Thursday, October 24, 2013

More cake decorating

I went to the third of my four cake decorating classes today. This is just the most basic, level I class offered by Wilton. Going to the class definitely teaches a lot more skills than just trying to work through the book on my own, plus it is so much fun! Our instructor is a really funny Mexican lady, who teaches the class bilingually, in English and Spanish, so I am improving my Spanish, too. :)


Next class, we are decorating a character cake.

I love how she taught us how to make the colored ribbons.

Of course, cake is never going to be a health food. I do make my own buttercream frosting, and only use the natural, plant-based food colors, but oh, there is so much sugar still! The kids were scandalized that I scraped the frosting off the decorated cupcakes from the last class before letting them eat them. 

I am going to take a break until next year before taking the level II class, because I have been baking so many more treats than usual while doing these classes. Combining that with the holidays just seems like total overkill. 

But yes, it's super fun! I highly recommend it! 

7 comments:

  1. Very nice roses! Those were always my downfall, but you've done them beautifully! :)

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  2. Have you tried cutting the sugar in your frosting? I cut the sugar nearly in half in a frosting I make and the kids haven't noticed :) Every time I made it, I cut a little more until I found the right balance. I've never understood why baked goods are packed with soooo much sugar.

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  3. What kind of food colors did you use by the way?

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  4. That's beautiful! Are you going to make the shower and wedding cakes for your church?

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  5. This brings back memories of when I took a Wilton cake decorating class years ago. Frosting or no, I didn't want all that cake in the house. So I turned the tall (what, 2" maybe?) 10" Wilton cake pan upside down and frosted it with royal icing. When the royal icing hardened I had a perfectly even "cake" to practice on, and after every class I just hosed that nasty "buttercream" off and it was ready to practice on again.

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  6. Love those ruffles. Hopefully someday I can learn how to make them. You're inspiring me to decorate some cakes.

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