Tuesday night I started the Wilton cake decorating course 2: flowers and cake design. I loved everything that I learned during course 1 and so I wanted to take it a step further and learn how to do more intricate flowers. In this course we will learn how to make several types of flowers each […]
April block of the month
The two blocks we did for April were totally different from any of the others we have learned. The main difference was that these were done almost entirely by hand. To make the hexagons we used a method called English paper piecing where we cut hexagons out of card stock, wrapped the fabric around them […]
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 3
This week in my Wilton cake decorating class we learned how fill and ice cupcakes and how to make several types of flowers. Our “homework” was to make cupcakes, filling, and icing. We only had to bring six but a box of cake mix makes 24, so I had a bunch to practice on! I […]
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 […]