Cake Decorating Class #4

Last Tuesday was my final cake decorating class.  I have been so busy since then that I haven't had time to be able to get another blog out about it!  Finally I have decided I just need to sit down and do it or else I won't get to it until next weekend!

This class we were decorating a cake, which we needed to have filled and iced before the class.  I did this Monday night and then found out that because I made a double layer cake, it would not fit in my rectangle Wilton cake carrier...well it fit but the top of the cake was smushed up against the top. :(  So the first thing I did when I got the Micheal's on Tuesday was drop everything off in the class room and then go and buy a round Wilton cake carrier.  It was the easiest solution I could come up with, when I thought about how I was going to bring my fully decorated cake home! 

The class began with us mixing colours.  I didn't really have any ideas of what colours I wanted so this meant I took a little longer because I had to decide as I mixed.  I came up with a pink, purple, yellow combination, which was nice.  The only thing we learned this class was how to make a ribbon rose.  All I can say is that it is NOT easy!  I had trouble getting the icing to come out of the bag consistently because I wasn't applying consistent pressure, plus I think my icing was a bit too stiff.  That and having to spin my flower holder at the right speed proved to be a challenge.  My friend said that they looked a bit more like carnations because the petals weren't smooth, but was bumpy.  Here are pictures of how they turned out.

My first ribbon rose.

Was starting to figure out how to make the petals open by the end.

After making the four, I was starting to rethink my cake idea for the evening, as I was going to have to make another 8 roses for it!  In the end I just made them because I couldn't think of another idea.  Here are how all the roses turned out.

 

My hand hurt so much by the end of making all of these!  I can tell you that I do not want to make any more any time soon.  Our teacher told us that class 2 focused on making more of these ribbon type flowers, that made me decide that I needed to take a break before signing up for another class!

Once the flowers were done, I started attaching them to my cake and adding the rest of the decorations.  Here are pictures of the progress and the final creation!

In the background you will see the certificates we received for
completing the course.  Yay!

I made the cake to take to work as our articling student was finished her articles this past Friday.  I took it early because she would never had waited that long for the cake!  She has been bugging me all month since I started the course to bring in what I made!  I think she was quite pleased with it in the end.  

Now that I'm done, I plan on practicing what I've learned over the summer and then maybe signing up for another class in the fall!  Stay tuned!