The boys recently celebrated their 5th and 7th birthdays. Since their birthdays are so close we, like past years, did joint celebration(s). This year things were more low key (thanks a lot, 2020/2021 – you stink) and we did a couple of small celebrations instead of one large one. We still had lots of fun […]
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cake decorating course 2 week 3
This week we learned how to make some more flowers out of royal icing. (please pardon the pictures – I have no idea why they all turned out so bad!!) Rose – this is the second rose we learned (you can see the first one here) and I think like this one better. It’s much […]
cake decorating course 2 week 2
This week we learned flowers, flowers, and more flowers. While last week we used fondant to make our flowers, this week we used royal icing. Royal icing is basically just water, sugar, and meringue powder (at least, the Wilton version is). It’s edible, although I don’t think it tastes very good, and it dries super […]
cake decorating class – week 4
Last night was the final class for Course 1 of the Wilton cake decorating classes. I feel like I’ve learned so much in the four weeks of classes! I’m also excited because I signed up to take Course 2 in April – it starts next Tuesday…so a whole ‘nother month of cakes (exciting for my […]
cake decorating class – week 2
Hooray for Friday! I’m super happy it’s Friday because 1) Warren County is out of school today which means I didn’t have to get up early today to go to my practicum and I’m hoping to get some grad school assignments done today during my time off, and 2) Michael comes home today! He’s been […]