My Second cake!

So unfortunately I could not make it to my class tonight, but I still tried my hardest to practice at home and make my cake. Since I missed class I was unable to practice making those weird clown shapes, but I did practice my drop flowers, and shell border as best as I could. I cant wait to go back next week for our final project: The Wilton Rose.


Here I am hard at work makin the shell borders :D

This was my end result. I was very pleased with it this time and I have to thank hubs this time around because he helped me make the icing :)

My First Cake!

Last night was my 2nd cake decorating class and it went really well!

We practiced all sorts of stars, border fill-In's, curving lines, zigzags, printing and the first part of the Wilton Rose. I totally didnt realize that holding the decorating bag a certain way would make my wrist hurt because by the end of the class I was in pain! I had tons of fun though. I decided to make the cake that was on the cover of my Wilton Cake Decorating Beginners Guide. This is what I ended up with:

and a cute one of Christina poking at it! She couldn't help herself!

I think its not bad for my first cake. Next time I have to make sure to add little more food coloring to the icing so that the colors "pop" a bit more. My green was way too light! I need to think of what to make for my second cake....so stay tuned for next week! :D

Wilton Cake Decorating Classes

So I signed up to take some cake decorating classes. Why you ask? because I want to learn to decorate cakes like a pro :P I did some researching and I found that Michaels offers cake decorating classes so I signed up. The awesome part is that my class cost me $17.50 for a 4 week course! Today is my first class and I am excited and nervous at the same time.

I will be taking the beginners course which is:

Course I
Discover Cake Decorating
Focuses on basic skills and techniques, from icing prep and simple borders to roses.

From there I can move to the other courses they offer

Course 2
Flowers & Borders
Teaches more borders and flowers. 8 different flowers, including pansies, mums, and daisies, plusbasketweave and Color Flow

Course 3
Fondant & Tiered Cakes
Introduces rolled fondant, advanced borders, lily nail flowers (lilies, poinsettias, petunias and more)and tiered cake assembly

Course 4
Fondant & Gum Paste Course
Our expert instructors show you how to marbleize fondant, work with the ribbon cutter, make gum paste flowers, and so much more!

I am excited and will be blogging about my progress as I go along!