Robotic cupcakes
March 24, 2008 at 2:48 PM | Posted in technology, youtube | 15 CommentsWhoa. Has it really been 5 days since my last update? I’ll try not to let that happen again. ;) Did you all miss me? (Come on… show me some love! Huh huh? Nikki? anyone? haha)
A couple weeks ago I got an email from an IHC reader that included the following youtube links asking for my feelings on the matter. They are short and contain no dialogue but they gave me a thoughtful revelation at the end… Where have all the cupcake decorators gone?
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Want to see more? Click here, here and here.
What do you think? Leave me a comment.
I’ll post my thoughts in a follow up entry…
Thanks Rebecca for sharing the youtube video links. Rock on with your bad cake decorating self!
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Nooooo! I hate that this too is turning into mindless machine work. I love the personal touch that decorating cakes leaves. When I get/give a decorated cake/cupcake I know the many hours (minutes :) ) of time and love that went into making it beautiful. Stupid machines… ::kicks rocks on ground::
Comment by NinaBeth— March 24, 2008 #
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Pingback by Robotic cupcakes— March 24, 2008 #
Boo on being outsourced to a machine!
Comment by Natalie— March 24, 2008 #
That just stinks!
Comment by April— March 24, 2008 #
::rubs eyes, blinks::
Comment by Racheypoo— March 24, 2008 #
There probably tasteless, as it is mindless.
Comment by Mignon— March 24, 2008 #
That makes me die a little inside, and also glad that I don’t buy those things. I think I’ll stick with my own crappy decorating, thank you very much!
Comment by Caitlin— March 24, 2008 #
ohh i missed you … wait I still got my CB love bahaha I’m cooler than the rest of you :P
Um ya, that is some BS
Comment by nikki57— March 24, 2008 #
Well that’s kinda creepy. But the cake and frosting on these types of cakes usually taste yucky anyway. SO let them be automated and creepy, I’m not buying them.
Comment by Mary— March 24, 2008 #
Wow. As much as I would sometimes like a machine to do the work after a long day of baking, it would certainly take the satisfaction out of the end product!
Comment by Kristina— March 24, 2008 #
Um, is that the Entenmann’s Factory? Hmm. I have missed you! Glad you’re back!! ( I thought for sure I’d see some Easter cuppies on here yesterday!)
Comment by Andrea— March 25, 2008 #
It’s about time. I was having CB withdrawls!!
And boo on the robot!
Comment by KRMWV— March 25, 2008 #
Well on the one hand it does bring down the cost involved. Goodness knows those carrots were probably more consistently cuter than my own. And no carpal tunnel problems. ;-)
But I think a lot of the beauty in cake decorating is in the imprecise stuff. A rose in nature isn’t perfect, I like more natural looking roses when I decorate too. I bet if you put 30 robotic cakes next to one human decorated cake, we would naturally be drawn to the one cake that is just slightly different from the 30 other perfectly same ones. And these robots are only capable of decorating to what they have been programmed for~ no real creativity. Which is what makes decorated cakes so special!
Comment by Tempered Woman— March 25, 2008 #
It makes me sad! My heartbeat quickens as soon as I realize I’m getting close to “decorating” time! When you pour your heart & soul into even a tiny litle cuppy, it makes a WORLD of a difference. I am PROUD to stand at the end of the day covered in flour, sugar, and even spats of icing from piping-bags-gone-bad! :-)
Comment by Stacey— March 25, 2008 #
I was wondering where you were!!! I check the site almost daily and I was sad!!!
Comment by Suzy Q-zy— March 25, 2008 #