Reflection # 3

This is my final cake<.

Over the month of March, I have started and finished Course Three of Wilton cake decorating classes. I have had 8 hours of in-class instruction and approximately 40 hours of preparation and homework for this class. The third course covered fondant and tiered cakes. We learned how to make morning glories, poinsettas, lilies and petunias out of royal icing. One cake looked like a wrapped present and I gave it to my friend, Kendall, for her birthday.

The final project was a two tiered wedding cake covered in roses. We learned how to make fondant roses in class and then went home and had to make 48 more. They took up so much of my time! (About 9 hours.) The bottom layer of the cake was lemon and the top layers were white. There was a layer of white fondant over both of the cake, smooth as a baby's butt.

Our last night of class, we assembled our cakes, put on the ruffled border, put on the columns to make the cake "tiered" and put on the roses and leaves. Then, right after we assembled them, we had to take them apart to get them home.

Over all, taking the class, learning how to make decorated cakes, borders, flowers and working with fondant was very fun and gave me lots of experience.
This is the cake i made for my friend,Kendall.