I Ordered WEDDING Cakes from 1 VS 1 STAR BAKERIES! pt3
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that cake did read as purple to me! different screen settings probably!
I would give them D grade❤❤
I would them D grade for all the cakes ❤❤😊😊😊
Hi Laurie i love your videos so so much i just wanted to tell you about the caption it made my day because it says 1v1 instead of 1v5 so just letting you know (: and as always your videos are always so much fun to watch the reactions to the 1 star reviews were hilarious
Thank you for putting these recipes out for free!!! I can’t wait to try them 😊💜
How about a video of you ordering from a 1 star place, and then you recreate their vision doing improvements you think should be done to make it better. Instead of rating them for trying, show us your best version of it. I feel like it gas been a while since we have seen a real baking video from you. Now you have your "dream kitchen", it would be nice to see some real baking videos from you again. 🎂
I love this idea so much!!!
This is an awesome idea!!
i was just thinking i bet she could show us how to save that bulging cake!
Yessss!! ❤
This would make a fantastic videos series.
Just a little feedback with no malice AT ALL, I PROMISE! The new editing style is really distracting with all the stock footage videos? One or two as reactions is fine but there are so many 😬
AGREE
I was going to say the same. I love her videos, but I found it jarring and I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying.
It feels quite forced and unnecessary.
Yes!
It feels cluttered to me, too.
I honestly think the 2nd cake was spot on with the purple color, the picture definitely looked more purple to me too!
i thought so too felt purple
yeah, I thought it was spot on too.
I think the picture was like a lilac colour like a lavender mixed with pink, so the purple looked closer to the reference pic to me.
it's kinda wierd when you realize how people see things differently. The picture looks very pink to me but when put side by side w/ the actual cake they colors do seem mostly similar. Good reminder that reality is relative.
same but it might have looked different in person
Way generous on cake #1. I would be PISSED if I get this for 675. Looks like a toddler made it.
Cake #2 looked so much better. At least they did the flowers by hands and it looked professional.
I think saying it looks like a toddler made it is a bit of a stretch 😭 it did look similar to the design on the outside. Aside from the weird bulge in the back (which no one really looks at anyway) and it being over streamed, it didn’t look that bad. The bottom tier of cake 2 looked kind of gross, but their flowers were great and the top tier looked amazing, but honestly both cakes were nearly on the same level on the other level, that one just happened to pay more attention to smaller details.
@@poppycartergraphics120not for that amount though. The outside shouldn’t have such flaws either.
EXACTLY! The proportion of #1 was off (the top tier should have been taller, and the missing ombre was a bigger hit for me)
@@poppycartergraphics120the flowers were not great 😭 they didn’t even paint on an ombre effect or pipe in extra petals 🙃
I would be mad too. The first cake did NOT look high enough quality to be a wedding cake. It was hideous. Just because the cake is still standing, doesn't make it worth $635. It doesn't look like a toddler made it, but it does look like someone who has no experience making wedding cakes made it. And not only that, but the little details like the stems not having flowers to me shows that the person who made it didn't care if it even looked finished.
hey laurie's editor!
i usually love the sleek style of your editing for laurie's channel. for this video though, i just wanted to say i felt that the stock footage while laurie was reading the reviews were pretty distracting and made it hard to pay attention to what laurie was saying for me. just my personal experience, but wanted to share it! thank you for all your hard work!
I second this!!!
agree 100%. very distracting, cheap and unnecessary. I love Laurie's videos I really hope they don't keep editing like this.
Yes i thought this. It makes sense for traditional video format where the person is speaking to the camera. But for Laurie reading out reviews, it was disjointed?
Thank you for saying this! It’s bothered me on a few other videos as well.
i searched for someone tlaking about this. some videos shown also seemed unrelated.
Loved the video, this series is really my favourite! The only thing that weirded me out are the "stock video images", they werent really fitting from the theme and distracted a lot from the mood and context. I know you're trying something new and wanted to put in my perspective
1st bakery: Didn't learn, or isn't learning from reviews. Probably not even reading the reviews. At all.
2nd bakery: You can see where improvements were made. It seem like they read the reviews. So, I would say they are learning from what they read, but they have not yet fully learned.
If I paid $635 for that id be PISSED. The second cake turned out close enough I wouldn’t be mad although id be upset that they didn’t use fresh strawberries AND didn’t do the height requested in the photo especially considering that.
The new background!
Love the vid 💕 I'm a little confused by the random stock clip inserts. I'd rather see Lorie & Archie for a little longer 💌
I have to jump in at three minutes and give my opinion 😂 I'm loving the videos, but hating the inserted clips between the takes, from some videofiles anybody can access and use. Changes the vibe to not better and ruins the authentic Icing Artist style, that I've followed for years and love. Not hating, just giving my opinion 😊 And will always watch anyways, because you guys are truly amazing 🥰💜
Me too. I'm not dumb. I know what a person calling someone else looks like. She hasn't been popping up and I haven't received any notifications, so I didn't want to say anything cause I haven't been here but JESUS that's annoying
I loved it lol made it interesting
I love your content but I don't enjoy this new editing style, it feels a little busy.
I was just going to write that! No need to re invent your wheel, the content is great without trying to "improve" things ❤
It seems to be the new trend. I’m over it all ready.
Same. I just want to see their faces as they speak.
Idk I loved it during the reviews it was interesting
I’m impressed you found so many positive things to say about the first cake.
Yay another video!!
Also I have a video idea: order a cake from a bakery and say that it’s for a UA-cam video and get someone else to order the same exact cake from the same bakery but don’t say that it’s for a UA-cam video and compare to see if they are different or anything like that. I got this idea from another comment from another video so if u know the person, pls tell me! ❤❤❤
I love this!!! I think I would have to order the cakes a few months apart just so they didn't catch on for the non-UA-cam cake.
@@TheIcingArtist You could order the non-youtube cake first and then say the second order is for youtube. They wouldn't suspect anything the first time around.
@@almond_jellii Or maybe order the youtube one first, then send someone else in a week or two later and order the exact same thing using a photo of the first cake, saying "i saw this one in a video on youtube and want the same thing!"
Can we please get more of videos of you baking cakes again or decorating them? I miss those days.
Yes
the editing is so extra ive said this before but lol the weird cuts to random stuff and zooms 24/7
I've said it before. Those reviews are from a few years ago. Things can change. It's entirely possible they became a better bakery. Also, I really like the purple cake.
Right?! I would hope after 6 years you are better at what you do.
Yes exactly! I feel bad when I watch these types of videos and it's almost like they're calling the reviewers liars 😂 I would be so offended. Imagine having to leave someone a bad review in the first place which is rubbish enough but then someone makes a video to say your review is "busted" 😅😅
@@JadeBlakeVideosnot every review is honest, and i kinda like that they do em because maybe they had a bad egg, you dont throw the whole carton out..
@melodyesmith468 no which I understand but then make it about that and not trying to disprove someone else's experience.
A lot of reviewers are liars. Scammers trying to get free shit!
14:11 why doesn’t anyone pay attention to the dimensions of the example cake? The top tier is meant to give a feeling of height, and a sense of uplifting. The flowers are way, way better, and the foliage isn’t crazy. I am not in love with their airbrushing, withering, but overall, they did better, IMHO.
I think you should make vídeos of 5 star bakeries making gravity defying wedding cakes for a rich wedding. That idea would be soo cool❤
Wish could double like... this is a great idea
THIS^
Love watching all your videos. And decided to start my on journey. Have been baking for at least 30 years but decided to go to pastry school. Thank you for helping me make my decision. Such a cute couple to watch and learn from.
That's amazing Karen!! I'm so thrilled you decided to follow your passion and not hold anything back!
❤🎉 that's awesome!
That’s so cool! Good luck on your journey!
A fun video idea is if Kevin picks out the one-star bakeries and Lori tries to guess why it's a one-star bakery from the cake. Then she could guess the price based on the facts before her and the quality of the cake. That way her views/opinions are uninfluenced as well.
Honestly I think it's partly because they are wedding cakes, I'd be disappointed in either for a wedding cake. You want that photo moment of you cutting into the cake and both just didn't look right. They weren't awful but for a wedding day you want more than "not awful".
The edit with the stock videos cheapens the overall look of the video. I'd prefer when you just read the reviews.
I gotta say, the new editing is a bit annoying. All the stock video clips and such. I guess I'm probably the only one who thinks so, though 😅
No I agree....too much
I agree.
I don't like it either
I like it
You're not alone
For that amount of money I feel that the height of the cake needs to match as well since that is reducing the slices you can get from the cake.
The second cake, the lilac and burgundy looks ok. I agree, the flowers are nice, better than the first one.
I have been watching you for 9 years and I feel like I really grew up with your videos. Thanks for all the effort you put in to making these videos!
I couldn’t get over the fact that the reviews were from years ago, one being 6 years ago. I think if you were to redo a video like this, you should find more recent reviews. So much can change in 6 years. Other than that, it was an enjoyable video to watch 😊❤
When she said Skittles my cat, Skittles, looked up from his nap! 🤣
aww thats so cute
That's adorable!
Love your videos... But the random inserted images/videos from other sources looked a bit weird... Like they clashed with the flow of the video...
I just commented the same thing
i would love to see you order a 1 star cake and fix it!
yes!!!! I would love that!!!! love this idea so much!
11:33 I was actually just admiring your handsome boi when that cute editor’s not popped up!😂😂😂😂😂
Archie nailed his ‘video face’ in the car. So so gorgeous ❤
I got purple too. I think the purple was more blue toned than it should have been as the purple in the picture leans more pink but these this were pretty close.
I was so shocked because I for sure only saw pink! But when I looked again, I really get why they thought purple. I think a combination between the pink color on the first cake and the purple color on the second cake would have been perfect!
@@TheIcingArtist100% would have been perfect color. It’s so funny how you can give the same photo and get different interpretations every time. I love these videos. ❤
16:37 Holy fondant, Batman!
That thickness does not seem normal at all!
4 minutes 20 seconds in and I knew this was going to be a great video. "The strawberry cake collapsed." "we need to order the strawberry cake"
hi !! i think u should do a video where it's 1 vs 5 star bakeries BUT u also create a version of the cake and compare them? or maybe even a blind reveal where kevin gives his review and compares Without knowing u created one of them??
This z a great idea
@@starlet5350 thank u
Yess would love a video of you ordering from a one star bakery then you fix the cake 😁😁😁
The first cake bottom is giving me Stranger Things underworld lol
I would be very annoyed if I paid 600$ - 700$ for either of those cakes. 😂
You should do a show called cake doctor where you go to these crappy one-star bakeries and help them elevate themselves to at least a 3 or 4 star bakery.
like a restaurant makeover but for bakeries!!!! I would love that so much
Archie is the dog version of Kevin, I am sure that this has been mentioned. They both seem chilled and so sweet. 👌🏼
I wonder if the reviews would be different if they were from the last 3-6 months instead of 4-8 years ago?
I can't remember if you've done a video like this before or not, but it would be cool to see you and your husband compete in a bake off in your guys new kitchen!!
(I absolutely love your content and just how you are -- AND seeing your new kitchen, it looks amazing, as well as your whole renovation process for your house in general) 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎂🎂🎂
Lol your so nice! Here's the thing you get this kinda cake for fun, but people who are getting married want their cake to look perfect. So pretty good or mostly good won't be good enough. 😂
agreed! I'm always unbotherd because it's just a social experiment to me. BUT I would not have been happy if it were for my wedding cake
i mean this is a fun video she’s not getting married 😂😂
Just because it wasn't your experience doesn't mean it's busted or that they lied about their experience
I love the new kitchen but i do miss seeing archie behind you laying on the couch watching his mama do tiktok hacks his head popping up like a meerkat when you bring out the cake so cute 😊❤
that purple color is practically identical to from the reference photo they did an awesome job like the cake style isn't for me with the two squares basically but they did an AMAZING job with emulating the reference photo. That seems like maybe a bakery that is maybe seeing some comments and doing better based on those reviews.
they both def deserve 1 star. you were way too generous and nice.
0:19 God's wrath appears 😂
Feel like the use of the word “Busted”, invalidates the experience of the people who left reviews. As you guys now having a better experience in some aspects doesn’t mean those people were wrong.
I wonder if the people who are complaining about the taste just didn't know it's common not to eat the fondant.
I would give both of them 1 star because neither seemed worth the price. Prices for cakes are out of control and I can't remember how long it has been since I had a specialized cake for my birthday.
Not Laurie making a FREE recipe book?? I actually appreciate that so much, she's the sweetest fr
Hell yeah! This is my favourite series that you've done!
I would be pretty pissed if I paid $700 for a cake with fresh strawberries and didn’t even get strawberry flavor let alone fresh strawberries.
The editing of this video is so weird it's like it's done by AI or something
I have always wondered what you do with all the cakes after your videos?
Yeah … come to think of it … what do you do with all the cakes?
You were WAY too generous to that first bakery. If I got that I would be fuming!
Kevin does so well ordering the cake so calm and collected sweet 🩵🌺🌞🌞🌺🌺
Archie is soooooo adorable
On the first cake, the glossy texture with the pink color makes it look like a human flesh cube 😂
It's a hard one to judge on this occasion as I dislike the design of the original. I think you are being to kind Laurie. They are 1 stars. I could do better than that and I am just a hobby baker.
What do you do with all the left over cakes 🍰
You’re brave ordering from a 1 star bakery. Cake #2 certainly meets the requirements as far as looks and wins there. You’re right, the roses were gorgeous. Too bad about the lack of strawberry taste in the vanilla cake. But the chocolate sounded delicious. Cake #1 was weird looking with the wet goopy finish. Didn’t like the fake flowers. And big zero for the grocery store taste and flavour. Definitely has to be cake #2 as the clear winner. Unfortunately many, many bakeries don’t bake “technically” from scratch anymore. They buy big bags of commercial cake mixes. From Costco or some other supplier. It turns out basically a grocery store cake. Absolutely not what you want for a wedding cake. I’ve been baking from scratch for 40 + years , so I’m biased. But you can doctor a box cake successfully if you know what you’re doing.
YES!!! The bakery I used to work at didn't make anything from scratch, all boxed cake mix. Which then all of them just have that same basic artificial cake flavor. Betty Crocker at home is so easy, so why spend money ordering from bakery to get the same flavor?
@@TheIcingArtist Absolutely!! 👍👍
We love seeing Kevin on Camera! ❤
That purple color is exactly like the pic imo.
I am so glad my culture has 3 wedding ceremonies before your big day and 2 have western wedding cakes (2 of the pre wedding ones). Gives a lot of time to test a baker before your actual big day
I am intrigued... what culture is this?
What culture?😮
Archie is a whole vibe!!!!
ok, video idea... what can you do to fix a toppled cake in an emergency? maybe try a version with some decorations, one with re-icing it and one where you take smashed bits of cake and remould it like a giant cake-pop maybe?
Can you pay 3 different bakeries the same budget and let them surprise you with what they make? I’m talking 0 input in terms of inspiration, flavor, design etc 👀
Don't hurt me when I say I am a pie person and not a cake person, but I just love how you politely busting on so many expensive cakes out there. I'd never call myself a mean girl but you itch a mean girl scratch for me in an entirely "Bless your heart," sort of fashion.
Archie is so cute and most sweetest dog 🩵🩵🌺🌺
Love that you did this, and of course you are looking at reviews for those who bought for a huge event and even if something goes wrong, everything goes wrong in their heads. Especially when they are looking for cheap/low cost options. That last chocolate/chocolate cake looked delicious, not going to lie! I need to get back into making cakes again, just not great on the decorating part, but with practice I think I can do it, plus watching you has helped put things into perspective too. Have a fudge filling that's not too sweet and adds just that little oomph you need with a light chocolate cake, and it works great with adding strawberries or any other live fruit jam/what have you. Thank you for making this video, I just hope you could show their response to you rating their cakes and perhaps giving them advice on what they could do to make them better. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
I'm so with you on fondant, for looks when decorating its wonderful, but I also just hate eating the stuff, I peel it off any cake I'm handed with it on.
I love the second cake 🎂 they nailed the picture 🤩. I hope after fimling this video, the cake doesn't go to waste, and get to be eating by friends and family ❤
I will say I'm not a huge fan of the whole "busted" thing - just because they didn't do something when you ordered it from them this time doesn't mean that they haven't done it before! It makes it seem like you're out to disprove those negative reviews or catch them lying, which I don't think is your actual intention.
You said how modern the cakes are & I was thinking that they look like they are from a 1985 birthday party at Shady Pines 😂
13:40 ooh it's possible the person's screen had a different color balance than yours did, so when you sent the picture it came across more purple (I definitely see purple on my screen).
I wish you posted videos every dayyy!!! I get so happy when you post! You and Kevin are just the best and nicest people and can’t forget Archie of course! Thanks for making videos! Keep ‘em comin girl! Love ya!!!!!!
Hey guys!!
I have watched every single video u have made..I CANT GET ENOUGH!!! But I have one suggestion…when you put subtitles on screen about the comments u guys are saying during the videos they just go by so fast and so many times I don’t have the time to read them because they just zoom by and disappear 😩. And it’s always something funny but could u maybe slow those parts down a tad so we can read what u are putting..?? Hope that makes sense.
Love your videos and love u guys!!! 🥰
Brandi (California)
to be fair some of these reveiws are pretty old so a lot of things could have changed in that time.
The first one nailed the colors. The second one nailed the flowers and textures. They both are pretty cakes.
I always have to smile your dog has taken on your husband postures. 🤭
Wow, that wet, soggy fondant was extremely offputting.
I recently subscribed to your channel and I just wanted to say that I really enjoy watching your videos!! you are one of my favorite UA-camrs and you are amazing🩷🩷
The thing with reviews is a lot can change in 4 years, 6 years, etc. Not saying they can't be valid, especially if a lot are saying the same, but EVEN if it's family owned, there could be deaths/things passed on to younger generations of family, etc. I'd base off more recent reviews. Some were even from 8 years ago. Again, it was still valid, but it might not always be. Could have been an issue with certain people that were long gone, so you never know lol.
I am curious about the strawberry integrity thing. Is there truth in that? Is it strawberry filling specifically or any filling (raspberry, jam, etc)? Would you be willing to try that out/disprove it?
SO with the first bakery, they told me I could not have fresh strawberries in more than one tier of a cake because it wouldn't be strong. I'm guessing that would be the same with any fresh fruit. AND I'm guessing that's because of past experiences like Kyle's lol! But I totally agree on the length of time for some of the bad reviews. People saying they were dated etc. and clearly aren't now, or obviously things have changed over time which is great!
Adding fresh fruit is delicious, but over time the fruit tends to break down and weeps. This creates a whole mess of issues with gaps and mushy spots. Plus the fruit tends to break down the frosting the longer it sits.
Thank you both for the info. Makes sense about breaking down over time, for sure. I don't usually bake (or eat much baked goods 😅 too sweet for me), so if we make a cake with our daughter for fun, it's usually really simple and gone right away 😂 I just like watching baking stuff for the art and creativity of it, and a lot of it is shows where it's judged right away so I don't see (or think about) those issues lol
Cake #1 was *how much*? I would be beyond upset. It looks like someone with very little skill, and with the help of a toddler, made it.
Great video! Miss seeing you guys on UA-cam!! I love watching on UA-cam because I can put it on my TV which makes it awesome!! I hope you both are doing well 💓 look forward to seeing more videos on UA-cam!!
Laurie you’re far too nice! For that much money, especially for a supposed wedding cake, I’d be expecting so much more!
when the first word you say is "bulge", I am pretty sure that is what the other reviewer meant by uneven since they may not know much about how fondant works. It looked homemade and a little sloppy. and I HATED that one stick of partly gold leaves. imagine that showing up at your WEDDING!
Love, love, love your videos. Would love to see you order these 1 star cakes and try to fix/change them into a 5 star cake. ❤
I did a currency conversion, and a cake for $632 works out to around R11200.00 (South African Rands). If you were to pay that for a CAKE in SA, you would probably expect a scale replica of the Taj Mahal, with exact details rendered, and it would have to be the most delicious cake ever!
This is utter insanity!
8:36 ikyfl 😂😂with the job they did this cake is a $100 job
I saw purple too. 😂
Oh man, I love these videos so much, honestly the most entertaining content I've been watching you guys! Please keep em coming!
I missed this series❤❤
It's great to see you guys back again
Your pooch is just the cutest. 🤗 ❤
@@simplyjaz5278 their dog is cute so what's your problem?
Hey! I’m curious what do you do with the cakes after you taste test them ?
the way you have me in a chokehold lol I'm here in eight minutes