Wilton III Course

Final Project
Two tiers.
Fondant Cake
Royal Icing Flowers and Fondant Roses
Flavor: White and Yellow
Fate? Since no one is getting married (that I know) .....it's going to my family's Fourth of July cake! :p

Wilton II Course

Final project for Wilton II course.
Buttercream Basketweave
Royal Icing Flowers
Flavor: White Cake
The fate of the cake? It was given to a friend's birthday on Wed.
Talk about great timing!

100+ Flowers

I made over 100+ of royal icing flowers for the two final cakes for the Wilton course II and III class. Some flowers were brittle and fall apart and some stayed hard as rock.

My First Fondant Roses

I made some fondant roses for our last class Wilton Course III (coming Sat). It's going to be for a tiered cake. I am rather excited. I've been baking a lot of cakes and I am going to make up for the last class I missed for Wilton Course II as well. That means I would be bringing a lot of cakes to class. There are a lot of prepatory work (ice the cake, make fondant, royal icing, buttercream, various decorative flowers, ect.).

The fondant roses took the most work and time. Originally the fondant roses looked awful. They looked like golf balls, but after a little bit persistence and practice, I finally figure it out. See for yourself if they looked like roses!

Father's Day Cake

I love recycling. I gave the cake I made from class to my father for Father's day. The problem with 'recycling' is that everyone I know including the men gets these really feminine cakes. No one complained but I did ask my brother if he enjoyed receiving a cake covered in pink delicate buttercream flowers? He said, "Well, it was pretty. Isn't all cakes kind of feminine anyways?"

My father was no exception to getting a pink and frilly cake from me. In fact, I didn't like the bow design we made in class that I changed it to a cluster of flowers instead. Nothing but the best frill for my father! :p

P.S. The flavor was pineapple.

First Fondant Cake

I had continued from Wilton II cake decorating class and signed up for Wilton III cake decorating class. It's week two and I made my first fondant cake in class.

I made my fondant from scratch instead of buying a premade package. Big price difference but it was rather messy to make my fondant and I almost broke my mixer. There were smoke coming out of the machine. I hope the mixer isn't damaged. *sigh* At least I figure out what my mistakes were.

1. I used the wrong mixer attachment. I didn't realize the hook like attachment was a dough mixer.

2. I forgot to add water to keep it from drying out and it was getting too stiff for the mixer.

To be safe next time I better use my hands.

We had to baked the cake for class. The baking experience was a lot smoother than I expected. I used my brother's gas oven. The cakes baked so much better than my toaster oven. It really makes a difference when you use the right equiment! Then I discover it makes a difference when you cool the cake in the refrig. for at a day before you frost it. It was a lot firmer to frost and barely any crumbs and the cake didn't fall apart!

In class we finished decorating the cake. I liked using the fondant more than I expected. The problem with the Wilton classes are that everyone makes the exact same thing. There are not a whole lot of originality or creative process. I don't really like the design we had to make in class.