And So It Begins.....

First Class...

-buttercream icing

-level and layer a cake

-stacking and icing the cake

-smoothing buttercream

-startip decoration

homework: practice, practice, practice

 

I was determined from step one to follow and practice even the simplest things from class...no jumping ahead or skipping steps.

I started with store bought Wilton icing and store bought sugar cookies...

Then I star tipped the crap out of those cookies ;)

Okay, now for practical application...

first I need to bake a cake and make some buttercream icing

(oh dear...up until this point I could barely make box cakes)

the cast

following a recipe I found online for lemon cake religiously,

I successfully made my two 8 inch cake rounds

next level the cake

then layer the cake

then damn, fill, and stack the cake

I did a thin crumb coat first and let it dry to catch all the crumbs and leave a really clean icing look.

I used parchment paper and my palm to smooth it even more than this before I decorated and garnished.

 More Stars and a fresh lemon dipped in sugar to garnish, and my lemon cake was complete!

I've since learned a much better way to candy a lemon, other fruit, or even fresh flowers, you name it...let me know if you want the details

beautiful from the inside out...reminds me of someone ;) ha

 

It was a Hit!!

A lemon cake, with a lemon cheesecake filling...yummy

(if maybe a little dense, but I learned that over-mixing can cause that...lesson learned)