Cupcakes, Cakes, and Icing

After 4 weeks and 8 hours of classes, I have graduated from 'Decorating Basics'!  I was very happy when I received my certificate, as I knew that this was the beginning of my cake decorating experience.  It came after a lot of baking cakes, making icing from scratch, and tinting the icing.  Next Monday, I will begin the next course, Gum Paste and Fondant, in becoming a cake decorating professional.

Throughout the four weeks of class, I leaned how to bake a great cake, make icing from scratch, how to make a variety of flowers, shell borders, and writing/priting.  There was a lot of information that I learned, but it is a foundation to become a great cake decorator.

Every night after class, I came home and told John all about what I had learned.  One night, I even showed him how to make drop flowers and he was very happy to be helping me out with my final project.  I came home with decorated cakes, cupcakes, and cakes, most of which were thrown out.

I am looking forward to taking the next two courses, in order to increase my cake decorating knowledge. I am thankful for John, who pushed me to take these courses, because I absolutely love going to class and cannot wait to take the next class on Monday evening.