Cake Decorating Rubric

Cake Decorating Unit Rubric

Student:______Cake Title:______Block: ______0 1-2 3-4 5 POINTS Planning Plan not provided Plan inadequate, hard to Plan complete, neat Plan complete, easy to read, followed understand, not well-labeled, enough to follow. , completely not followed but not followed completely Theme Does not follow Some aspect of design can be Theme easily Creative interpretation of theme. Clever event’s theme. interpreted to go with theme. identified. and appealing. Unique

Icing Areas of cake are Uneven, visible crumbs, or not Spread evenly, but Spread evenly, Smoothly finished. Is even not iced. level. lacks some evenness and consistent and consistency. Borders No border, or not Border not aligned and not Border is somewhat Border is neat and aligned. Uniform all mounted correctly. uniform around cake. Gaps aligned and uniform. around the cake. No gaps. Few gaps. Writing No writing on cake Writing is hard to read, , Writing is easy to Straight, crisp. Easy to read. Enhances distracts for overall design read, but is not design. uniform. Frosting Decorations No frosting Inappropriate size, unpleasing Appropriate for Appropriate for size of cake. Skill mastery decorations. color scheme. theme, but too large evident. Appropriate size and amount for or small for cake. Too size of cake. Colors enhance design many or not enough. Unpleasing color scheme. Fondant & No fondant/gum Inappropriate size, unpleasing Appropriate for Appropriate for size of cake. Skill mastery Gum Paste Decorations paste decorations. color scheme, theme, but too large evident. Appropriate size and amount for inappropriate/inconsistent or small for cake. Too size of cake. Colors enhance design. thickness. many or not enough. Appropriate and consistent thickness. Unpleasing color scheme. May or may not be appropriate & consistent thickness. Level of difficulty Cake design and Cake design/ decorations Cake design and Cake display many skills decorations are display a few skills decorations display at simplistic several skills Customer appeal Cake is not Cake needs many improvements Cake needs just a few Cake is appealing to customers appealing. to be ready for customer improvements to be ready for customer

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