Wilton Class - Week 2 1st Cake

Last night was our second Wilton class. We were required to bring in a baked and frosted cake to decorate. I brought a 2-layer spice cake and frosted it with yellow icing.    

Getting everything ready was a huge task. My mom and I live around 45 minutes away from the Michaels where the cake decorating class is taught. But, I work in the same city as the Michaels, so I had to get everything ready the night before to have it there in time for my class after work. I ended up going through 3 batches of icing because we had to take in different amounts of each stiff, medium, and thin consistency icing. The recipe we had to use didn’t make enough for all of those in one batch, plus I had to ice my cake. Wednesday night the kitchen was a disaster area. I had powdered sugar everywhere along with globs of icing all over everything. I’m a VERY messy baker/cook, but I’m trying to get better at it.

   

In class we practiced making stars, zig-zags, dots, writing, and the base for roses. After about an hour and a half of practicing, she left us go to decorate our cakes. Then the feeling of being overwhelmed set in. I stared at my cake and had no clue what to do. This is always a problem for me! I really liked the way the zig-zags looked as a border, so I decided to go with that. It’s a little harder actually decorating the cake versus the practice board. But as our instructor said, every cake will have a back to hide mistakes!

   

I’m really pleased with how the colors turned out. The pink really shows up against the light lemony yellow background. Since we were really limited in what we can do at this point, I decided to try writing on top. This time I used the larger disposable bag to pipe on the icing for writing. After using both the parchment and disposable bag, I learned that I have a much more control when using the parchment since I can hold it more easily in my hands. From now on, it’s parchment for writing all the way!

   

Next week we’re allowed to bring in cupcakes. I’m soooo excited about this because I absolutely love them. I think we’ll be learning another flower and some other border options.

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[Chubby Cheek Girls]

Good Job!-Linda