For the last class of course 3, we were to make a two-tiered wedding cake with 38 fondant roses, and 40 fondant leaves. While the roses are beautiful and not too difficult to make, they are VERY tedious and took Mom and I a total of 9 hours for us to each make our [...]
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This past weekend was a tough one. I spent the weekend at Mom’s and we made 14 layers of cake, 76 fondant roses, and 80 fondant leaves. For my niece Alexis’ birthday, Mom and I decided we’d try something new and also use what we’ve learned in our past courses. We decided [...]
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For this lesson, we made royal icing flowers on a lily nail. They’re beautiful when done correctly, but they’re tough. Royal icing is not my forte…
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Fondant may taste like crap, but it’s beautiful on cakes and TONS of fun to work with!! Tonight in our cake class we learned how to work with and cover a cake with fondant. The first thing we did in class was cover our cake. While the fondant sat on the cake, [...]
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Today I got to start Course 3 of the Wilton cake classes. This is the course I have been waiting for because it focuses on fondant and tiered cakes. In Lesson 1 we basically just practiced more borders, garlands, and various other techniques with buttercream icing. The only one I got a [...]
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This is my last week at my current job, and lots of people asked me to make one last treat before I left. I saw this pumpkin roll on another blog (don’t remember which one) and thought I would give it a try. It can actually be found on the back of the [...]
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