Cake Decorating Class Part Two

The second cake decorating class went better than the first. I was only FIVE minutes late this time. Heh heh heh. There was traffic! I couldn't help it. I swear, I can never be on time for anything. I like to think it's very European of me to be late all of the time.

I was able to sit with my mom and my sister this time around, and got out the necessary decorating supplies: tips, piping bags, practice board, spatulas, etc. I'm loaning some of the equipment from my mom because I'm not sure if I want to invest a lot of money in cake decorating stuff right now. She put together a little kit for me and brought it into class. Thanks mommmm! I love you!

And the Pringles can. You fold the piping bag over the can and place the icing in it.


Speaking of icing!!! Look what I brought to class - big tubs of brown and yellow icing made with shortening. *shudders* I remain faithful to my beloved butter.


Here's the recipe from the Wilton decorating book if you would like it, as adapted by me.

Buttercream Decorating Icing

1 cup shortening
7 teaspoons water
1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
1 tablespoon meringue powder
1 lb. confectioners' sugar, sifted

In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat shortening, water and vanilla until blended. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in sugar until just blended; increase mixer speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes or until well blended.


Before we could decorate our cake, the instructor told us to practice on a decorating board. She didn't really show us how to use any of the tips or what to make with them. We just piped some lines and stars on to it.


My cake came out of the pan successfully, thank goodness. I don't know what I would have done if it stuck.


My sister baked a cake in an old cat pan that my mom inherited. Mom says you can make a hippo cake with it too.


Mom baked a car cake. All right, mom! Vroom vroom.
I really don't know why you all read this nonsense.


Then we started decorating. Yeah... there wasn't much instruction at all. No instruction, actually. Everyone brought their baked cakes and icings to class, and then the instructor was like, okay decorate! Mom, my sister and I could have met at one of our houses and did that.


I looked at the picture that came with the cake pan and started piping stars all over the sunflower cake. Before long, I had this!




I'm kinda glad I went with the sunflower and only two colors of frosting. I didn't want to make things too complicated for myself on the first night of decorating.


This is my sister's cat-holding-a-ball cake. She didn't have time to finish it though, because the class is only two hours. Her gray icing turned purple; does anyone know why that happened?


And this is my mom's car cake. Now, I could be wrong, but, I think I remember mom baking and decorating a car cake like this when I turned sixteen. Therefore, I believe mom has decorated this cake before and has an advantage over my sister and me. Foul.


Aaaaand... that was cake decorating class part two! Did you learn anything?

Neither did I!

Next week we have to bring in baked and frosted cupcakes, and I believe we're making something with clown heads.

*shudders*