Flowers!

All the flowers I've been working on over the past 3 weeks are finally being presented on this beautiful cake!!

I've made Daisies, Victorian Roses, Daffodils, Pansies, Violets, Chrysanthemums, Rosebuds, Apple Blossoms, and Primroses!

We also learned how to use Color Flow icing and made the cute little birdie!  

And, we learned the basket weave technique and the rope border.

 Such a fun time I had in Course 2!!  I've already signed up for Course 3, which is all about Fondant.. and I'm looking forward to it!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Would you like a piece of cake?

Course 2, Class 2

Hiya!!

Sorry I didn't post about last weeks class - we didn't do much.  We introduced ourselves to our new classmates and browsed through our new "text" book.  We did some practicing of shells and reverse shells and learned how to make a rosebud and mums.  It was a fun class, but I just didn't come home with anything to "share"!

This week, though - I have a photo of some flowers.  We only make 1 cake during this course, and that is our finale cake on week 4.  And, let me tell you, it's a stunner of a cake and I can't wait to make it!!

So, this week we made Apple Blossoms, Violets, Violet leaves and we made some colorflow birdies.  I was really excited about the birdies!  They are so cute!!  We made all of these out of Royal Icing, so they are dry and being saved to use on the finale cake.

I need some more practice, so I will be playing with these some more and will probably have new and better ones to use on my finale cake.  Especially the birdies - I really think I can do better on those.

In the photo, I started to play with making an earth using color flow icing.  I have an idea to make Earth Day cupcakes in April, so I was just playing around to see if I could "design" an earth, it doesn't look too bad, but I think I'll use a darker blue and of course green, which I just didn't have made at the time.

So - enjoy the photo!

Next week we're making Victorian Roses, Primroses, Daisy's, and a few other flowers!  Should be a busy night!

Happy Baking!

Roses!

Whew!  Course 1 is all done!  Last night was our last Wilton Course 1 cake class!   Our Finale cake is a basic white cake with a 7-petal Wilton Rose bouquet, a shell border and a few sweet peas.  I was afraid of the roses at first, but I think with practice (lots and lots of practice!) I will have them down pat!  

I made this cake for Emily.  She had surgery this weekend to have her appendix removed after we spent hours in the ER trying to figure out why her tummy hurt so bad!  She was such a brave little girl, I am so proud of her!  I asked her what color flowers she wanted and she picked pink and purple, so that's what she got!  She loves her cake and so do I!

Again, I bake a Butter Recipe Golden cake (Duncan Hines) and filled it with a layer of cream cheese filling and a layer of cherry filling.  It's yummy!

Next Tuesday, I start Course 2 - we'll be working on Flowers and we only have one cake to make on the last class.  I'm sure I'll have photos of flowers to share with you, though, so check back!  :)