[freedumb2003]

I love cooking shows but hate baking shows.

If I wanted to see sculpting shows I would youtube them. All those beautiful intricate cakes are “cakes” in that there is some flour, eggs, sugar and water in them.

The underlying substructures are made of wood, nails, Styrofoam, and God knows what else. Proof if you use enough icing you can pull anything off.

The one thing baking shows are NOT about is actual cooking.

[RedStateRocker]

Bull.

Watch the show.

Pure skill.

Some cakes, yes...

But with all due respect, in this case, you do not know what you are talking about.

[Nifster]

Then you ought to watch this show because it is all about cooking.... but cooling for everything from tea cakes to eclair to fancy cakes. No sculpting or styrofoam etc. just true baking

[Mastador1]

It's always good to post from a position of ignorance, you obviously have never watched the program but felt you were uninformed enough to comment on thread about it. BRAVO!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Not the GBBS. Sometimes there is structure, as in hand made molds, or display stands. But, generally they specify that no dowels are allowed to keep the structures up. Sometimes they will use something hard when they are actually building, but the “helper” is removed before the centerpiece is presented.