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Cake Decorating Cake Decorating A team of two-four students are asked to decorate a cake with a theme. They must utilize one decorating technique (i.e. pastry bag, decorating comb), and tint their frosting to desired color(s). Rubric Code: HXX234X By ldantoni Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Education Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Cake Decorating
	Excellent 8 pts	Good 6 pts	Needs Improvement 4 pts
Icing	Excellent Spread evenly. Smoothly finished. No signs of crumbs. Dye is mixed properly.	Good Spread evenly. Signs of some crumbs. Color is consistent.	Needs Improvement Uneven. Signs of crumbs. Color streaks in some areas.
Neatness	Excellent Neat appearance. Decorations well balanced and shaped.	Good Neat appearance. Well balanced, but uneven shape of decorations.	Needs Improvement Uneven cake shapes. for the theme. A bit careless in the craftsmanship.
Decoration	Excellent Appropriately followed the theme. Appropriate sizes for cake. Pleasing color scheme. Colors well blended and consistent throughout cake.	Good Appropriate theme. Inappropriate sizes for cake (too big, too small). Colors not bright and appealing.	Needs Improvement Inappropriate theme. Inappropriate sizes for cake (too big, too small). Unpleasing color scheme.
Teamwork	Excellent Students were observed actively engaging with each other in all parts of the design process.	Good Students were engaged in the process but not actively challenging each other to think deeper. Or were engaged at times but independent at other times	Needs Improvement Students were not actively engaging with each other despite partners attempts. Or partners were observed as being off task for more then 50% of the activity
Creativity	Excellent Designed to attract audience attention.	Good Lacks originality.	Needs Improvement Cake idea needs more thought.
Difficulty	Excellent An original idea that pays attention to detail.	Good Cake looks ordinary.	Needs Improvement Pays little or no attention to planning in detail.