i decorate cakes for a living.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing or frosting and other edible decorative elements to make plain cakes more visually interesting. Alternatively, cakes can be molded and sculpted to resemble three-dimensional persons, places and things. Cakes are decorated to mark a special celebration (such as a birthday or wedding). They can also mark national or religious holidays, or be used to promote commercial enterprises. However, cakes may be baked and decorated for almost any social occasion. Cake decorating originated in 17th century Europe. During the 1840s, the advent of temperature-controlled ovens and the production of baking powder made baking cakes much easier. As temperature control technology improved, an increased emphasis on presentation and ornamentation developed. Cakes began to take on decorative shapes, were adorned with additional icing formed into patterns and flowers, and food coloring was used to accent frosting or layers of cake. Cake decorating was rumored to be started by a French bakery in the 1840s where a French baker wanted to increase the prices of the cakes and hence thought to decorate it. Even though baking from scratch decreased during the latter part of the 20th century in the United States, decorated cakes have remained an important part of celebrations such as weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, showers and other special occasions.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "So, cake decorating, like making a cake look nice with the icing or other sugar substance of your choice, is actually really hard to do? Are you able to do it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm sure it is! I've never done it, but I've seen some awesome cakes! Have you? How long does it take?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh I would have to say at least an hour if you want it to look good. Ive tried to do it for many social occasions and I definitly no expert but there are people out there who make amazing cakes!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Neat! I remember seeing a \"Simpsons\" cake design & a football design that were both very neat. I bet there are great resources out there to learn!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are actually classes you can take for it! Patterns, colors, sculpting, you name it !"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Neat! Could you tell me more about the classes specifically? Are you walked through sculpting and creating patterns?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, its very much like one of those new things they have \"painting with a twist\" where your walked through how to paint a picture and everyone makes the same thing, but you start with a plain cake and everyone follows the instructor step by step in making the same design!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Awesome! That sounds really cool, I'm intriguied. I think it would be interesting to see how lose everyone in a class gets to the instructor's cake!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes they all end up really similar but different in their own ways! Its really fun to watch or do! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Neat! Well I might look into it! I might also ask other people for more information who are really into baking."}]