Hello world. Yesterday was my last class in decorating basics and it was bitter sweet. We had a nice group of ladies in our class that were helpful (crap where is my spatula) and supportive (that really does look like a flower). Our instructor, Barbara, is a doll. Think of your third grade elementary school teacher (she really is a teacher) encouraging, patient and willing to go the extra mile. And did I mention patient? I was a mess yesterday. I was running late because of the rain, I needed to sign up for the next class before all of the spaces were filled; I forgot that I needed dye and just a complete mess! Sometimes you have those days even when you think that you were totally prepared.
So for this class we learned how to make ribbon roses, which turned out to be extra difficult with the humidity yesterday. The first one didn’t turn out that well, but with Barbara’s help I got the technique and a great compliment! “You turn that flower nail like a pro!” I probably grinned like a Cheshire cat. After the third flower between the humidity and the heat from my hand my icing started to melt. I kept trying just so that I could work on the technique.
We spent a lot of time on flowers and also practiced handwriting on cakes. Now anyone that has seen my handwriting knows that y’all need to pray for me. My handwriting looks like I scribbled something down with my toes. So needless to say I had to work pretty hard to get it to look decent. I probably broke a sweat. I will definitely be using letter impressions if I ever need to write on a cake to help a sistah out.
After all of that we only had about a half hour to work on our final pieces. I think it came out okay although I didn’t get to use all the techniques we’ve been learning. That would have been a bit too much on an 8 inch cake. Anyway, let me know what you think…yes you can judge now. Check out the inscription…I’m talking to you.
What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
Smooches,
Keli
