Wilton course 3 - class #3 and bonus pic from class #2!!!

This week in class we had, I mean I had to make a mum, daisy, and I was suppose to cover a cake board (aka cake round) in fondant, but I didn't want to. Why? Because it's a waste of fondant if you ask me, especially when it will be for the cake I have to bring next Saturday, which will stay at home. I don't need fanciness at home. So finally, I recreated my last week class projects. I realized after it was too late that I made the center of my rose to large and the bud should have been covered. But anyway, at least I realized my mistake so I won't repeat it again. 

Without further ado, here's my pic. Btw...the bow is extra, I've been itching to make one so I did. It didn't come out awesome but it's my first try. 

Wilton Course 3 - Class 2

Unfortunately I don't have pics this week. Why? Because I left my project sitting in my tool box and my rose and carnation got smashed! 😩

Sometime this week I will make more and post them. Since I've been pretty consistent posting I didn't want to skip a week and leave anyone in suspense. Which leads me to my next question, I wonder how many people come across my blog???

Well if you're reading this, check out the rest of my post and check back in later this week for pics from last weeks project!

Wedding Cake Update

So far we've settled on a 3 tier cake. It's a French Country theme wedding (I think), so the cake should look simple but elegant. After speaking with the bride to be, I suggested flowers (gumpaste and fondant) and pearls to make the cake pop. The anniversary and bottom tier will be circle and the middle square. I have everything I need with the exception of a pearl mold. The cake tasting will be July 13th at my mom's place (they have more space), it will be approximately 13 people including my parents and 14 if my sister is not at work that day. 

I had originally planned on doing 5 different flavors, but may bump it to 3 with 5 frosting and 5 fillings. I'll have to see because between work, school, my wilton courses, and my practicing nights, I'm busy! Very busy! I need a nanny and a maid. 

Practicing...yep, AGAIN!

So last night I didn't feel like starting my homework and Chopped wasn't on so I decided I would practice my decorating. It was very hot in my apartment so my buttercream didn't want to act right. I so need an air conditioner!!!

Wilton Course 3 (Gumpaste and Fondant) - First Class!

Sooooo....I'm the only one in my class :-)  :-(   It's a good thing and bad thing.  Good because it's one on one, bad because there's no one to compare my projects to!  Today I made a bow.  I know you're thinking that's it?  Well I forgot my spaghetti so I couldn't do the other flower which I'll do next week.  But it's not just any bow, it's the kind that you would see on top of a gift box.  Lynda showed me how to make another type of bow that I asked about.  I've been having issues with the simple bow where you have a loop on the left and right and it gathers in the middle and have the tails hanging from it.  It sounds simple, but it was an epic fail for me :-(  Well I have to get to my homework so here's today's project. 

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Long story short, you're a baker, pastry decorator, scrapbooker, or whatever type of crafter you are and have a Michael's in your area, take advantage of this weeks coupon.  I'm not sure if it's countywide (I'm in the U.S.), but it don't hurt to look.  I have their app on my iPhone and subscribe to their email thingy so I know about EVERYTHING well in advance! 


Happy Shopping...

Class was canceled :-(

I got up Saturday morning to get ready for class, and after about 30 minutes of waiting in the store, someone finally told me that my instructor was on vacation....she forgot to tell me :-(  Either way I had to get to Michael's for their open house, but I didn't expect to be leaving so soon.  I wish I had known because I would have went to a free ZUMBA session at St. Joseph's H.S.!  My Saturday was definitely thrown off, but I was able to catch up on h.w. so I guess it sorta worked out after all.

So no pics until the end of this week....happy baking!

Yep, another night of practicing!

I tend to decorate my dummie cupcakes all the time for 2 reasons, #1, that's basically all I have (until I get my dummie cakes) and #2, it's a good way for me to practice multiple designs. So here are the pics from tonight...excuse some of the weird color combinations, I got down to just a little icing remaining and didn't want to just throw it away. I mixed colors together to finish off what I had. 

More practicing...

So at the spur of the moment I decided to practice last night. My cupcakes didn't come out as hoped, but it was late and I only opted to use one tip. I need to spend a day decorating, well morning more so. After I'm done with my hw tonight I might practice more. This time I'll do different cupcake designs and stop being lazy by using only 1-3 tips...lol. 

This is my square dummy cake. My roses are awful because it was so freakin' hot in my apartment last night :-(