I officially finished Wilton Cake Decorating Course 1! Yay.
The final week pretty much all we worked on were roses. These little suckers aren't as easy as they look. Mine are no WHERE near the right design, but I think I'll just stick with the theory that I created my own rose. Ha.
I revealed to my other classmates that I never eat the cake that I have to bake each week. (I know - GASP) and they all accused me of being wasteful. They asked WHY?
My answer: because I don't want to be as big as a barn!
(and then there was silence...)
Today I decided to bring this cake to work. I have been hesitant to show other people my work because I am a perfectionist and my cakes have been FAR FROM perfection. Now that I've uploaded the pictures that show ALL my flaws, I realize how crummy the base icing looks. When they say PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE, they aren't kidding. It really does take a LOT of practice and a LOT of icing!
This icing recipe from Wilton calls for 1 pound of powdered sugar. This week one of the girls in my class asked, "Is there anything you can do to make the icing less sweet?"
I literally laughed out loud and said, "that's probably not possible given the recipe calls for a FULL pound of powdered SUGAR!" (Here's your sign...)
Course 2 starts next week and lasts for 4 weeks. Thankfully we don't have to bake a cake every single week like we did for course 1.
Not sure it's a masterpiece, but it's only the 3rd cake I've done.
*Cake #2 did not turn out very pretty. We had to make these creepy looking clowns. Mine were even creepier because I was too cheap to actually purchase the clown heads, so my "clowns" were just bodies with a big circle of icing for a head and no faces, which is why there are no pictures :)
6 comments:
I think this cake is beautiful! It's only your third one?!? You are going to be a cake making machine by the ed of this course! So pretty.
Becca, your cakes look WONDERFUL. You are just like me though, want everything to look picture perfect and the one thing you will have to accept is that icing is NOT perfect. There are tips and tricks that I have learned from mom that will help you smooth out the icing, that I will be happy to share with you. Keep up the good job sis, and practice, practice, practice. I agree though, don't eat every cake you make, our genes will not forgiving!!! lol
The clowns were freaky! I saw them and I left for the night. I wouldn't come back home until they were put away!
Oh my gosh!!!!! I have got the competition now. Your cakes are beautiful and I am not saying that because I am your Mom.
All of us Thornton girls are perfectionist and that makes it hard for us to do this.
Keep up the good work. As Jen said, practice, practice, practice.
Becca, you are being way to hard on yourself. This cake looks awesome. I am so glad you finally did an unveiling. I thought the roses were the hardest part too. Did you guys do any other flowers in your class? Some of the others are easier, thank goodness. I never ventured into the second class so can't wait to see what you guys do. Fun! And seriously, the cake looks awesome. Definitely awesome.
the roses look fabulous...i'd eat them up!!!
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