Graduation

I graduated from my Wilton's Cake Class for Course #1. I received a certificate and everything! I thoroughly enjoyed taking this class and learned A LOT! Here are some cakes I've made in the last week... Yes, I said week! The instructor says the only way you can get better is to practice! I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY love making/decorating cakes now. I'm working really hard on getting my icing smooth and making sure I use the same pressure for each design. My next task: practicing Gavin's birthday cake. It may be a little challenging so I've decided to make one a week to make sure I can do it.

Here is a cookie cake I made from a recipe I found on a friend's blog. It's called Copy Cat Cookie Cake. My suggestion is: don't change a thing from the recipe. I did, and it did not turn out the way it was suppose to. So, I just covered up the cookie part with my new decorating skills.

We had some camp friends come over this weekend and I baked them a cake. It was delicious. It was also the first cake of mine that I actually tried and ate a piece of.

I then made a cake for our small group from church. Like I said, practice is key, so I needed an excuse to try out different borders and colors.

Here is my graduation cake. We had to master the Wilton Rose by making a bouquet of them! I went with pink and purple since they are my favorite colors!! Brooks did not believe me that I made those flowers. We learned how to make sweet peas (the pink design on the border) as well as leaves, bows, and ribbons. I must say I was quite proud and excited the way it all turned out!

Stay tuned.... Gavin and I are about to leave for a play group.. When we come back, my next post will be all about him with photos and new developments!