my dear friend mrs. lemon did a wilton cake class and i’ve forever been jealous. since my betty crocker kit was not teaching me anything & my mother continues to up stage me I decided to recruit a friend and take some classes. Last night was my first class (I missed the first as I was melting the the Utah heat) and it was so fun! Theresa & I giggled like school girls at all our tiny accomplishments & I of course got frosting all over myself. I even [much to my embarassment] chirped out, “Theresa, theresa look what I did!” after completing a superb star point. We had such a good time, I can’t wait til next week’s class! Also, adding to the atmosphere, we had a real life new mexican ganster there with his girlfriend decorating cakes at the next table! Our husbands wouldn’t be caught dead there! His cake was actually really cool! [We stole some color mixing ideas from him.] He was the last person I would’ve expected to see there but alas, once again the universe has proven me wrong! I’m so glad Theresa did the class with me, I wouldn’t have laughed nearly as side splitting had she not been there. 
My accomplishments:
Our first batch of lines. I realize this looks like an array of nothingness but I assure you that up close it’s quite impressive.
Our second set of borders! The shell border was tough! My first attempts were mainly just blobs. But look at my cool star pyramid! [this was my "look at me!" accomplishment of the night]
My finished cake! It was supposed to be a layered cake but mine caved in whilst baking & I had to cut off most of it, hence the borders practically on top of each other! [impressive, right?] Ha!
& yes, I got frosting all over my phone by taking all of these photos.
And just for comparison, here are some cake I have made pre-class taking.
Work Birthday.
Mother’s Day Cakes for the Girl’s. [Obviously before I learned to do the crumb layer first]
Officer Brock’s Going Away Cake. [not my best work. i'm not a great drawer of badges, or a great caligrapher at midnight.]
3 Comments
July 9, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Oh I think your pre-class cakes are fabulous! I love the Officer one. Top notch. And your frosting writing is SO much better than mine. The one thing I don’t like about cake decorating is how messy it is.. especially buttercream frosting. Are you good at baking? I’m not.. thats where I really lack!
July 10, 2008 at 7:34 pm
HaHa.. I think its funny that you have my name on your board, since I could not draw a straight line for the life of me
. Don’t worry about your phone-I got home and found that pink icing on one of my earrings! I’m so glad we’re taking that class together, even if you do make fun of my cakes 
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July 16, 2008 at 9:47 am
I love that you are taking cake classes. I took them a few years ago, and aside from having to back a cake every week, I loved them. I am especially fond of the Mexican gangster and have a special request of a photo with him and his cake. I’ll get a great chuckle out of that!