Corse III Complete!

Just finished my last week of Wilton's Course III in cake decorating. We were instructed to create a tiered cake and incorporate stuff that we learned during the course. These flowers are poinsettias and the cake has been sprinkled in glitter. I know, it seems more appropriate for Christmas, than March, but who cares? :)

Present Wrapped with Bow Cake

Just finished week 2 of Wilton's Course 3 of Cake Decorating. We all had to make a cake that looked like a present complete with a bow. I had so much fun doing this cake as I have been wanting to make a present cake for a while now. I wound up taking it over to my sister's house for her and her roommates to all eat. I'm so glad to be back in class again. :) We also learned how to do the fondant roses so I'll be practicing that this week.

Flower Basket Cake

I just completed Course II of Wilton Cake Decorating today and this was my final project: a basket of flowers. I did a slight different version than that of the lessons, which called for more of a spring-y look and I wanted to lean more towards an autumn appearance. But I'm partial to this cake...especially due to some difficulties with the cake that shall remain unspoken due to I don't feel like crying again! lol No but seriously, this cake was a lot of fun to make. It is a spice cake with buttercream frosting and royal icing flowers. I'm going to be saving it for my coworkers on Monday. I also heard that Monday or Tuesday is supposed to be the first day of fall so I guess the color theme is about right, huh?

Valentine's Day themed cake

Okay, I know February has come and gone but I couldn't resist making this cake - my final cake for course 1 of Wilton cake decorating. I'll be starting the 2nd course in June. Can't wait! This cake is a two layered 6" heart spice cake iced in buttercream frosting.

Carrot Cake

Each week in Corse 1 of Wilton cake decorating, we are required to bring in a cake to decorate in class using the techniques that we just learned. For week 3, I brought in a carrot cake. We learned how to pipe in class so how do you expect me to decorate a "carrot cake"? With carrots! I piped carrots and added leafs to each, but my favorite part is adding the crushed oreos on the top for potting soil. I love it! My boss's birthday just happens to be the same weekend so I will be bringing the cake in to work on Monday for everyone to enjoy.

Love cake - my first

This is my first decorated cake. We learned pattern transfers in class. The book suggested that we do a rainbow but I like to be different and not follow the crowd so I decided to do this instead. My Nana's birthday was yesterday but we're visiting today. I'll be bringing this along to share with everyone. It's a two layered rainbow chip cake iced in buttercream frosting.

Wilton Cake Decorating class

I have always been amazed by the blending of food and art! It's two fun things in one: creativity and delicious goodness! I've decided to enroll in Wilton cake decorating classes, offered by Michael's Arts & Crafts, my favorite crafting store. I had my first class today where we learned the basics of cake decorating, such as how to make the buttercream frosting and a few flower techniques. I decided to practice a little bit. It wasn't until later that I learned that it's not very easy to transfer buttercream flowers....that's corse 2 with royal icing.