Wilton Decorating Basics Class

So, on my journey to figure out what I want to be when I grow up I decided to take a Wilton cake decorating class at AC Moore. The class has been a lot of fun so far. The first class was starting from scratch and I learned a lot of cool tips that you don't think of like these.

1. How to torte a cake.
2. How to level a cake.
3. The correct consistency for your icing to make flowers, pipe decorations and ice your cake.
4. How cornstarch and wax paper can help you fix imperfections

We practiced some basic piping skills and I made these (don't judge me)!

The second week of class we got to practice what we learned in week one and also work with some other tips to pipe designs on our cakes. I have to be honest that I don't like the Wilton buttercream recipe, only because I prefer to use butter in my icing and not vegetable shortening. Come on, which sounds more appetizing to you? My husband thought it was great though so SCORE! Also, I don't particularly care for imitiation flavorings and will definitely be making my way to William Sonoma or the like for pure almond extract. Yes, I know my icing won't be pure white and will have a slight tint to it, but I can live with that.

So since my class is right after work and I feign exhaustion, I made a boo boo in class and colored all of my icing yellow! I should have saved some of it to dye a different color so you can see more detail on my fish design, but you guys will get the point (again, don't judge)!

I can't wait until next week when we begin learning to make Pom poms and other floral decorations. I'll keep ya posted.

What would you do if you weren't afraid? (Take baby steps toward finding a new career)

Smooches,

Keli