Week two of our Wilton Cake Decorating class is over and I'm ready to move on! I mean, don't get me wrong I loved that we actually got to decorate cakes instead of cookies. The only problem was the assignment. Dimensional Decorating. There is only so much you can do with a big #12 tip and have it look cool. Jacobi pulled her cake off and managed to produce something cute and fun. 
She's a cake master. Look at that concentration and attention to detail.
She's a cake master. Look at that concentration and attention to detail.You go girl! 
My cake on the other hand seriously looked like it belonged as a feature on Cake Wrecks. I'll show you the picture...just don't laugh...okay go ahead and laugh, I did.
I felt a little frustrated with our instructor who assured me my icing was the right consistency only to tell me after I had tried to spread it on the cake that it was too stiff. UGH!!! After I struggled to get the cake frosted, without a crumb coat, I began practicing my design. Which the instructor assured me was a good one, only to tell me halfway into my disastrous creation that, "Perhaps something not as ambitious for your first cake might have been nice." UGH!!!
My cake on the other hand seriously looked like it belonged as a feature on Cake Wrecks. I'll show you the picture...just don't laugh...okay go ahead and laugh, I did. I felt a little frustrated with our instructor who assured me my icing was the right consistency only to tell me after I had tried to spread it on the cake that it was too stiff. UGH!!! After I struggled to get the cake frosted, without a crumb coat, I began practicing my design. Which the instructor assured me was a good one, only to tell me halfway into my disastrous creation that, "Perhaps something not as ambitious for your first cake might have been nice." UGH!!!As I finished my lovely two hearts tied together with a bow (in case you couldn't tell what it was) I let out a sigh. Which caught the instructor's attention. "It's......(LONG PAUSE)....nice....maybe next time you could practice the bow before you put it on the cake." UGH!!! I had been practicing for 15 minutes and actually felt fairly confident in my bow skills, not that you can tell. With a deep breath I decided to focus my attention on my shell border and dots and try to ignore the hideous blob of frosting sitting on top of my cake. The only thing that kept me going despite my despicable cake decorating was knowing my kids would happily eat it no matter what it looked like.
Robin
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