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Cake Decorating

A team of two-four students make a cake, and frosting from scratch. Students must develop a theme and utilize airbrush, include detail work (flowers or drawn piping design), and writing. Time frame is 3 days in class.

Rubric Code: BX83262

By khertz

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Subject: Education

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Cake Decorating
	Excellent 8 pts	Good 6 pts	Needs Improvement 4 pts
Overall Appearance	Excellent Appropriate size and shape for the best quality of design.	Good Appropriate size, but quality of design could be enhanced.	Needs Improvement Size and shape are not appropriate, and quality of design needs improvement.
Icing	Excellent Spread evenly. Smoothly finished. No signs of crumbs. Dye is mixed properly.	Good Spread evenly. Signs of some crumbs. Color is consistent.	Needs Improvement Uneven. Signs of crumbs. Color streaks in some areas.
Writing	Excellent Neat appearance, well balanced and shaped appropriate for cake design.	Good Neat appearance. Well balanced, but uneven in spacing or placement.	Needs Improvement Uneven for the theme. A bit careless in writing the details.
Decorations/Theme	Excellent Appropriately followed the theme. Appropriate sizes for cake. Pleasing color scheme. Colors well blended and consistent throughout cake.	Good Appropriate theme. Inappropriate sizes for cake (too big, too small). Colors not bright and appealing.	Needs Improvement Inappropriate theme. Inappropriate sizes for cake (too big, too small). Unpleasing color scheme.
Detail Work	Excellent An original idea that pays attention to detail. Very finite skills in detail work.	Good Cake details could use more attention to details. detail work is off-centered or shaky.	Needs Improvement Pays little or no attention to planning in detail.
Flavor	Excellent Very flavorful and moist. Icing is rich and smooth, not too sweet. Cake is moist and has a well balanced flavor with the icing.	Good Flavor is very basic and/or is not balanced well between the frosting and the cake.	Needs Improvement Cake flavor needs more work. Cake texture may be too moist or too dry. Icing may be missing creamy consistency or off flavor.
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