Hi there!
I just wanted to share with you my experience at my first Wilton cake decorating class last night. What a blast it was! Even if we didn't actually "do" anything, I had so much fun learning the terminology and techniques.
It reminded me of my childhood days, when I would sit silently (yes, I can do silent, if I have to!) at the kitchen table and watch my Mom decorate cakes. This was something that Mom enjoyed doing while my brother and I were young. She would make wedding cakes and birthday cakes for friends and friends of friends. I remember there was a set of twins that she would always bake birthday cakes for.. one cake stands out in my mind. During the "Cabbage Patch" doll craze, these little girls really wanted a Cabbage Patch birthday, so Mom decorated a cake to look just like a cabbage patch, and she used 2 plastic doll heads (because they were twins!) and it was just awesome! One of these days I need to go spend some time at Mom and Dad's and try to find Mom's photo album with all of her cakes in it!
Anyway, back to my class. Our teacher, Greta, has been decorating cakes for 37 years (sheesh, I'm not even 37 years old!) and she has a Masters Degree from Wilton! She is super sweet and funny and crazy talented! Just like Mom, she makes those Wilton roses look so easy! We each had the chance to hold a piping bag (ok, I've done that once or twice!) and use the flower nail to make the rose base. It's harder than you'd think, but with practice it becomes second nature. We also learned how to fold the parchment triangle into a piping bag. Now, this was an accomplishment for me! While watching my Mom, I was always amazed at how quickly she would turn that sheet of paper into a bag! It was something that I could never actually get the hang of, and have always used the disposable bags! But, guess who was one of the first ones in class to get it done? Yup, Me! All those years of watching Mom payed off!
I am super excited for next week! I have a lot of supplies to gather up between now and then - and living in a "limited" area isn't helping much! I don't have time to order off the internet, so I hope I can find everything I need in time! I have to bake a cake, and frost it with light blue frosting. Then I have to make 6 frosting bags in red, blue, yellow, green, light blue and white. Have you guessed it? We'll be making a rainbow! :o) We will be learning how to do a pattern transfer and piping stars and letters.
I will definitely be back next week with pictures of my "creation"! For now, I'm off to practice my piping skills and rose base building!
Happy Baking!
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