully acceptable considering how brides can get with these things.
Aaron C Yeah but it’s one thing if you give someone clear concise and precise instructions or a specific picture on what to do. But when you give them a mood board with multiple colors and themes and give them free reign and no budget and then you complain about how a flower should’ve had more detail or one person used too many colors but another person used not enough colors or she wish that they would’ve put flavoring in the cookie, how would they know that without you telling them that they wanted that? You can’t tell someone to do whatever they want and not actually mean it.
@@melaniemars155 her channel is all about criticizing the work of these bakers for our entertainment, your acting like it’s devastating for the bakeries when she’s nitpicking their work. Which, she is spending thousands on them so I believe she is in her right to nitpick as much as she likes. Does she need to tune her scoring a little? Yes, I agree with you on that, it needs more consistency. But you are all acting as if it were a big deal when it’s just a youtube video for funs and giggles.
I agree. You have gone off the train tracks. You are nit-picking way too much for a 10$ dessert. Those geometric cakes were 50$ altogether, so 10$ for one dessert. Do you know what you can get for 10$ in today's world? A gallon of milk? 2 gallons of gas? I would like to see you recreate every single one of these, pour your heart into them as they do, and they still have other orders to do for people who are just as demanding as you are. If you want a certain thing, then order it!
I thought the mini cakes were absolutely stunning. All of them were, actually. Maybe you should try making the favors you envisioned? idk how much better a bakery could do than what we've seen here.
I agree with a lot of other people here, don't ask for a free range and be disappointed or nit-picky when it's not what you Invisioned. I think you making a version of what you would have wanted would be cool to add at the end. Idk, the last two videos I feel like you've been super off the mark of what you wanted.
This series is the best example of “ it’s so easy to critique something that you didn’t make” also she seems more nit picky now that the bakers know that she is doing this. It seems she wasn’t as harsh before
As an experienced home baker, this lady seems like the most ungrateful customer ever. She buys these cakes with an unspecified request and expects perfection. 🤦♂️
Seems like you had a lot more bad things to say than good! You ask for a free for all and whatever they want to make.. but you don’t like it. All of these were amazing and you should not be as picky when going over things like this.. 😅
Exactly what I was thinking... They were beautiful and hit her mood board REALLY well but she just kept picking at the small nitty gritty details "they didn't do the orange color" um yea, cuz they did 10 other colors and they're sugar cookies?? They still matched the mood board...
I feel like having a plain sugar cookie flavouring would ensure that most guests actually like it - I think I’d only want the aesthetics to be unique, since taste is so subjective
And I think, if I got a sugarcookie with a thick coating of royal icing, I would absolutely not eat it 🤮 I think they are beautiful to look at, but I would never ever serve them at a party.
It's really fun watching these videos, but I wish she would post more videos where she actually bakes a cake or creates something new. My favourites are the videos where she transforms grocery store cakes. I miss watching those videos.
I miss those videos too, the transformation ones show such great creativity! Also i would just LOVE to see her create what she’s asking all these bakeries to create so we can truly get her vision
I agree. I like when she creates cakes that follow new trends. I'm like totally going to copy that mini cake that is turned on it's side next time I have guest coming over, because it's so unexpected, cool and inspiring.
I love you so much a Laurie, I'm sorry to only write when I disagree. Even though many will find this fun, as a home baker I feel stressed and let down. Baking for brides is the most daunting assignment. I feel that these were all samples of colours and flavours to showcase possibilities and to then sit and discuss further for a much larger, lucrative order that I personally would put my heart and soul into. Perhaps I'm wrong to take this fun video and make it about me and the stress of wedding orders. That's the creative ego I battle with.
You’re not wrong at all, and this particular video (and series in general) feels so Karen-ish. I hope that you and your business enjoy lots of success and minimal nitpickers! ❤
One thing I’ve noticed, especially with my wedding is that even with a mood board artists have their own interpretation of your vision. So don’t be too disappointed if it’s not EXACTLY what you wanted. Poisonous flowers and plain flavors are a huge miss, but aside from that I think they all did really well.
The nitpicks on the macaron is astounding. Those are beautiful and right on the mark. And the detachable element is a favor in and of itself. Plus you commented on if it wasn’t there…but it was.
Okay these bakery videos used to be fun but now they're just kind of rude. .. Laurie has kind of gone off the tracks with these videos. She's always judging from a very particular viewpoint without telling the bakers that that is what she wants. If i was any of the bakers she judges I'd be crushed and remember this as one of my worst ones. She used to be so kind and sweet. Such videos will only produce worse customers for cake artists who expect the artist to read your mind
I agree, I understand constructive criticism, but she has just gotten to where she is mean and judges too much, and I hate that! especially for the bakers :(
We put mini/small cakes at every table for my mom’s 60th birthday party and everyone loved it and people walked around to taste different ones and it was fun and delicious. Plus they were so pretty we didn’t need any other decorations on the tables so we saved on centerpieces.
That is a good idea. I wished I had thought of that for my wedding. Instead of a wedding cake, having wedding cake favors at each table for them to eat and take home the leftovers!
$35 for each of those cakes is soooo cheap :O (not as favors just in general) I also think the designs & colours on those mini cakes are stunning and match the vibe u sent. But I agree they are too big for favors - BUT favors are supposed to be taken home anyway so it wouldn't go to waste
You a bit contradictory here. You want the favors (and flavors) to be extravagant and big and bold, but those cakes are too big, then you say you want them to be taller, but you also want them smaller at the same time. You say "they're almost there", but give a 6/10. Make up your mind! 😂
LOL!! hahaha ya I get how that came off. I meant having a smaller diameter like a 2" cake but protionally taller than it is wide. Taller cakes have more of an extravagant and elegant look to them. I mainly gave them a 6/10 before the details with the decorating wasn't exactly there, espcailly with the flowers smudged and falling off. BUT that's just my opinion!! What do you guys think??
This honestly drove me crazy... Like they all did really well and hit her mood board with the colors & kinda fall theme she had going. But she was so wishy washy about them...?
@@TheIcingArtistyes, but this is your expectation, if the cakes are shorter is just an option which is not wrong. You should have been 100% specific of what you want. Because seriously I am feeling really bad for these people. They have done a very nice job.
She's getting way too critical and toxic lately. I don't think she can do half the things all these bakeries did or be as creative. I get that as a baker, she criticises these from her point of view. But not all brides are bakers and this nitpicky about everything, every little thing. The mini cakes rating made me so mad. They were adorable. She said in the beginning that she chose a 'very specific' theme for the bakers, but I do not think making a basic mood board and picking the word 'extravagant' as a vibe is specific enough. It would make sense if she had made something extraordinary - up to her expectations - and then start with the criticism. But I've seen her works, the cakes she baked and they are all quite basic; tons of flowers around the sides. Even her flavours are not that impressive. And then she proceeds to judge others brutally. I used to love her but she's kind of turning into a Karen now. :|
I couldn’t click on this video fast enough. These are some of my favorite videos. I think the concept is so much fun, and it’s always so interesting to see what the different bakeries come up with. Maybe because you’ve seen some really mind blowing cakes, it makes you a harsher critic, but I feel like the critiquing is almost unnecessary. I thought all of the designs were amazing and your reaction to all of them made this video less enjoyable to watch. I think you’re reaching for some really high end couture pieces from every day bakeries. I felt like some of these were intricate, but they weren’t intricate enough for you. Please continue this series, but maybe keep it more lighthearted? Baking is an art, and everyone has their own style, I think it’s encouraging unrealistic expectations and discouraging bakers watching.
Thank-you so much for letting me take part in this! I appreciate the feedback on flavour, I am going to try the lemon zest addition and see how it goes 🍋
She ripped your cookies to shreds like she did with everyone else's cakes which weren't up to her, um, high standards. You honestly don't have to sign up for this verbal abuse lovely lady. You did a great job btw.
Baby's Breath (Gypsophila sp.) has white or pink flowers that have a mild, slightly sweet flavour, perfect for dessert garnishes. The leaves can be tossed in with other greens for a mixed salad, typically to bitter to eat on their own they will add a tangy kick to an otherwise bland salad.
With the mini cakes I think it would be so cute to have them not only As a party favour but also use them As a wedding cake. the bride and groom gets their own mini cake and then every one has one to eat and take home with.
Instead of bakeries recreating your cakes. You should make one of their cakes so we can see how much work goes into that. Obviously you would have to give them credit but I think it would be so fun. Love you so much! Also how do you get so good buttercream because I just can’t get my recipe right.
I can’t imagine her doing a gravity defying cake all by herself! Lol. I bet she wouldn’t show if it fell within a few hours like she’s done to ones she has reviewed.
I was absolutely blown away by them you are far far too picky and I would like to see you make someone some wedding favors based off of a vision board and no budget! The cakes were my favorite you are so so harsh! Also you asked over and over for more detail but as soon as you got more you said it was too busy and needed to dial it down?!? So confused!
I think all of them were very very good. The only underwhelming were the doughnuts. I absolutely loved the macaroons, I think those were the best of all and I really loved the first chocolate hearts too. Imo they all got the theme and colors from the board pretty well.
I agree with everything you said! They all hit the expectation and personally, my favorite were the geometric chocolate hearts. Everything looked beautiful and delicious!
I think you are being super harsh about all of these. I really would like to see you make more things yourself. While I like these videos, I miss you being creative.
I actually think the third party favors were made that big on purpose. So each cake would be a party favor for every table, i believe they figured it would be cheaper to have 1 big party favor for each table then a small EXPENSIVE party favor for each guest. U see every table would sit about 4-6 people and every party favor cake that size could serve that many people plus the diversity of the cakes appearance melding eloquently with the theme is quite thought out; and the taste and appearance of the cakes would be a little teaser for the main event. Last but no least, what's cheaper... A $30 party favor that can be split 4-6 ways for each table($5-$7.50) or a single $20 favor for each individual person ($80-$120 a table)?
I love to see her make them herself so we can see what it is she’s expecting. I don’t think it’s fair to tell people do whatever you want and then complain because they didn’t do what you want
Starting to sound snobbish. having a really hard time enjoying this series when youre always crapping on the bakers hard work. I feel like all of those are really beautiful
@Shreya Pandit I don't remember asking for your opinion on my comment. It was a thought I expressed months ago Also I don't really care. So I wish people like you would stop bothering me with a response I did not ask for. Bother someone who cares. I have real problems like a flooded basement and a burnt out furnace please get a life
She said go all out and be expensive... gurl the cakes were amazing!!! Plus i can see someone with a lot of money sending there guest home with a mini cake😍
These were all so beautiful and I feel they all hit the theme spot on (maybe aside from the donuts?)! I think maybe because you do these types of videos a lot you have seen so many detailed/perfectionist type cakes that your standard is just too high, but you are allowed your opinion and appreciate you respecting the bakeries by keeping them anonymous 😊
I feel like these matched the mood board so well so I would like Laurie to make her own now so we can see what she is asking for. I feel like she was too harsh on these, "too much colour","not enough colour", "too big but also needs to be taller" "too small", "not wedding esthetic", "too plain", "too flavourful"
Is there something less regal about it if they use a mold? I love the idea of this video but this one felt like you actually had a more specific vision that you even realized. It's like you are selecting for your wedding but gave them very general guidelines with their interpretation.
"This vintage style is coming back, and I wish it wouldn't!" 😂😂😂 That cracks me up! They *are* so much better than the first round of favors! I'd LOVE to see another one of these! Let's shoot for #3! And then keep going until you run out of bakeries! 😘 It's just so much fun to get all of these ideas to draw from for my own baking adventures!
Hard to impress. Wonder how kevin did it and got a yes when he went down on one knee.😅😅 next video should be laurie making her own wedding favours. The ideal one.
tbh she has to be more consistent with her nitpicks and comments. first she said the sugar cookies only had pink and purple shades (5:53) then continued to say the mini cakes has too much color and should have been more selective..?? (11:02) then she says some of them are too basic but when she got those detailed cakes she said they should have "scaled it down" and its "too busy" (9:51) . i can understand your professional point of view but you said you liked hand piped flowers but when you got them you said they didn't have detail. (9:15) what would have made it more detailed anyways? and for the macaroons you said the main thing that really tied the look together was the bouquet-like thing on the outside of the box and if you took them off the vibe would be gone. (14:32) well they are gonna be taken off anyway and in that case you could say the if the icing flowers were removed it would take away the vibe, then the colors, and so on. and anyways presentation is always key so the bakery did exactly that; they gave a great presentation. the only understandably disappointing one was the donuts with flower. she has to learn to understand that the bakers cannot read her mind and get *exactly* what she wants.
I imagine for a real wedding, if the budget was somewhat open, there would be plenty of room for feedback and for the baker to build on that feedback before a final decision was made. What I would like to see is for The Icing Artist to provide feedback to the bakers and allow them another chance to modify the product. Specifications can be like Chinese whispers and it's only really through feedback that someone is able to have a better understanding of the requirements. It seems like some of them were pretty close, so I'd like to see how they'd go applying her feedback to their work.
I love the geometric cake hearts! Handmade flowers you say? Really? How practical is that? It will definitely cost more than $10 a piece! Cookies are so pretty! And look like they took hours to make! Yes, it will be sweet, it is literally sugar on top! Even with lemon, it will be really sweet! The mini cakes, I love the cake top forward mini! I am so gonna try that! More height to the cake but smaller? Even your instructions are confusing! Not a fan of the doughnuts, to be honest, I just like to bite into my doughnuts without worrying about removing the "beauty" on it! The macarons are definitely extravagant! Love the packaging!
You’re entitled to your opinions, but I really don’t like how you made everyone present their best and you decided to rate them on how much they please *your* preferences and not how well they objectively did. I think it’s very unfair. You may not like vintage cakes but lots of people do and those colors were absolutely beautiful.
This is a completely different idea but in the wedding category, what if you did a show where you're designing and decorating a wedding cake and favors for someone. Maybe chose from suggestions?? Have Kevin give them random numbers and have Laurie choose a number from a basket so she has no hints beforehand??? then do the reveal with clips of how you made them on the show after you pick the number... what do other people think?
I really do think you usually balance being critical and honest with being kind!!! I think we are just feeling confused with why you’re looking for! I think making some wedding favours yourself would be such a cool idea!
Personally I dont think points should be docked when it comes to a matter of opinion. For example. The cakes being too detailed. Only because this was a “heres the budget, heres a mood board. do whatever you want.” Because these bakers cant read minds so they wont know what is and isnt of your personal tastes. I LOVED the mini cakes and I honestly cant see how the donuts dont fit the aesthetic of the mood board. I also feel like its another subjective criticism to say that its bad that the best part of the macaroons was removable. (The casing). Because they are still going to be presented with the case and the macaroons themself are gorgeous! I guess maybe the criticism was “the cases make this more expensive and id rather have that expense go into the food” but i don’t think the expense was brought up when critiquing the case. I feel like for something like this the criticisms should be moreso on the technical side of things and whether or not the cakes matched the budget. And the moodbard too. I feel like it was a good criticism for the donuts to say that they relied too much on flowers that couldnt be eaten. But honestly the criticism of the hearts all being the same design shouldnt dock and points. Because again the bakers were told “do whatever you want”. And i personally like them all having the same flowers. They looked nice and consistant
Your mood board still isn't specific enough. Too many options. You should give a few colours (maybe like 3) and then like 5 extravegent dessert ideas they could choose to make.
Ill be totally honest, this review was too harsh. It wasnt even fun to watch and i know someones going to say "then dont watch". She is one of my favorite youtubers and its sad that this wasnt as an enjoyable video because she was way too mean
I LOVE the mini cake! It's like one cake for every 4 to 6 people, maybe even 8. For $35, thats a great price! They're absolutely beautiful! I fell in love with the vintage cake 😍
the vibe of this video was so negative. Usually there’s a really good balance between critique and compliments, but even the compliments in this felt back handed. I feel bad for the bakeries tbh. I think it would be cool if we got to meet the bakers and see their thoughts and design choices.
Laurie's face when she takes a bite and really loves a flavor, I always look forward to those moments! The mini-donuts, I feel like I've seen that issue in some of these videos before, where they just rely too heavily on non-edible decorations stuck on top instead of doing more with edible decorations/piping/etc.
Fun to watch. When you were doing the cookies, you said they needed a bit of lemon. Sugar cookies are my favorite, especially home made or bakery. I absolutely hate when a sugar cookie has lemon. It is then a lemon cookie. I like lemon cookies but I am eexpecting lemon in them. I do like how you point out flaws. Kind of like FYI. I enjoy your videos
TRUTH!! These were hands down the most extravagant wedding favors I have ever seen!!! So what does that make me? Too harsh of a critic lol! I'm a detail girl, so I always want more and more and more details and to be blown away. BUT did these bakers come through on the colors, overall mood board aesthetic, YES!! Of course these always more that people can do to elevate things, but they did pretty darn well and I'm glad you guys can see it (and are calling me out for not giving ENOUGH credit where credit is due!) What did you guys love about all of them??
I agreed with you I think they could have gone a lot further - but half hearted 🤷♀️ they had unlimited budget so why didn’t they go all out - I don’t think any of them quite did it right 🤷♀️
Maybe the 3rd ones a charm, I feel like they can do a bit better, specially in flvour
I think you might be forgetting that they are thinking with the future in mind. Maybe you only ordered a few now, but if it turns into an order of 100 or more, they have to plan with that in mind. And they’re planning these things without knowing how they’ll be displayed, etc. All of those details matter for the planning. It would help if you made a version that fits your vision to put up against the rest of them.
You can be as critical as you want, it's your order and your channel! I would like to see though how you would fulfill this assignment yourself! You make these beautyfull creations.
Yeah, I kind of came here to say that you were being SO critical. But I get it. You are a detail girl for sure. When you tell them "whatever you want that is this color and costs XX" you are giving them a lot more creative license than you are rating them for. HAHA I think the cakes were too big and also don't love the old style decor. All the others were pretty ON target in my opinion. The colors were so great with all of them. I love how much of a variety you got from all of them and as a bride you'd be able to choose one you love for sure!
I don't understand how the sugar cookies got an 8.5 when she asked for extravagant flavour, meanwhile the mini cakes with arguably the most flavour and detail got a 6...
She’s ridiculous.
People really need to explain their rating system. If I were doing this, I would assign 4 points on an ascending scale for poor, average, above average, and excellent, and assign a score to each characteristic, like flavor, creativity, execution, and any others that were important to me. Then I could compare the total points. If the final score didn't look right, I could disagree with my own assessment, but at least there would be a framework for the decision. Of course, there are many ways of scoring a project, but a generic sort of "feel-good, feel-bad" score isn't very helpful.
I think the cookies, for the assignment, were a 2 /10 (but they did look great as far as cookies go) and the geometrics should have been an 8/10.
Seriously! That was really frustrating to watch. Those cakes were gorgeous and she said they tasted phenomenal. I don’t understand the 6 rating.
@@verity3616 I mean to be fair she also said they were super messy and the cake was basically falling apart. They were awesome but seems like there was some issues with execution.
Laurie: this is a little basic, I really want more details give me more, elevate it!!
Also Laurie when there’s a lot of details: this is a little busy, I feel like this could’ve been scaled down a bit.
Like girl what do you want? Your instructions to what you actually critique is so contradictory. One minute you’re upset that the cakes are too big then you’re like “oh… mini donuts? I thought they’d be full size…” it’s so confusing I’m not sure you know what you wanted even after you sent them the mood board
Her mind is a muddle
I found her hard today to watch
Do this but then don’t do it this way or do it more …..
I completely agree. It's almost not even fun anymore to watch because she's constantly contradicting her own comments
I agree, what do you want Laurie?! You’re not happy with hardly anything on these. I feel like Laurie felt she had to criticize every little thing just to make the video interesting or something. It just annoyed me actually. I don’t think Laurie could make these any better or to perfection as she expects from others.
@@Koolkidkonga yes! Agree.
We have seen a number of these types of videos from The Icing Artist so far. What I would like her to do to elevate them would be: to present all of the samples and critique them like she does. Then I would like her to create what she actually wanted. Showing story boards of her vision is one thing. But having the Icing Artist, herself creating her vision and then critiquing it, would take it to the next level.
I agree, this is a good idea
I agree. I want to see what she would come up with. I miss her creative videos.
That's a pretty cool suggestion, I'd love to see what Laurie really has in mind as the ultimate goal after the others are presented!
yeah same here, i feel like laurie critiquing other bakeries' work is only half the story, the other half is seeing how SHE would do it. seems like it's been forever since we've seen laurie bake something. :(
That’s a great idea!
With the larger cakes, the decorator may have thought the cakes were to serve each table, not individual guests. Which would probably in the long run save some money.
It would be a good idea when people are sitting in households. Then you could take the cakes home
@@Akkalia dude thats a great idea ! and if i was the guest that would be awesome. definelty....seriously thinking of doing this for my wedding
That’s actually such a smart idea. Ordering a bunch of smaller cakes than one giant cake and having all of the tables serve themselves.
The baker knew she asked for favors those cakes definitely do not meet "favor" size..what wedding guest is going to be able to hall that cake around especially if you have guests that have to fly in for the wedding.
Also, not everyone at each table are part of the same "Household" or individual so logistically how would that work??
I know, I'm actually concidering it now for when I get married. Such a cute idea!
I am an artist and I hate it when clients say free for all. They never really mean it. I do my idea their like not what I wanted. All of these pretty much hit the mood bored, but she didn't like any of them.
This is what I was thinking, as an artist myself. They all hit the mood board but she keeps talking about the few details they "missed" like??? They're not gonna spend hours putting every single little color and detail you see in those photos into some sugar cookies... The only one I didn't like was the baby's breath, toxic plants shouldn't be used near food products. Other than that they all did really well and hit her mood board really well too 🤷
Also, I have yet to see what the “Icing Artist” would do herself…she can be harsh for someone who has never shown what she would do for each challenge. I thought all of these were fantastic.
amzmiq I was thinking that too I was like you’re always nitpicking and talking about how you would do something better but we rarely ever see you doing anything
Brooklynn Bailey you’re right I think she forgets that these bakeries have other orders and things as well on top of her saying the last time they didn’t go outside the box but now this time that they did she’s nitpicking flowers or saying it’s too big or talking about the mood board. She complained when they didn’t have enough colors but then when someone used all the colors she still complained
@@melaniemars155 ikr like taking off 4 points just cause a small icing flower wasn’t perfect on a cake is a bit to harsh like common no one is gonna see the individual flower it’s all gonna go in your stomach and she rarely does any cakes herself she judges these cakes too much
I’ll be completely honest here, I felt that a lot of these really hit the mark 👍🏻 Laurie! Let’s see you make the favors that you’re expecting because I’m really not getting your vision
Yeah I thought they all matched great. I agree with the donuts but thought she was really harsh on all of the others!
I LOVE the idea of Laurie joining in and offering up and rating her own design alongside the purchased ones
@@happychappyy me too!
Yea I thought they all matched pretty well plus I thought the mini cakes were really nice and on point with the theme and color scheme. I thought the vintage mini cake was the best so I was surprised when she said she disliked it.
Completely agree there is no pleasing her here.
The critique of the macarons sent me over the edge. If the pampas grass were missing it wouldn’t look as nice?? But it ISN’T missing! It’s on there, and it DOES look nice!
If you made the cake just say that
Yeah, but they are not edible. I get what you mean, absolutely, but it's not truly part of the macaron it's something that you actually SHOULD NOT consume
youve got to think in the hustle and bustle of moving things to and from one place to another things can get detached in this example the grass could come off and go missing
Also girl, whhhhhattt are you talking about for the macaroons??? Just because the little grass stuff matched that ONE photo of the arch doesn’t mean if it was gone it would have not matched. The macaroons themselves defiantly matched the entire vibe of the wedding even without the grass.
I thought the same thing - I thought they were so beautiful and totally matched the board! It also seemed like she didn't really know what she wanted...asking for more of the colors from the board for those but then complaining about the cakes that had all of the colors all together. Poor macaron makers just weren't gonna get a win XD
No offense- just a teaching moment- They’re macarons. Macaroons are a coconut cookie. 😀 they’re pronounced differently too. The dessert in this presentation is kind of pronounced like you’re say “on” or “Ron”. And the coconut cookie - macaroon- rhymes with moon. 😂😂😂 bakers lesson of the day! 😘😘
I agree. I think the packaging plays a huge part in the gift as a whole and they’re stunning! Also, there would be way too much going on if the macarons had even more flowers etc. on them too. As a whole package, they’re perfect in my opinion 😍
And the favour is a favour as a whole...it's staged with the grass. Thats like saying to the bride her dress wouldn't look as great without the veil....it comes as a package...its styled in that way.
There's being picky and there's being petty.
@@InolaTree She's the latter and seems to be getting worse.
I’m a big fan of Laurie but she’s way way way too harsh at critiquing other bakers who have no idea what they signed up for. I absolutely love the macaroons and that baker had gone above and beyond to be on theme. Laurie should put here baking skills into action and show how to make the “perfect “ favor I guess
That they didn’t sign up for this is a good point - I never really thought of it that way but she’s treating this almost like a reality show competition, but these bakers didn’t know they were contestants in the first place...
She'll never do that. She has no talent so likes tearing them down to feel superior.
To make it even, a random client needs to give her a mood board and pictures of desserts they like and an open budget...see how she performs. She obviously already had some things in mind for this challenge
Ok, so I wasn’t the only one thinking this.
exactly! finally somebody said it. She sits at the top and judges potraying she knows anything and everything and no one can be better than her while the poor bakers, bro they don't even know the thing they signed up for 😭😭
This is one of my favorite series, however the critiques feel like they don't line up with your final "rating" most of the time. The mega mini cakes would be to take home for your own family to enjoy, so you said "go all out" and she did. They also had the best flavors but were only a 6/10 when you plain rated sugar cookies an 8.5/10?
I don't think you really HAVE TO rate them, it's not usually accurate to the presented opinion and it totally throws me off.
I totally agree one minute she’s like they’re not using enough colors then the next minute she’s saying they’re using too many. On one of them she was like oh I don’t like this vintage style despite her literally showing one picture of a vintage wedding and just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good cake or dessert. I feel like she doesn’t know what she actually wants and I lowkey feel like she can’t do everything that she always says that she would have done.
@@melaniemars155 this lol. I don’t think she can do all of what is presented to her.
My daughter and I were talking about just this. I love those tiny cakes. They should have been rated higher.
There's being picky and there's being petty. Her expectations are now just ridiculous.
@@moniqueh7948 Yup. We were talking bout this as well. We liked a lot of the stuff she didn't for the reason she didn't like it. It was ridiculous.
I’m sorry but how could you dislike the mini cakes. She gave you four incredibly detailed hand piped cakes! They match PERFECTLY to the mood board. kind of sad you didn’t appreciate them more
They were super pretty to me too! Those and the macaroons were lovely to me
I understand her point about the size though. Wedding favors are supposed to be per person. I can't imagine anyone eating that whole cake in addition to dinner. So sooo much would get wasted. I can't stand excessive food waste, so I agreed on the sizing. Also, that middle one with all the tiers of icing looks like a piñata cake, not a modern wedding favor. They were impressive for sure, but they missed the mark.
@@k.j.l.t. yeah, i agree. they were cute, but too big
@@k.j.l.t. I think as others pointed out that they were mini cakes per table instead of per guest. too be fair she asked for extravagant
@@kloee7254 but she did not ask for 'per table' wedding favors, so to that point, they missed the mark on another element. I've personally made 'per table' cakes and those aren't really big enough for that either. Unless you have 2 or 3 per table.
The biggest part where she is failing to take into consideration is that she requested a sample box for luxury wedding favours. So the person who is making these is making them with the mindset that they may need to make 100+ of these favours. There is NO way you could get all the detail she's asking for at the price she's thinking. To Do extremely detailed favours like she wants for the volume of a typical wedding would easily run you over $100 per favour. Since she's a home baker, she's only thinking about the single set she's received. These professional bakers take into account not getting too detailed when you need to make so many sets and they need to look the same. Too much detail would inevitably result in minor shifts in the design. For me personally, I feel these videos where people buy items from others then shining a magnifying glass on any minor flaws to get views is in poor form.
and if youre a single baker who is expected to make 100+ favours then it would be impossible to make every single one extremely delicately detailed. Its not like the baker can just start earlier, baked goods go bad. One person only has 12 hours in a day, and its not like you can put piped cakes in the freezer.. so even if they were to split the piping up into two days, and work non stop for 12 hours each day, and there were only 100 favours to be made that still comes out at just about 15 minutes per cake. _Which isnt nearly enough for the intricacy she seems to expect_ Its just not doable, and as you said the bakers probably know the limitations and chose to make something that is actually possible to execute
Thank you! I think your comment is on point. I was shaking my head watching this video
Especially because probably 85%-90% of the images she gave as a reference were probably made specifically to be photographed and posted on a blog or website and of course they’re gonna put a mind blowing amount of detail into a few cupcakes to show off their skills, but there’s no way someone would put the amount of over the top effort she wants into 100+ favors for $50 a piece.
Exactly, I think she is very unreasonable in these video's, especially this one. I think it's getting to the point where she is just hating for the sake of hating. It's kinda sad because these bakeries probably point so much effort into these and she just kinda being unreasonable.
Really sweet is good!
i’m actually vibing with the mini cakes. if you say extravagant, that explains why they did a bigger version of mini cakes. Also as wedding favors, those could be given per table/family and not individually.
This!
Thank you!!
I think they could be given to the wedding party, probably with the same flavor/theme as the couple's cake, but a scaled-down version.
Me too plus I loved the vintage cake!
Also, $35 per cake is a STEAL.
These bakers did a great job.. but for the next video I think you should do ‘what I would have done’ and make what you had in mind from the mood board. Would love to see what you come up with!😊
She'll never do it. It's much easier to rip other bakeries apart to feel superior.
Now that we've done this twice I would love to see Laurie make her own versions of what she is looking for with the wedding favours
THIS!! Yes, I've noticed Laurie never seems completely blown away by the favors, and I'd love to see her perfect vision! :)
yeah! I miss seeing laurie make things!
Agree. Getting a little old with critiquing other bakers. I'd love to see her make what she is looking for.
@@michellekimbrough5816 Agree100%!!
Agree
I'm a huge fan but I think you missed on this video. You gave them several colors and then criticized when the bakers used all the colors you gave. You asked to extravagant but criticized when they went large and over the top. I think your mood board needs to be refined so that the bakers can nail the objective.
I usually don't hate any of the videos in this series but this one I did lol. They were pretty much all on point with the mood board and you still hated them lol 😆 I would hate to be told to do whatever because imagine them still hating them 💀
Right
Exactly, like when she was saying how she disliked how the customizable and on-theme part of the macaron’s packaging was detachable??? First of all what was she expecting??? Them to go out and design and order custom packaging for literally one client??? And also why does it even matter??? If anything that’s better because the guests can just keep the cute little bundle rather than having to save the whole box. This one was so nit-picky and every single one of these favors was gorgeous and on-theme.
Same here, unless you're very specific you can't be unhappy with how people managed such an order. I mean, for a wedding you have at least an idea of what and how you want the favours to be, you're not like "oh do something pink and good please" :')
I don’t think she hated any of the favours? I mean she rated them all pretty high like it’s out of ten and they were all above a 5, she literally gave the macaroons a 9
I came here to comment this. It seemed like literally nothing made her happy which was weird and kind of annoying to listen to. I loveee these videos but the vibe felt off for this one
Not gonna lie Laurie, it still feels like you don't really know what you're asking for with this challenge. Each favor is either too big or too small or too decorated or not decorated enough - I feel like what you want from a wedding favor really depends on what you want your guests to be able to do with them. If I was handed a single sugar cookie piped to look like a leaf, for a wedding where the dinner plates were $100, I'd be pretty underwhelmed!! Of course, I'd never pay more that $10 per wedding favor either, but maybe I'm just cheap lol.
After watching your mood board part again, I could see how to donut artist got confused with what you wanted. 2 of the donut pictures in your inspiration had very minimal decor, and small dainty real flowers as the only topping. I think they thought they were hitting the mark. Same with the small cake- there was multiple pictures of cakes that size in your mood board.
About the donuts - I think what kind of small flowers are used makes a huge difference. I looked at the moodbord again and it's hard to say what flowers the dried ones are, but since they're pretty much embedded into the donut, it's safe to assume they're edible. One I can recognise are pansies, and those are safe to eat.
So no, sticking a bunch of poisonous flowers just for decoration isn't the same as actually using flowers as a part of the donut. I know your comment is pretty old, but this was something I wanted to point out 😅
I love this series but I don't think it's realistic to just throw a couple mood boards at a bakery with no budget and expect them to nail your expectations on the first try. IMO you need to either give them way more direction or be more open minded about what you'll get.
She enjoys ripping people apart, clearly.
I feel bad for all the cake bakers in Laurie’s area who are just perpetually in an episode of a cake bake off without even signing up for it 😩
i'm pretty sure by now they all know who she is and what kind of videos she does, and they can turn down the job if they don't wanna be roasted on youtube lol
She pays them big bucks though, customers are customers. She doesn’t name the bakeries so it wouldn’t affect their reputations. I’m sure they appreciate her business.
😂😂 hey at least they know how to improve and get paid good by her
At least she’s giving constructive criticism
You feel bad that she pays them money for their work? Sometimes up to $1,000?
THE MINI CAKES BLEW MY MIND 🤩 She absolutely understood the assignment 11/10 for me. & I actually really loved the vintage one.
Thank God, I am not the only one who loves the vintage mini cake.
I love the vintage mini one but those cakes are WAY too big to be wedding favours! How are you going to give each guest one of those?
I really enjoy this channel, but I feel like this particular series is getting very nitpicky in a mean way. I would have so much anxiety about any orders I was putting out if I lived in Laurie's area. You're holding these bakeries to your very high standards while giving them vague instructions at best. Mood boards are open to interpretation, and if all you give them is a mood board and whatever budget they want, you have to accept that there is the possibility that they won't turn out a product that you personally are happy with. And while these places absolutely have the option to turn away whatever orders they want, turning away an order is turning away money, and many independent bakeries can't afford to do that, especially when you're given an open budget. I also think some of your critiques are... over the top. Like your criticism of the macaron packaging- of course the vibe of them would be different if you took of the little floral bundles. They were made to go together, if you remove part of it it is no longer going to look the same or have the same vibe. Like I said, I enjoy this channel, but frankly, the Karen vibes are getting strong.
She's the client from hell. Why do they let her abuse them like this?
Yees!
Pop off 👑
"Karen vibes" ftw
I felt no matter what was brought out, she criticized it! Too much detail, and then right after? Not enough. I'm genuinely unsure what she wanted them to come up with.
ive been following her for years and i enjoy watching her videos but these just keep getting meaner for no reason :/
i'm an artist who works under commissions, and when people tell me i can do whatever i want (with a theme or color palate) then thats what they mean. she tells them that they can do whatever they want with a few key words and a palate, and then complains that it isnt what she wanted..... but she didnt actually tell them what she really wanted?
idk atp i would like to see her husband or someone give Her some keywords and a color palate and see if she can do better than these bakeries that have so many other customers to help aswell. i used to love her but this past year her videos kinda rub me the wrong way lmao
I agree 100% with this comment.
AMEN-
I’ll third that
Agreed. My theory for her change is because Kevin’s snide comments are rubbing off on her. She is learning from him how to be more judgmental. It’s sad to watch because they used to be so much more fun to watch. I hope they can get back there.
@@Belle0477 Yeahhh..at first she used to be so nervous to judge but after a while, she used her nervousness as..an excuse-? For example, she would say “oh I think that this looks bad, sorry!! I feel so bad for saying that but I think they could do better” I don’t think she feels bad so there’s no point in apologizing if you’re just gonna keep doing it..
These videos should always finish with you showing how you would have done it… really unfair to criticize and then not put your money where your mouth is
Ok.. but I think your forgetting that this is for a wedding. Do all brides bake, NO. So it’s not like they can “put their money where their mouth is”. You’re also expecting it to be perfect, like it’s your wedding. Brides want their wedding to be perfect. I do think she shouldn’t have complained about it being not what she wanted when she didn’t clarify flavors and such. But something like the Flowers’s falling off or not very good tasting flavors is okay to complain
@@emma7478 She rips these bakeries to hell and then never bakes herself. What she does bake always looks awful. She should totally step up if she could do it soooo much better.
@@moniqueh7948 she is amazing at baking, wtf are u on?
@@moniqueh7948 have you just looked through all the negative comments and said the same that she sucks and she doesn’t I am 12 years old and I don’t know how old you are but I am 10x more mature and kind than you
Absolutely!
The mini cakes and macaroons were absolutely incredible!!!! I can’t believe the amount of criticism on those. It’s obvious she doesn’t even know what she is wanting. Giving bakeries free reign, telling them “extravagant” and then being upset with most of what they did. If you wanted them to meet YOUR expectations, you should’ve told them what YOUR expectations are. I always tell people this.. how can I please you when I don’t know what you want?
The mini cakes would be for a whole table not personal cake. I’ve been at a wedding where there was two mini cakes per table and then we each got a personalized sugar cookie as a name tag it was cute :)
But then the sugar cookie would be the favor, not the cake.
It would be interesting to have a cake for each table instead of one large one. Definitely different than most weddings.
Is it cheaper to get lots of mini cakes or one big one
@@NaturalAegyo orrrr... You can have both.
@@mariakhan7986 At the wedding this person was talking about they did have both. But there weren't enough for each guest to take a mini cake home. That's what a party favor is, something every guest is supposed to get.
As a home bakery- videos like these always stress me out. So nitpicky when you’ve purchased beautiful work. My worst nightmare is to see someone buy one of my cakes and then rip it apart on the internet. ‘These aren’t detailed enough but these are too much’ It honestly doesn’t make sense, hearing some of the critiques back to back. And I think sets up unrealistic expectations for what things should cost. I’ve watched a couple of these, and while it’s a fun concept, I think I’m gonna skip these videos because they’re giving me anxiety 😂
Maybe you should watch them and use her constructive criticism to improve your own baking and decorating...
@@augustussquiggles770 I mean yes I understand your point, but also try creating cakes based on mood boards??? Also did not she actually gave them the freedom to create whatever they want, and then afterwards being kinda harsh on them? It is one thing if u messed up a detailed topic of the cake and it is all another thing being harsh on the art that needed to be created based on few pics with given freedom. She should be more on topic, not bakeries.
@@augustussquiggles770 bro, you don’t know how good this person bakes/decorates. And even so, Laurie sets unrealistic expectations after telling them to do what they want with a mood board. So you better learn how to bake and leave your negativity somewhere else.
@@abexe5009 Thank you 💕
@@sorchahannah288 totally agree
Could you do a video where you personally make the favours, to the level of extravigants that you're thinking??
Omg that macaron favor with a girl/bride piped on at 14:57 is stunning! I’d be happy to receive it. This exercise kinda falls apart because when you order wedding favours, you actually edit it and negotiate on the details till it meets your vision. So what’s sent as a sample is usually a draft or a first cut.
This. It can all be talked over and fixed. That’s why you sample beforehand. The larger mini cakes are really nice if it’s per family. I know i’d be happy to go home with my own cake. 🤷🏻♀️
I thought it was brilliant to make macaroons into mini cakes.
@@eileengalindo4949why are you replying the same thing to all these comments?? Did you make these "favors" or know the person who did??
I loved the mini cakes. I thought they were absolutely perfect - they had all the colors she asked for, they were beautiful, loved the vintage one. Yes, they’re larger but obviously this was a communication issue that could be addressed. If she wanted more detailed flowers - again that could be communicated. But damn, if I could get a cake like that for 35$, just tell me where to go man 🚗
They’re $35 because they know you’re going to order 100 of them. And they have a $3500 order then. Those cakes alone are probably closer to $60-$75 each. It’s only because you know you’re getting the bulk order and some don’t have to be as overly decorated as others. You can make a big bath and churn them out.
Batch not bath
I agree I loved them too especially the vintage one
I thought her critiques were way too harsh on them
@@ebubechiabonyi5149 agreed ! more harsh than ones that were way worse 🥴. It baffled me
Lol during the critique for the sugar cookies, she complained that the baker only used pinks and purple shades, and that she wants to see a better variety of color. Then afterwards, she made a remark that the mini cakes used too much colors and the baker needs to be more selective???
Look, I get it, from a more "professional POV" she would want more details, and she sees things that some people don't; but at least be more consistent with your comments....
I get what you’re saying but there is such thing as too much and too little
There is definitely a sweet-spot between 'too many colors' and 'too few'. It's completely understandable that some may have too few colors (and therefore look a tad duller or something) but others may have too many colors that just make it look too busy.
her mind is a muddle and she's getting meaner and meaner
@@lleah2839 you must be a client from hell like Laurie
@@lleah2839 @MargoMB19 yeah, you guys got a point; I just thought that she was being a bit unfair towards the bakers
If someone is THIS particular about what they like, the brief shouldn’t be as vague as “extravagant”.
I'm so glad that I'm not in your area. As a home baker if you ordered my sugar cookies, which have a set flavor, gave me free range and then complained they weren't the flavor you hoped for 🤦🏼♀️ wtf.
I keep watching, but something drives me nuts. As overly critical and negative she is about most deserts, it would be great to see HER create her vision so she doesn't just look like a snotty critic
She never complained about how that is not the flavor she wants.
@@emma7478 she made a comment on how lemon would have been good becasue the royal icing was sweet. Traditionally, sugar cookies don't contain lemon. If she wanted lemon, order that.
she didn't ASK for sugar cookies.
Omg, completely agree!
I know it's probably expensive to do but paying different bakeries to "compete" is my favorite series. Would love to see a citrus themed battle this summer 🍊🍋
Yeah! That's a good idea!
Oh, I like the citrus idea! 😍
I agree!!
I think she invests the money she makes from her videos to do this series! I love the series too!
The cost of the cakes is a tax deduction.
I loved the mini cakes, to be honest I think they did a superb job and in this case the issue might be more with the instructions that they received.
Isn’t it too big I know it’s for each table but what about the cake 🎂 do they not cut the cake ?
@@marcogonzalez8186 they're certainly large, but it does fit within the requirements. And there's likely still wedding cake even if these were to be used, these are also intended as a remembrance thing rather than the usual wedding favours like the wine corks/cookies/macaroons she showed at the start.
I'd be so deflated if I were the artist who did the mini cakes. Countless hours of designing and making each one unique. They were lovely and just what she asked for...but apparently too extravagant...or not extravagant enough. Geez.
@@roselisembee2333 indeed
If I received a cake that size for a favor, your wedding would be my favorite event ever. I would be THRILLED!
That's what I came here to say!! I loved them!!!
SAME
Genuinely curious if you were an out of town guest how would you travel with that cake as it is not a "favor" size and is too large to eat a one sitting
you told people to do whatever…but we’re unhappy when they weren’t insane. you need to set some sort of minimum and give a little bit more explanation. or you need to accept that you told them to do *whatever* and appreciate them for what they are. these were all beautiful, and all met the mood board. i can’t imagine what would possibly please you at this point. please make your own to show what you’re envisioning, because i can’t think of anything better than the stuff in this video. you’re also failing to acknowledge that these are wedding favors, so likely for 100+ people. it is out of touch to expect that someone hand pipe thousands of flowers. you’ve become overly critical and it’s off putting to see at this point.
Facts!
Amen. I mean, I think Laurie is a great cake artist but I find with these different videos with items from other bakeries are getting mean. I mean, practice what you preach. If so many bakers are getting everything wrong, then why not show everyone how to do it right. Just a thought......
OK Yes. I thought the flowers that were done in forms or whatever you call it were prettier than the hand piped ones; but maybe that is just my opinion since I am completely ignorant of these things. LOL I couldn't imagine piping so many flowers for a ton of favors.
she's literally impossible to please
I have felt this exact way for a few of her videos like this. Thanks for putting it into words.
I love this channel but it’s so annoying how she literally nitpicks EVERYTHING they do, like Ik that’s kind of the point of the video but geez just say good job sometimes
Yeah and then she never shows how she would recreate it or make it better because she secretly can’t even preform to her highest expectations. Get real right
She’s a customer though, she has the right to nitpick if she payed for them. Also, if she doesn’t actually feel like it was a good job, whether you agree or not, she shouldn’t just lie to the viewers about it, either.
I agree she’s being a little harsh but I also think that’s fully acceptable considering how brides can get with these things.
Aaron C Yeah but it’s one thing if you give someone clear concise and precise instructions or a specific picture on what to do. But when you give them a mood board with multiple colors and themes and give them free reign and no budget and then you complain about how a flower should’ve had more detail or one person used too many colors but another person used not enough colors or she wish that they would’ve put flavoring in the cookie, how would they know that without you telling them that they wanted that? You can’t tell someone to do whatever they want and not actually mean it.
@@Aaron-hv4hr She's the client from hell. How can you defend her?
@@melaniemars155 her channel is all about criticizing the work of these bakers for our entertainment, your acting like it’s devastating for the bakeries when she’s nitpicking their work. Which, she is spending thousands on them so I believe she is in her right to nitpick as much as she likes.
Does she need to tune her scoring a little? Yes, I agree with you on that, it needs more consistency. But you are all acting as if it were a big deal when it’s just a youtube video for funs and giggles.
I agree. You have gone off the train tracks. You are nit-picking way too much for a 10$ dessert. Those geometric cakes were 50$ altogether, so 10$ for one dessert. Do you know what you can get for 10$ in today's world? A gallon of milk? 2 gallons of gas? I would like to see you recreate every single one of these, pour your heart into them as they do, and they still have other orders to do for people who are just as demanding as you are. If you want a certain thing, then order it!
I was blown away by the geometric cakes as well.
I loved the fact that the macarons had the detachable flowers - you get something to eat, and something to keep - win win!
She could keep it in a keepsake box with a photo of her and things. It’s a nice touch.
I thought the mini cakes were absolutely stunning. All of them were, actually. Maybe you should try making the favors you envisioned? idk how much better a bakery could do than what we've seen here.
Thank you!
@@theepicakes2310 did you make those? 😍
I agree with a lot of other people here, don't ask for a free range and be disappointed or nit-picky when it's not what you Invisioned. I think you making a version of what you would have wanted would be cool to add at the end. Idk, the last two videos I feel like you've been super off the mark of what you wanted.
This series is the best example of “ it’s so easy to critique something that you didn’t make” also she seems more nit picky now that the bakers know that she is doing this. It seems she wasn’t as harsh before
As an experienced home baker, this lady seems like the most ungrateful customer ever. She buys these cakes with an unspecified request and expects perfection. 🤦♂️
You are so detailed?? Yet we’ve never seen you do anything so detailed and elegant. Your critics were lame coz people can’t read your mind you know!!
Ikr. She does no details and is nitpicky about others hard works. Jut pops a few flowers on the cake and calls it a day🙄
@@maheenasif4297i wish she was more detailed even today
Seems like you had a lot more bad things to say than good! You ask for a free for all and whatever they want to make.. but you don’t like it. All of these were amazing and you should not be as picky when going over things like this.. 😅
Exactly what I was thinking... They were beautiful and hit her mood board REALLY well but she just kept picking at the small nitty gritty details "they didn't do the orange color" um yea, cuz they did 10 other colors and they're sugar cookies?? They still matched the mood board...
“This is all to sweet. It needs some tart.” Cuts raspberry cake. Makes face. “It tastes like vanilla. But tastes tart.”
I’m sure as a baker herself she has an expectation level that’s higher than us non bakers which could be why she seems more “picky”!
@@MsAlly-tf4rr I worked for a professional bakery for years. Some things she nit picks make sense. Some don’t.
I feel like having a plain sugar cookie flavouring would ensure that most guests actually like it - I think I’d only want the aesthetics to be unique, since taste is so subjective
And I think, if I got a sugarcookie with a thick coating of royal icing, I would absolutely not eat it 🤮 I think they are beautiful to look at, but I would never ever serve them at a party.
@@nooras865 my husband hates sugar cookies like that lol. Although they are very pretty I’d only serve them for pictures and for the kids lol
I absolutely love those cakes!!! That “vintage” style one is adorable, in my own opinion and super trendy!
Thank you!
It's really fun watching these videos, but I wish she would post more videos where she actually bakes a cake or creates something new. My favourites are the videos where she transforms grocery store cakes. I miss watching those videos.
yeah our girl is getting repetitive :(
@@mst3kanita I know, right!
I miss those videos too, the transformation ones show such great creativity! Also i would just LOVE to see her create what she’s asking all these bakeries to create so we can truly get her vision
I agree. I like when she creates cakes that follow new trends. I'm like totally going to copy that mini cake that is turned on it's side next time I have guest coming over, because it's so unexpected, cool and inspiring.
i'd like to see you tackle this challenge and made an edible wedding favor!
I love you so much a Laurie, I'm sorry to only write when I disagree.
Even though many will find this fun, as a home baker I feel stressed and let down.
Baking for brides is the most daunting assignment. I feel that these were all samples of colours and flavours to showcase possibilities and to then sit and discuss further for a much larger, lucrative order that I personally would put my heart and soul into. Perhaps I'm wrong to take this fun video and make it about me and the stress of wedding orders. That's the creative ego I battle with.
You’re not wrong at all, and this particular video (and series in general) feels so Karen-ish. I hope that you and your business enjoy lots of success and minimal nitpickers! ❤
One thing I’ve noticed, especially with my wedding is that even with a mood board artists have their own interpretation of your vision. So don’t be too disappointed if it’s not EXACTLY what you wanted. Poisonous flowers and plain flavors are a huge miss, but aside from that I think they all did really well.
A mood board is nearly nothing…
I mean... I would love a poisonous flowers vibe, personally.
The nitpicks on the macaron is astounding. Those are beautiful and right on the mark. And the detachable element is a favor in and of itself. Plus you commented on if it wasn’t there…but it was.
"Give me a little tartness" finally gets tart "no give me sweet" and yes def do again and again
Okay these bakery videos used to be fun but now they're just kind of rude. .. Laurie has kind of gone off the tracks with these videos. She's always judging from a very particular viewpoint without telling the bakers that that is what she wants. If i was any of the bakers she judges I'd be crushed and remember this as one of my worst ones. She used to be so kind and sweet. Such videos will only produce worse customers for cake artists who expect the artist to read your mind
totally agree!
YESSS
I agree, I understand constructive criticism, but she has just gotten to where she is mean and judges too much, and I hate that! especially for the bakers :(
I think she is trying to be helpful
@@moonutella5581 maybe, but there’s a difference between being helpful or being judgmental
I loved the mini cakes! My absolute favorite and for 35 dollars? 6/10 seemed quite harsh
The vintage cake is EVERYTHING! How could you 😭
We put mini/small cakes at every table for my mom’s 60th birthday party and everyone loved it and people walked around to taste different ones and it was fun and delicious. Plus they were so pretty we didn’t need any other decorations on the tables so we saved on centerpieces.
That’s really nice great idea! Mini cakes doubled as center pieces! Going to do this for my sons next birthday instead of working about 2 things lol
That is a good idea. I wished I had thought of that for my wedding. Instead of a wedding cake, having wedding cake favors at each table for them to eat and take home the leftovers!
$35 for each of those cakes is soooo cheap :O (not as favors just in general) I also think the designs & colours on those mini cakes are stunning and match the vibe u sent. But I agree they are too big for favors - BUT favors are supposed to be taken home anyway so it wouldn't go to waste
You a bit contradictory here. You want the favors (and flavors) to be extravagant and big and bold, but those cakes are too big, then you say you want them to be taller, but you also want them smaller at the same time. You say "they're almost there", but give a 6/10. Make up your mind! 😂
LOL!! hahaha ya I get how that came off. I meant having a smaller diameter like a 2" cake but protionally taller than it is wide. Taller cakes have more of an extravagant and elegant look to them. I mainly gave them a 6/10 before the details with the decorating wasn't exactly there, espcailly with the flowers smudged and falling off. BUT that's just my opinion!! What do you guys think??
This honestly drove me crazy... Like they all did really well and hit her mood board with the colors & kinda fall theme she had going. But she was so wishy washy about them...?
@@TheIcingArtist we think you should make the favors you have in mind because it's obvious no other bakers are up to your standards
@@TheIcingArtistyes, but this is your expectation, if the cakes are shorter is just an option which is not wrong. You should have been 100% specific of what you want. Because seriously I am feeling really bad for these people. They have done a very nice job.
She's getting way too critical and toxic lately. I don't think she can do half the things all these bakeries did or be as creative. I get that as a baker, she criticises these from her point of view. But not all brides are bakers and this nitpicky about everything, every little thing.
The mini cakes rating made me so mad. They were adorable. She said in the beginning that she chose a 'very specific' theme for the bakers, but I do not think making a basic mood board and picking the word 'extravagant' as a vibe is specific enough.
It would make sense if she had made something extraordinary - up to her expectations - and then start with the criticism. But I've seen her works, the cakes she baked and they are all quite basic; tons of flowers around the sides. Even her flavours are not that impressive. And then she proceeds to judge others brutally.
I used to love her but she's kind of turning into a Karen now. :|
Those mini cakes were amazing, above and beyond. The donuts missed the mark, other than that I think they all did a sensational job!
I would like to see you design a wedding favor, with the same criteria that you gave the other bakeries. 😊👍
I couldn’t click on this video fast enough. These are some of my favorite videos. I think the concept is so much fun, and it’s always so interesting to see what the different bakeries come up with. Maybe because you’ve seen some really mind blowing cakes, it makes you a harsher critic, but I feel like the critiquing is almost unnecessary. I thought all of the designs were amazing and your reaction to all of them made this video less enjoyable to watch. I think you’re reaching for some really high end couture pieces from every day bakeries. I felt like some of these were intricate, but they weren’t intricate enough for you. Please continue this series, but maybe keep it more lighthearted? Baking is an art, and everyone has their own style, I think it’s encouraging unrealistic expectations and discouraging bakers watching.
For almost 5 mil subscribers, why doesn’t THE ICING ARTIST make different edible favors?? And let the subscribers be the judges.
Exactly!!
I’d love this 10000 times more than just ordering in
Thank-you so much for letting me take part in this! I appreciate the feedback on flavour, I am going to try the lemon zest addition and see how it goes 🍋
She ripped your cookies to shreds like she did with everyone else's cakes which weren't up to her, um, high standards. You honestly don't have to sign up for this verbal abuse lovely lady. You did a great job btw.
I loved your cookie designs! 🥰 the bouquet was a nice touch.
Thank-you guys 🥺💕💕
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With the mini cakes I think it would be so cute to have them not only As a party favour but also use them As a wedding cake. the bride and groom gets their own mini cake and then every one has one to eat and take home with.
Instead of bakeries recreating your cakes. You should make one of their cakes so we can see how much work goes into that. Obviously you would have to give them credit but I think it would be so fun. Love you so much! Also how do you get so good buttercream because I just can’t get my recipe right.
I can’t imagine her doing a gravity defying cake all by herself! Lol. I bet she wouldn’t show if it fell within a few hours like she’s done to ones she has reviewed.
I was absolutely blown away by them you are far far too picky and I would like to see you make someone some wedding favors based off of a vision board and no budget! The cakes were my favorite you are so so harsh! Also you asked over and over for more detail but as soon as you got more you said it was too busy and needed to dial it down?!? So confused!
I think all of them were very very good. The only underwhelming were the doughnuts. I absolutely loved the macaroons, I think those were the best of all and I really loved the first chocolate hearts too. Imo they all got the theme and colors from the board pretty well.
I agree with everything you said! They all hit the expectation and personally, my favorite were the geometric chocolate hearts. Everything looked beautiful and delicious!
I think you are being super harsh about all of these. I really would like to see you make more things yourself. While I like these videos, I miss you being creative.
I actually think the third party favors were made that big on purpose. So each cake would be a party favor for every table, i believe they figured it would be cheaper to have 1 big party favor for each table then a small EXPENSIVE party favor for each guest. U see every table would sit about 4-6 people and every party favor cake that size could serve that many people plus the diversity of the cakes appearance melding eloquently with the theme is quite thought out; and the taste and appearance of the cakes would be a little teaser for the main event. Last but no least, what's cheaper... A $30 party favor that can be split 4-6 ways for each table($5-$7.50) or a single $20 favor for each individual person
($80-$120 a table)?
I love to see her make them herself so we can see what it is she’s expecting. I don’t think it’s fair to tell people do whatever you want and then complain because they didn’t do what you want
Laurie: I want them to go bigger!
Also Laurie: It’s too big!
wait i’ve never thought about this before, but what if those “mini” cakes were like, for each table to cut from? that would be a cool concept right
9:23 This is the most beautiful vintage themed cake I have ever seen
Starting to sound snobbish. having a really hard time enjoying this series when youre always crapping on the bakers hard work. I feel like all of those are really beautiful
But for the amount of money she gave them she should be expecting beautiful,extravagant things
She appreciates the hardwork but she should get what she paid for.
Idk why you people always say this, please try to understand the concept of the video.
@Shreya Pandit I don't remember asking for your opinion on my comment. It was a thought I expressed months ago Also I don't really care. So I wish people like you would stop bothering me with a response I did not ask for. Bother someone who cares. I have real problems like a flooded basement and a burnt out furnace please get a life
Bet you hate Gordon Ramsey
She said go all out and be expensive... gurl the cakes were amazing!!! Plus i can see someone with a lot of money sending there guest home with a mini cake😍
These were all so beautiful and I feel they all hit the theme spot on (maybe aside from the donuts?)! I think maybe because you do these types of videos a lot you have seen so many detailed/perfectionist type cakes that your standard is just too high, but you are allowed your opinion and appreciate you respecting the bakeries by keeping them anonymous 😊
I feel like these matched the mood board so well so I would like Laurie to make her own now so we can see what she is asking for. I feel like she was too harsh on these, "too much colour","not enough colour", "too big but also needs to be taller" "too small", "not wedding esthetic", "too plain", "too flavourful"
Is there something less regal about it if they use a mold?
I love the idea of this video but this one felt like you actually had a more specific vision that you even realized. It's like you are selecting for your wedding but gave them very general guidelines with their interpretation.
"This vintage style is coming back, and I wish it wouldn't!" 😂😂😂 That cracks me up! They *are* so much better than the first round of favors! I'd LOVE to see another one of these! Let's shoot for #3! And then keep going until you run out of bakeries! 😘 It's just so much fun to get all of these ideas to draw from for my own baking adventures!
Hard to impress. Wonder how kevin did it and got a yes when he went down on one knee.😅😅 next video should be laurie making her own wedding favours. The ideal one.
tbh she has to be more consistent with her nitpicks and comments. first she said the sugar cookies only had pink and purple shades (5:53) then continued to say the mini cakes has too much color and should have been more selective..?? (11:02) then she says some of them are too basic but when she got those detailed cakes she said they should have "scaled it down" and its "too busy" (9:51) . i can understand your professional point of view but you said you liked hand piped flowers but when you got them you said they didn't have detail. (9:15) what would have made it more detailed anyways? and for the macaroons you said the main thing that really tied the look together was the bouquet-like thing on the outside of the box and if you took them off the vibe would be gone. (14:32) well they are gonna be taken off anyway and in that case you could say the if the icing flowers were removed it would take away the vibe, then the colors, and so on. and anyways presentation is always key so the bakery did exactly that; they gave a great presentation. the only understandably disappointing one was the donuts with flower. she has to learn to understand that the bakers cannot read her mind and get *exactly* what she wants.
I imagine for a real wedding, if the budget was somewhat open, there would be plenty of room for feedback and for the baker to build on that feedback before a final decision was made. What I would like to see is for The Icing Artist to provide feedback to the bakers and allow them another chance to modify the product.
Specifications can be like Chinese whispers and it's only really through feedback that someone is able to have a better understanding of the requirements. It seems like some of them were pretty close, so I'd like to see how they'd go applying her feedback to their work.
I love the geometric cake hearts! Handmade flowers you say? Really? How practical is that? It will definitely cost more than $10 a piece!
Cookies are so pretty! And look like they took hours to make! Yes, it will be sweet, it is literally sugar on top! Even with lemon, it will be really sweet!
The mini cakes, I love the cake top forward mini! I am so gonna try that!
More height to the cake but smaller? Even your instructions are confusing!
Not a fan of the doughnuts, to be honest, I just like to bite into my doughnuts without worrying about removing the "beauty" on it!
The macarons are definitely extravagant! Love the packaging!
You’re entitled to your opinions, but I really don’t like how you made everyone present their best and you decided to rate them on how much they please *your* preferences and not how well they objectively did. I think it’s very unfair. You may not like vintage cakes but lots of people do and those colors were absolutely beautiful.
This is a completely different idea but in the wedding category, what if you did a show where you're designing and decorating a wedding cake and favors for someone. Maybe chose from suggestions?? Have Kevin give them random numbers and have Laurie choose a number from a basket so she has no hints beforehand??? then do the reveal with clips of how you made them on the show after you pick the number... what do other people think?
I really do think you usually balance being critical and honest with being kind!!! I think we are just feeling confused with why you’re looking for! I think making some wedding favours yourself would be such a cool idea!
Personally I dont think points should be docked when it comes to a matter of opinion. For example. The cakes being too detailed. Only because this was a “heres the budget, heres a mood board. do whatever you want.” Because these bakers cant read minds so they wont know what is and isnt of your personal tastes.
I LOVED the mini cakes and I honestly cant see how the donuts dont fit the aesthetic of the mood board. I also feel like its another subjective criticism to say that its bad that the best part of the macaroons was removable. (The casing). Because they are still going to be presented with the case and the macaroons themself are gorgeous! I guess maybe the criticism was “the cases make this more expensive and id rather have that expense go into the food” but i don’t think the expense was brought up when critiquing the case. I feel like for something like this the criticisms should be moreso on the technical side of things and whether or not the cakes matched the budget. And the moodbard too. I feel like it was a good criticism for the donuts to say that they relied too much on flowers that couldnt be eaten.
But honestly the criticism of the hearts all being the same design shouldnt dock and points. Because again the bakers were told “do whatever you want”. And i personally like them all having the same flowers. They looked nice and consistant
What do you think of the babies breath donuts?? Was I too harsh?!
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No not at all 💛
Your mood board still isn't specific enough. Too many options. You should give a few colours (maybe like 3) and then like 5 extravegent dessert ideas they could choose to make.
Ill be totally honest, this review was too harsh. It wasnt even fun to watch and i know someones going to say "then dont watch". She is one of my favorite youtubers and its sad that this wasnt as an enjoyable video because she was way too mean
I LOVE the mini cake! It's like one cake for every 4 to 6 people, maybe even 8. For $35, thats a great price! They're absolutely beautiful! I fell in love with the vintage cake 😍
the vibe of this video was so negative. Usually there’s a really good balance between critique and compliments, but even the compliments in this felt back handed. I feel bad for the bakeries tbh. I think it would be cool if we got to meet the bakers and see their thoughts and design choices.
agree!
Laurie's face when she takes a bite and really loves a flavor, I always look forward to those moments! The mini-donuts, I feel like I've seen that issue in some of these videos before, where they just rely too heavily on non-edible decorations stuck on top instead of doing more with edible decorations/piping/etc.
Fun to watch. When you were doing the cookies, you said they needed a bit of lemon. Sugar cookies are my favorite, especially home made or bakery. I absolutely hate when a sugar cookie has lemon. It is then a lemon cookie. I like lemon cookies but I am eexpecting lemon in them. I do like how you point out flaws. Kind of like FYI. I enjoy your videos