17 Apr

Wilton Course 1, Class 3

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Ahh, the clown cake. I realize that I have great difficulty keep my tip straight up and down and as a result, my clown looks a little drunk. HA. My cake is kind of a mish mash of all the different techniques we learned last night - of course the clown, two different types of drop flowers, dots, and the shell border (oh and writing, since we learned that last week but I didn’t use it on last week’s cake). I wish I had more of a creative mind - the cakes that a couple of women made were just beautiful! I’ll have to work on that. Or just buy a book of ideas

Some more pictures:

(closer shot of my shell border)

(close ups of two drop flowers that I made)

10 Apr

Wilton Course I, Class 2

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For our second class we were to bring in a baked cake (either one high layer or two separate layers), a filling, a ton of icing, and all of our tools. We started out by learning and practicing stars, curved lines, tight zigzags, and writing in print and cursive.

After we got warmed up we leveled the top of the cake and then torted it (I made an 8×3 cake so that I could practice both the leveling and torting). I think my favorite part of this class, even more than the decoration, was creating a cake that was so level and straight with layers so even. Who knew a $3 cake leveler could do so much?! Once the cakes were torted, we piped a “dam” barrier around the outside of the bottom layer and then filled it (I used raspberry jam). We put the top layer on and iced the entire cake. Wow, a turntable can make a world of difference! Hello smooth sides!

We did not have to make the “Rainbow Cake” as we were able to bring in cookie cutters to imprint a design of our choice onto the cake and fill it in. I chose a spring-like flower, and then practiced my tight zigzag around the top border and a crinkled star around the bottom border.

(I had some bad lighting when I came home last night and the cake didn’t last until today without a sliver being taken out of it, but you can envision an entire cake ;-))

Next week we make the “Clown Cake” and learn and practice the… duh duh duh… ROSE!

I’m loving this class and can’t wait until next week! I’m actually toying with the idea of making a cake JUST to decorate between now and then

03 Apr

Wilton Course I, Class I

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Last night was my first Wilton class and I had such a great time; I am looking forward to getting into the decorating!

There are 6 students in my class, which I guess is a good amount. I’d think that less is always better, but as Clara pointed out, having more people enables you to learn from one another. So wise, so wise. The instructor is great - she owns a local bakery and has been decorating cakes for probably longer than I’ve been alive!

The first class covered some of the following basics:

Different icing consistencies
How to properly assemble a pastry bag
A demonstration on how to level a cake
Filling and icing a cake to prep for decoration
How to color icing

After class we all went out into the store to pick up some supplies that will be used in the class. Below are some pictures of the things I picked up:

A caddy to keep all of my supples in
(thanks for the recommendation, Katie!)