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I don't think the second one is a gravity defying cake and I was SO disappointed when I heard the horse in the first one was NOT a cake... The third one though, despite the wires, was my absolute favorite

I feel like we're not appreciating Kevin's talent to drive these insane cakes home every time! This category really put it to the test

If you look at a real feather, you can see the sort of "spine" of the feather. So seeing the wires seems 100% on par with realistic feathers (both cake 1 & 3). But 3 was the only one who truly followed the prompt. 1. was gravity defying but not a gravity defying CAKE. 2 was confused. that's a 3d cake. and 3. followed the prompt beautifully.

So for next in the series, an insane decorated cake that is BUTTERCREAM ONLY! No fondant, gum paste, etc. all decoration is butter cream only.

I feel like the gravity defying cake challenge needs to be done again, except give each bakery a photo of what you want and see who can best recreate it. Kind of like when you did that with your crayon box cake.

But the Pegasus one wasn't a gravity defying cake. It was just a well-decorated sheet cake with a fancy topper.

Can Kevin film himself driving the cakes home? I am wondering on a regular basis how they arrive in one piece!

That was a lot of cake on two little legs for the owl cake. I’d call it gravity defying more than the Pegasus since the gravity defying part wasn’t cake. The owl cake was huge.

If the flying bird was not just white but like a phoenix red-golden - it would have been INCREDIBLE! (also would have solved the wire-problem)

I LOVE that peacock cake! I wouldn't be too bothered by seeing the wire slightly through the middle, since natural white feathers also tend to have a darker spine. It's stunning. I do think maybe a slight luster dusting with some of the gold already used in the design anyway would have made it even more dynamic. The pegasus is also gorgeous! And you get so much cake for your money, so I definitely think, based on bang for your buck, the pegasus definitely takes the cake. But for me, the peacockk wins. The character is cute, but def not gravity defying.

The second one was definitely not gravity-defying in the sense that we think of it but it is for sure worth the $600 or more. Remember the grocery store cake you made into a two-tier wedding cake and a baker told you they would charge $500 for that?? This character cake has SO MUCH MORE detail and would take at least double the time. Don't you think?

I feel like if they airbrushed the peacock red-yellow-orange with “gold dust” it would have been an incredible phoenix and hidden the flaws

The bird was art. I don't think I've ever seem a more beautiful cake. WOW!

$600 doesn’t feel like a lot for a gravity defying cake to me. Maybe I’m just overestimating the amount of work that the cakes require.

For the second cake, just wanted to point out, in many places, especially in Asia, people use umbrellas during summers to shield themselves from the sun as they’re walking. Since she has an ice cream in her hand, isn’t wearing gum boots and there are all those summer flowers, I’m assuming it could be a summer time cake instead of rainy season cake.. just my thoughts

Please do “deconstructing” episodes of these amazing cakes - we want to see how they put them together!

I was almost legitimately angry when I heard you say the pegasus cake was your favorite but glad you came to your senses after 24 hours..lol. The third cake was the clear winner all around. It was breathtaking and awe-inspiring that the gravity defying part was actually cake. That cake artist is truly skilled and understood the assignment.

All 3 are wonderful. The Animal little girl cake truly is adorable, and it she doesn’t meet the criteria. More as you say, a 3D character cake. Gravity defying should have an element hovering above the cake. And I totally concur with flying bird cake. Love that it was monochromatic. Had they dusted/coloured the feather structure, say silver or gold, that would have hidden the wires and given depth and more interest to the overall cake.

Best series! Can we also say a big thank you to Kevin for driving all these cakes home! I've to traveled with a few wedding cakes to venues and that's stressful! 🥰

I would LOVE to see a cryptid cake-off! Also 90s/early 2000s cartoons like powerpuff girls, sailor moon, courage the cowardly dog, etc....and a dragon cake-off would be amazing.

I think the umbrella in the 2nd cake is a parasol. That’s why the character isn’t wet & would explain the ice cream. All beautiful cakes, the 3rd one is stunning!

I would agree the second cake was more so 3d than gravity defying

JUST ONCE I want to see deconstruction on some of these wild crazy cakes. I think how they're put together and able to withstand is way cooler than how they taste, the detail, etc. Also think the bird (swan? Phoenix? White peacock?) was stunning. Way cooler than the other two

i guess in the future when you want to make sure these bakeries stick to their specialty, you have to tell them. like specifically say to the high-end wedding cake shop "give me a gravity-defying *wedding* cake."

At first I thought the girl was also more 3D than gravity defying but if you consider how big her body is to how thin and small her legs are, I kind of buy it a little as gravity defying. I think the concept is just spring. Spring showers, playing outside, eating ice cream. I totally expected a valentines or galentines cake challenge. Maybe next year?

Cake #2 - a huge cake held up by two little sticks? Pretty good engineering. I'd call it gravity defying

I srsly love this series...it's like the bakeries keep getting better and better...thanks Laurie for keeping us entertained...pls keep this series going because we love it 💕

The peacock cake is absolutely stunning. I wish they had airbrushed it into a phoenix to make it just a bit more magical. Only my opinion, but a little coloring, such as a red-orange ombre or fire theme, might have made it really stand out while also hiding or distracting from some of the wiring more. Still absolutely loved it!!

I always wonder what happens to all the left over cakes. Do their neighbours have an endless supply of cakes missing one piece?

The owl cake was so adorable. And I couldn’t help but think it’s cute and funny that the umbrella is technically not big enough to cover her head but more like cover her ice cream. Lol

I have made A LOT of cakes, but I can’t even begin to imagine how much work and structure these cakes took. These are amazing. The beautiful bird (peacock?) is absolutely incredible. 💕

I love how she is pointing out the mistakes while wearing a shirt that says “focus on the positive”

How to Cook That's Anne Reardon does an excellent tutorial on gravity defying cakes. She had a kettle corn cake and a gingerbread house from Up! That looked amazing.

The third cake (bird) is definitely my favourite, because it is the only gravity defying CAKE. There is some room to improve details, but the construction is next level compared to the other two. Although it does make me wonder how often the gravity defying elements of these types of cakes are actually cake. You wouldn’t be able to tell.

I think The last cake is the best. The second one is REALLY strange. It’s definitely more 3D than defying gravity.

You could totally make a gravity defying cake! You’ve got mad cake decorating skills! Do it!!! Please!!! 😁🙏

I think a 3D dragon or castle cake challenge would be amazing. Both of these would have so much detail.

The beautiful white bird cake was my favorite! Absolutely stunning artistic talent to make that cake!!

I really like the phoenix cake...my jaw literally dropped. It is amazing! I wished it was more phoenix-ie colors...like reds, blues, golds, etc. But still crazy amazing.

The owl cake is absolutely adorable. What a cute little character. 😍🦉

The cakes are beautiful. But, for $600 (each) I would expect these cakes to feed more people; especially the last one. There should have been a base cake. How to cut the last two seems to be a puzzlement. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The third one is my favourite!! It looks the best, it is so elegant, and I really like that the gravity defying part is the actual cake. I was a bit disappointed the pegasus in the first one was not the cake itself

can you sent a picture of your dog and tell the Bakeries to do a 3D cake t think it will be sooo cute and fun to see how each Bakery did

I'm very curious to see how Kevin gets these things home in one piece. Maybe you should do a video on this lol 😂

*The last cake which was the big white majestic bird IS BY FAR the best cake I've ever seen on this channel oml imagine showing up to an event and seeing that cake* 🥵❤️

I think a cool idea could be where you give the bakeries a real life object such as Sour path kids or even a TV! They all try to recreate it the most realistic as possible and in the end you vote which ones the best. :) Love your videos! You give a lot of helpful tips that continue to improve my baking skills!!!!

The white Peacock cake was truly amazing!!!!! 😍😍😍😍 It was a beautiful, elegant design. The artistry was a million times better than anything else. It looked like it should have been very, very expensive. ❤️

I like that I could cut and serve the Pegasus cake and guests could still see and enjoy its beauty to the very end!

I feel like for the second one the theme could have been the fact that it’s summer time however it’s really hot outside which could explain the cheeks and also for the umbrella some people do use umbrellas in the summer time to avoid the sun beaming on them. IDK just my assumption😁😂

I’d like to see a mash up cake challenge. For instance, my youngest graduated high school on my 50th bday. Typically we order an elaborate multi tiered cake for graduation (party) that incorporates all the special sport, hobby, school themes/colors and shows off what college they’re heading to & what they’re studying. So it’s ultimately over the top personal to the grad. But since a 50th bday (especially mom’s), and it signals the beginning of empty nest life... both should be celebrated in one mash up epic cake (as an example).

Omg! That last cake is genuinely one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! I’m single as a Pringle and over here wanting that for my future wedding!! 😍😍

Amazing as always! Would love to see bakeries make cakes of your dog! And also a budget wedding cake! See who can do the most for a very small budget! Thanks for sharing! 💕

The bird cake is amazing! It looks stunning and the actual cake was gravity defying.

I’m really curious as to what the gravity defying element was made of in the first cake! My best guess is that it was probably styrofoam to stay that well assembled and able to bounce, but I can think of several other things that would’ve worked too!

I wonder if all the chocolate peanut butter ones are all the same bakery using her as a reference to make the *perfect* chocolate peanut butter cake

Three amazing cakes, for me it was the white cake bird! Love this. Next cake, how about a "Carousel" cake?

The 3rd is amazing! I would really like to know what’s all edible on each piece? Maybe I missed it but I was expecting all of it If not most of it to be edible! Maybe that’s just me? Obviously the support can’t be cake when it’s gravity defying! The owl/ umbrella one was kind of gravity defying but definitely agree it’s more 3D! This is all coming from my extensive “research” watching bakery videos! 😂 Love you Laurie glad your feeling better and are able to record!!

You should try to request an optical illusion cake next!

I would LOVE that bird cake for my wedding ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love the white Phoenix! It’s so pretty! I want that for my wedding. Btw, can you do this for Easter? Third favorite holiday

Kevin you are a magician. How on earth do you get these cakes home in one peice?

That white peacock is magnificent!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🫶🏻🫶🏻💋🇺🇸🌸

The alicorn cake is absolutely mind-blowing

This last cake is so insanely beautiful....would be a spectacular wedding cake (topper, much smaller)

Love all of the cakes! They all are unique and I think whoever made one of them did an incredible job! I also think the last one totally fits the topic perfectly! Love your vids Laurie! 😊

I love you and the cakes YOU make!! You make cakes so much better than any of the cakes I’ve ever seen you had made! These were a bit disappointing for $600!!

These are my absolute favorite videos!!!!! 💜 u and thank you so much for these comparison videos I could literally watch them all day!!!!!!

These are incredible!!!! I love your uploads, such a great way to start the day.

Here's how I would rate the cakes: Cake no. 1 - $350 - $400 The cake was good overall but the gravity defying bit wasn't even edible Cake no. 2 - $240-$300 It was a beautiful cake but it wasn't a gravity defying cake. Also the concept didn't make sense Cake no. 3 - $600-$650 Wow, just wow. That's all I have to say

i LOVE the swan pleaseeeeeeee omg its so BEAUTIFUL

it would have been so interesting to see how these cakes where made, what did hold them up, what was all cake. But woooow those were absolutly beautiful

Hey Laurie loving this series and I love that you love doing these videos although I do really miss your decerating cakes videos, lots of love to you Archie and Kevin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

I love how exited she always is and how you can hear how stressed Kevin is lol

This series is so awesome!

The pegasus cake is just a topper. The last one not only met the challenge but was also yummy.

I love this series ❤️

The one with the pegasus would have "won" for me, but that baker cheated, IMO. The only "gravity defying" part was just a really cool topper. The owl may not be super impressive from a gravity standpoint, but I would expect to pay $500+ for it in my area. The last cake is really impressive, but I agree that the black wires really detract from the "wonder/mystery" of a gravity defying cake...they could have also dusted more of the feathers in the gold just to give them a bit more dimension and define them a bit more because looking at it from far away, the feathers kind of look like scruffy fur. They are all better than I could do, though, so good for them! :)

My favorite of all the Icing Artist videos! which amazes me because normally I like seeing you decorate far more than the "paid bakery contest" videos. As to the question, were they all worth $600? They weren't all equal... Whatever is fair for the Phoenix and Pegasus, the umbrella chick should be about 10-12% less. But I'm using "artistic impact" for that. Cost/Value per serving would have a very different result.

Those cakes are amazing!!

3. Penguin girl - Not a gravity defying cake 2. Horse - Not a gravity defying cake. Just a cake with a styrofoam topper 1. Swan - Finally someone actually meets the criteria. Great detail and the actual cake is gravity defying!

Amazing work on all of them! The owl cake was lovely and just having the two legs for support is certainly impressive, but it just doesn't have much impact. The white bird has got to be my favourite. I personally think the white colour with gold highlights looks amazing, although perhaps a little more gold to hide those wires. The pegasus was amazing too of course, and the detailing on the scenery was amazing, though I wonder what the pegasus itself was made of? Styrofoam?

I feel like the reason they were all still standing after 24 hours, is that the bakeries knew the cakes were high risk, and made extra sure they would keep standing, while with some of the other 3D cakes, they might have underestimated how much structure the cake would need.

The Phoenix is the most creative and stunning cake I’ve ever seen. An art sculpture.

First thing I thought of when I saw "Defying Gravity" was Wicked the Musical lol. You should have a bakery make a WIcked the Musical Cake that would be awesome I would totally love that!

The bakers have to know at this point, right? They watch this series, right?

I absolutely love the peacock cake! But I so wish they would have done it in color! If it was in color it would just be so breathtaking!

I bet the cake artist is glad once the cake is picked up and not there problem any more lol talk about a stressful job xx

Was just scrolling through your page and this comes up… exactly what I needed now 😍😍😍

I’m curious where the leftovers of the cakes go? Do you guys eat all of them, do you give them to your neighbors and relatives and friends, do you give them to the people on the streets, or do you just throw them away? Cos I really doubt that you finish all of those humongous amounts of cake.

The last one is so beautiful!

Love that you gave us a 24hr update!!! Can we see a couple clips of Kevin trying to drive them home?!?! I can't imagine how stressed he gets!! I would be

I don’t think cake 2 was gravity defying or worth the price, but it was still my favorite. SO CUTE.

Here is my opinion: 1) The first one was amazing. Briliantly detailed and overall show stopping. However, it wasn't exactly a gravity defying cake. One of the reasons gravity-defying cakes are so hard to make is because cake is very heavy, so it needs a well thought-out support structure, but if the gravity-defying part is not even cake, I don't think it should count. 2) It wasn't gravity-defying at all. It was beautiful and an amazing 3-D cake, but that's it. I think the umbrella part was supposed to be 'gravity-defying', but is it truly defying gravity if there is an entire human structure holding it up? 3) Now this was what I like to call gravity-defying. I personally didn't mind the wires, as it kind of brought a realistic feel to it. Birds have quite dark spine structure which is usually visible through feathers. Kind of like veins on our wrists. In front of the pegasus, I get how it can look a bit bland, and perhaps it would have been much better if they had coloured it red-orange to make it look like a phoenix but even now, it is so beautiful and the intricate designs are just brilliant.

I just discovered your channel and I’m really loving it. Thank you so much for your great content.

I hope the bakeries post these all over their social media. They're so cool!

The only one was the white peacock, None of the other ones were worth the price. Gravity defining cake means the cake is the one in the air suspended from whatever they use for the suspension. The Pegasus was cool but not cake. The girl owl was adorable.

First cake - I loved it completely, until you mentioned how little cake you get for that price. Kind of ruined it for me. Second cake - not what I would have expected, its cute but I wanted much more surprise. Third cake - I agree completely with the black wires needing to be white. Otherwise it was a great concept and really nice. I feel like there should be at least a touch of color somewhere. With that being said, I would have to pick the first cake for overall concept, I just wish there was more actual cake for the price.

The 3rd one wins for me. The craftsmanship is out of this world!

Idea: travel to different cities and order cakes like this. Example: Ordering whimsical NY cakes in NYC, or Ordering dolphin cakes in Miami/Key West, etc.