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Specialty Cake Tasting/Decorating

Each group of students chose a recipe for cake from the internet or cookbook. They also chose a frosting recipe and toppings for their cake. They created a description for their cake. They spent three days preparing two identical cakes. One for the look and one for your enjoyment. Judge honest and thank you for your support.

Rubric Code: PXA37W3

By JameyHunt

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Subject: Vocational

Type: Project

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Cake Name & Frosting:
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Basic 7 pts	Needs Improvement 6 pts	Comments: (N/A)
Recipe Efforts	Excellent Used a difficult recipe with easy skill level involved. Used difficult techniques in decorating.	Good Used a easy recipe with easy skill level involved. Used difficult techniques in decorating.	Basic Used a easy recipe with easier skills involved. Used easier techniques in decorating.	Needs Improvement Recipe used was not as difficult. Used easy and simple decorating techniques.	Comments:
Cake Taste	Excellent Texture is more than appealing, uses unique flavors. Wants you wanting more.	Good Texture is appealing, uses unique flavors.	Basic Texture is somewhat appealing, uses common flavors.	Needs Improvement Texture is lacking - too dry or crumbly.	Comments:
Frosting/Toppings Taste	Excellent Frosting/Toppings are more than appealing, uses complimentary flavors with the cake.	Good Frosting/Toppings are appealing, uses good flavors with the cake.	Basic Frosting/Toppings are appealing, uses fair flavors with the cake.	Needs Improvement Frosting/Toppings are not appealing and/or uses poor flavors with the cake.	Comments:
Creativity	Excellent A extremely creative idea that pays attention to detail. Designed to attract audience attention and mass produce for others.	Good An original idea that pays attention to detail. Designed to attract audience attention.	Basic Cake looks ordinary. Seems to be a common theme or idea.	Needs Improvement Pays little or no attention to planning in detail. Cake idea needs more thought.	Comments:
Appearance	Excellent Precise appearance. Even cake layers. Decorations are professional.	Good Neat appearance. Even cake layers. Decorations well balanced and shaped.	Basic Neat appearance. Even cake layers. Well balanced, but uneven shape of decorations.	Needs Improvement Neat appearance. Uneven cake layers. Uneven balance and shape of cake decorations.	Comments:
Overall Favorite	Excellent Eye-pleasing with great taste.	Good Eye-pleasing with good taste.	Basic Eye-pleasing with fair taste.	Needs Improvement Not eye-pleasing and/or with poor taste.	Comments:
Time Management	Excellent Student completed all tasks assigned and clean-up in the time allotted and did not need any additional time.	Good Student completed most tasks and clean-up assigned but needed less than 10 additional minutes to complete all tasks assigned.	Basic Student was unable to complete all tasks assigned and clean up in the allotted amount of time and needed more than 10 minutes to finish.	Needs Improvement Student was unable to complete all tasks assigned and clean up in the allotted amount of time and needed more than 10 minutes to finish. Station was a total mess and surrounding area.	Comments:
Safety & Sanitation	Excellent Student followed all food safety and sanitation rules without exception	Good Student attempted to follow food safety and/or sanitation rules, with a few violations.	Basic Student attempted to follow food safety and/or sanitation rules, with a several violations.	Needs Improvement Student did not follow food safety and/or sanitation rules. Proper hand washing procedures and/or uniform requirements were not followed.	Comments:
Station Organization	Excellent Student's workspace and mise en place was organized with very little mess and efforts were made ASAP to rectify any problem areas.	Good Student' workspace and mise en place was mostly organized with an effort to rectify any messes somewhat quickly.	Basic Student's workspace and mise en place was disorganized with little effort to maintain a neat and organized work area.	Needs Improvement Student's workspace and mise en place was disorganized with total disregard for neatness and organization in work area and surrounding area.	Comments:
Clean Up	Excellent Upon completion, student immediately cleaned all equipment and tools thoroughly.	Good Upon completion of exam, student made an effort to clean and organize tools and equipment with some problem areas.	Basic Upon completion of exam, counters and equipment were not cleaned well, dirty towels and/or equipment were left in workspace.	Needs Improvement Upon completion of exam, counters and equipment were not cleaned at all, dirty towels and or equipment were left in workspace inclusive of table top equipment and oven areas .	Comments:

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