Piping Practice IV

So, this wedding is just over 3 weeks away now so I thought I'd better get into gear and practice piping on the side of a cake...before I do it for real!

I discovered that this is something I need to work on, as well as covering the cake...this one looks a bit bumpy. Mind you, if wasn't the top tier, or if it had stuff on the top, a lot of the imperfections would be covered up!

Anyway, here's a pic of my piping...

Cupcake Creativity

The Week 3 class of the Wilton's cake decorating course that I am doing was tonight. We were decorating cupcakes. It was so much fun!! I will definitely be having a go at some of these again!

Flowers and Shells



Teddy Bears




Clowns

Making the clowns was so much fun. I think they look awesome!!!

Rainbow Cake

I went to the 2nd class of a cake decorating course today. I learnt how to pipe stars , spots and wavy lines, as well as transferring an image to be filled. To demonstrate our new found skills we had to decorate a "rainbow" cake.

I am really proud of the way mine turned out!!

Buttercream Practice

Last week I started a cake decorating course (Wilton's course 1 for beginners). I feel excited every time I think about it...we didn't even "do" anything in the 1st week and I already LOVE it!!!

We did learn about covering cakes with buttercream - we need to take a cake already covered to the 2nd class so it's all set to be decorated. I thought I'd have a practice run before I do a cake to take to the class...I don't want to embarrass myself..hehe

Here is a pic of my 1st attempt at covering a cake with buttercream:

Apparently you get better with practice (like everything). While not perfect, I don't think I should be embarrassed.

Cookies; Cookie, Cookie, Yum, Yum!!

Marshmallow fondant... Yes, fondant made with marshmallows!!! I had a go at making this last week and have only just got around to using it today.

Here are some cookies I covered with marshmallow fondant. Further decorated with royal icing.

Oh, and the sparkly bits are pink sugar sand. What a sugar hit these are!!!

It's a Rose

My kids were playing with play-doh the other day so I thought I'd try and create a rose. Just so happens I was watching a clip of someone making sugar paste roses (free hand) on You Tube the night before.

Here is my creation. I think it turned out well.

For Sally

After a bit of prompting from a friend today I got into the kitchen and made a batch of mini carrot and pineapple muffins. So, I was planning on making these for my kids during the week, but didn't get around to it. The recipe is a good one as it would be easy to adapt to suit many allergy prone people. There are no dairy products in these muffins all. Changing over to gluten free flour wouldn't be difficult and then you could use egg replacer if you so desired. Changing the "flavours" would be another option too.

I decorated these with a pineapple glace icing. Enjoy!!