So Wilton Cake Decorating Course I, here I come. I walk in (head towards the ground) thinking these people are going to laugh at me and my kindergarten skills. However, it only took about 5 minutes before my fellow classmates made me feel like a pro. The instructor was asking questions like, "Have you ever baked a cake? or Have you ever iced a cake?" And I almost fell out of my chair when these ADULTS answered, "no." I immediately began thinking this was going to be a total waste of my time.
Nevertheless, we began reading our course manual and discussing what we needed for the next class. I think I fainted when the instructor mentioned we had to bring an un-iced cake along with our very own HOMEMADE ICING. When it came time to make the icing let's just say I was thankful for my Kitchen Aid Mixer (the Christmas gift I really didn't want but ended up loving more than anything else). Anyways, the results a.k.a Cake #1. Quite hideous I know. But the flowers or stars or whatever you want to call them are pretty!
As you can see from this picture, I had A WHOLE LOT to learn. Up until this point I hadn't even realized how important it was to level the cake before stacking and icing. And let's be honest, my stacking and icing needed some work as well. At least my piping skills were decent!!
For the second cake I decided to take my focus away from the decorations and gear it towards having a LEVEL AND SMOOTH cake. I would say I succeeded. Definitely an improvement from the first cake. Just ignore the scary clown. This class was focusing on different consistencies of buttercream and I was forced.
As for the last cake....my self-belief and coolness finally returned. The cake was level and the icing was smooth. But I'll go ahead and say outloud what all of you are thinking....the buttercream roses were AWESOME!!!! The lesson learned with this cake.....NEVER ATTEMPT BLACK BUTTERCREAM.
The next three courses were kind of a blur. I was learning so many things that I forgot to take pictures of most of my hideous, I mean lovely creations. I've included the pictures from my first attempt at colorflow along with my very first two cakes covered with fondant.
I have to admit the decorating classes definitely taught me a lot. Without them lord only knows how many more embarassing birthday cakes my poor husband would have had to share with friends and family.
The most important lesson I learned from those courses....being a perfectionist and cake decorator do not belong in the same sentence. Something always goes wrong. You just have to get creative and cover it up!
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