To Think That a 5yr Old Cannot Make/Decorate a Tiered, Iced Cake Without LOTS of Help ...

[rockinhippy]

Just that really, but as background, this is a monthly local cake contest, that also has a kids section & this DC enters every month with cakes that some adults would be proud of & is winning, this months being a single tiered heart, royal iced & covered with hand done red roses, other months have been various 2 tier iced & decorated cakes, always comes with blurb from the DCs DM about how he's done it all by himself

Could your own 5 yr old do this ? I know mine would have had a good go at that age, but she could not have managed anything even close to the standard of this DCs cakes & DD is recognised as gifted in Arts & Crafts, so she has always been way ahead for her age in anything like this. I accept this DC might also be very gifted with arts etc, but I still don't get it & wonder if AIBU or if some DCs at 5 really could do this

It's a real shame, as its actually putting my 10yr old off entering as last time round she shared first place with this DC, yet she really did, design, make & ice her cakes all by herself as others obviously have too & if its putting her off, I bet it it probably is others as I'm seeing less & less kids entering

AIBU to see this as cheating ??

[TroublesomeEx]

A 5 year old wouldn't have the patience to do that even if they did possess the necessary skills.

[ScarletLady02]

I doubt very much a 5 year old could do that.

I was always pretty ahead Arts & Crafts wise and won a few competitions as a child, but there is NO WAY in a million years I'd have been able to do anywhere near that at 5. I'm not saying just because I couldn't, means that no-one else can, but I can completely understand why you have doubts!

On an unrelated note - I love all your other pics, hope you didn't mind me snooping. Great face-painting!

[freddiefrog]

I used to make wedding cakes so my 2 have always grown up around it and have always had little bits of icing to fiddle with, helped me make our Christmas cakes, etc, so they'd have been able to make roses and simple flowers, but that cake would have been beyond them at 5 without a lot of input from me - things like piping icing with little hands is physically quite difficult

DD1 at 11 could do it, but DD2 at 7 wouldn't

[StuntGirl]

I doubted it anyway, after seeing your picture I definitely doubt it.

To be honest if I judged that competition I'd disregard their entry, as it's painfully obvious a 5 year old didn't do that cake by themselves. How naive do the shop have to be?!

[SaggyOldClothCatpuss]

A five year old piping like that? I've met adults who make and sell cakes who couldn't pipe like that! It is amateurish looking but IMO way beyond a 5yo!

[SPsFanjoHasABlingingVajazzle]

I couldn't do that never mind a 5 year old. If my son ever enters a similar contest he will be doing it alone as it would look worse with my help

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

Do they know someone on the judging board or what??

I used to judge store based competitions when I worked for early learning centre and no way would I have let something that was so obviously done by an adult win!