Cake Overload!

October 7, 2009 at 11:02 pm

I’m not going to lie, I’m so incredibly sick of cake!
I’ve made 5 cakes in the last 3 weeks (Granted, one of them got stuck in the pan so I’m not sure if that REALLY counts!), and I’m so glad my next 3 courses only require 1 cake every 3 weeks :)

Here’s some cake pictures to get you drooling ::

Cake Class – Week 3
We had to pipe clown figures. My one clown is kind of falling off because of a cake failure, but it adds character…right?

Next we have a spur of the moment cake for an anniversary. It didn’t turn out as I planned it, but I was working on a crazy timeline and it was my first time using fondant!

Last but certainly not least…

My last cake from the Wilton Course 1 class!
Our task this week was a chocolate cake, with roses. I think it turned out pretty good, I definitely need to work on my roses. Those suckers are hard!

There are tons of photos on my Flickr if you’re interested :)

I’m off to bed, more to come tomorrow!
Happy cake-ing :)

Cake Decorating Class – Week 2

September 25, 2009 at 11:44 am

Look at my cake!!!

This class was basically about getting our piping bags ready and learning some proper techniques.
I learned how to make drop stars, waves, spirals, a wave border and practiced some handwriting!

Next week we’re making a cute little clown cake!
I’m hoping my icing job turns out better, I think I need to work on my icing consistency. It was definitely too stiff last week and it made it very hard to cover.

I also need to stop eating this cake before I have a sugar overload!

Cake Decorating Class – Week 1

September 17, 2009 at 9:03 am

I had my first cake decorating class yesterday!

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I pretty much want to quit everything in life and just decorate cakes!

Seriously though, I’m taking a cake decorating class at Michaels and it is way more amazing than I thought it would be.
The instructor is a Pastry Chef (did you know there’s a different levels of chefs/bakers? I had no idea!). Essentially she’s so amazing that she can do everything =)
Not only is she great at what she does, but she is hilarious!

I’m going to go buy my supplies today. Thankfully Michael’s has a 50% off coupon I can use to get an amazing cake decorating kit.
I really really want a stand mixer, but they are so expensive! I’ll have to borrow for now!

I’ll be baking/decorating a cake every week, so look forward to some pictures!