Cake class

So after the insanity of baking my own wedding cake (which turned out gorgeous if I do say so myself (see the picture there!)) Craig is now pushing me to open a cake business of my own and make wedding cakes for others (and in his eyes, for profit). I am not allowed to have outside employment due to my grad student contract (they want us poor and grateful for the scraps we are given)-- so I cannot go into this full time, but I am enjoying it. I started the wilton method cake decorating classes at the local Micheal's-- and craig decided to take them along with me -- he gets to eat the practice cakes.

I am pretty sure the teacher thinks we are nuts-- everyone else in the class does the same boring yet pretty cake and our are a little out there-- radioactive symbols (a big hit when we brought them to the nerd factory we work in), snakes, funny colors, ants-- you name it... everyone else does the same flowers in the same colors-- not so exciting. Don't get me wrong we are doing the flowers too, we're just putting them in more interesting settings-- so its been fun. Our flowers are the best in the class so we get a little antsy to try something a bit more challenging and interesting and we do.

Tonight is our final cake for level 2-- every one else will be doing white basket weaves with pastel flowers and small sugar blue birds... we're making frogs, cattails,lilypads and dragonflies-- with oodles of flowers to grow around the pond -- so the teacher will be satisfied-- our required basket weave will be in chocolate buttercream as the ground. I will have to take a picture and send it along so I can share it. We've got all the flowers made, so all we have to do in class is basket weave the cake and then place the royal icing decorations... I have high hopes for it.

Plus I tried a new chocolate cake recipe and I am pleased with it, I sliced the layers for torting this morning before work, so all I have to do tonight before class is fill and crumb coat the cake and make enough buttercream for frosting it.

I'll send a post later with the picture to share!