Cake Decorating 101

Today was the last day of our cake decorating class. For the final class, we constructed a tier cake. My husband had bought me the most spectacular cake decorating book, so I had the book knowledge of how to construct one. It was so amazing to see the cake in the individual parts then as a whole! But I think the best part of today was watching my mom create her beautiful Victorian style cake. She spent time before hand making a lot of different color roses and even my favorite, a pansy. She also made tons and tons of icing! Ava and I went over to her house a few hours before class so I could finish frosting my individual cakes. I didn't have a 6in pan, so I crudely constructed one out of a disposable heavy-duty foil container, needless to say, my cake was over run with crumbs since I had to cut the sides of the cake down. When we started the class, I had made the decision to just focus on the decorating. I had perfected the ultimate chocolate cake and filling recipe, so I decided to go against my ideals and use those box cake mixes for each class. I can't believe how painful that was to admit! I thought that it would cut down baking time, save my arm and make it so I could spend more time decorating. Thus, extra crumbs.





Oh, yeah, here's my cake. My mom made me the butterfly. Isn't she incredibly talented?