Wilton Course 3, Final Tiered Cake

I began working on this cake long before the day of class. The first step was to make LOTS of fondant roses in a variety of sizes. I had searched online and found several cakes that I was inspired by. The cake consisted of a 6" round cake on top of a 10" round cake. Each cake was approximately 4" high. I covered both of the cakes in Fondant, and then did some scroll work with white Royal Icing. I placed a white fondant ribbon along the bottom of each cake, and then had a white fondant ball border at the base of each cake.

I really enjoyed making the roses and look forward to using them again in the future. I look forward to making them in a variety of colours too.


This was the first tiered cake that I have made. I am quite happy with the results but look forward to making more in the future to use some of the new skills that I learned.

I had used dowels to support the tiers of this cake, but I decided that I would like to use the pillars that I had gotten in my course kit, just to try something different. This was the result:

Another time I would have more roses to place on top of the bottom cake, but I was simply using the flowers from the original cake.  I decided to reorganize the flowers to make a cake similar to the one that is shown on the Course 3 Booklet. Again, I used the same cakes, not with the pillars, and made the following cake. It just goes to show the variety of cakes that are available with very similar features.

I look forward to one day being able to create a cake for someone's special occasion!

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Wilton Course 3, Cake 1

This was the first cake I made in Wilton Course 3, for the second class. It is a red velvet cake with Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese Filling. It is covered with Fondant, and then the scroll work was done in buttercream icing. This was the first square cake I made and covered with fondant and I was happy I decided to try something new!

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Baby Shower Fondant Cake

I passed my Fondant and Gum Paste Class by Wilton! I recently had to complete my final cake and since I was hosting a baby shower just a few days later, I decided to decorate it with a baby theme of "As Cute as a Button."

Inside is a three layer cake. Each layer is a white and chocolate marble cake, with two layers of 'Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting.' Check out the recipe below- it is SOOO good!! The fondant and gum paste used is made by Wilton. I have found a few recipes of Fondant that I hope to try soon. The cake was dirty iced using the Wilton Class Buttercream.

The buttons were lots of fun to make, and thanks to my instructor who gave me the idea to write BABY on top of the cake using the leftover little buttons. Every part of the cake is edible.

I have had so much fun taking cake decorating classes! I will be completing Course 3, dealing with Fondant and Tiered Cakes in March and April... I can't wait!

Here are some photos:

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Colts Superbowl Cake: Fondant #2

I had my second fondant class last week. We practiced making hankerchief-Style Overlays, Draping and Ribbon Garland and Borders. We also made the Carnation Base that we will finish in the upcoming classes.

Since the Superbowl between the Colts & Saints was coming up, I decided to turn it into a football cake by adding a few details and using blue icing. Had I been starting from scratch I am sure it would have been better, but it was nice to be able to use a cake from class for something else! The cake was German Chocolate with Vanilla Pudding fill. It went over well at the party!

I did have some difficulty with covering the cake with fondant. It was difficult to get the fondant to the right size and thinkness and then get it on smoothly. After class I went and bought the roll mat and elastics for the rolling pin which should help to make this easier! I can't wait to try them out for my final cake.

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First Fondant Cake

I am currently taking the Wilton Fondant and Gum Past Class at Micheals. My last class was cancelled after I already had my cake baked and covered with Fondant so I decided to play around a little bit and this is what I came up with.

I love the colour pink, so I decided to make a couple different shades. After searching cakes online, I new that I loved the 'ball' border along the bottom- I think it is so cute. From there I cut out different sizes of circles and randomly placed them around the cake...doing my best to cover up my mistakes! haha!

Fondant will definatley take some getting used to, but I can already tell it is going to be fun. My biggest struggle so far is getting it rolled out nicely with no creases in it, but I am sure practice will help with this. I am sure Michaels will also get some more money out of me to buy some great tools to help me with fondant!

I can't wait to continue to work with this icing!

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Name Change

I recently came up with the name "Sprinkled With Love." I figure that this works perfectly for the cake decorating I have been doing!  Watch for upcoming changes!

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Cakes That Will Inspire!

I spend lots of time searching the web for cake decorating tips and ideas. Here are some websites that are sure to inspire you!

/http://www.pinkcakebox.com/

http://www.cakecentral.com/

http://www.wilton.com/

ENJOY!

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Wiltone Course 2: Final Cake!

Throughout Wilton Course 2: Flowers & Borders, we used Buttercream Icing and Royal Icing. Royal Icing hardens quickly and is like candy. During the 2nd and 3rd class we made a variety of flowers that we then placed on our final cake during the 4th class.

The basket weave was a bit tedious, but was easier then expected- and it looks pretty neat too. Next time I would do another level on top as my border didn't end up covering as low as I thought it would, but I figure it's pretty good for a first attempt.

The birds were made using a colour flow/royal icing- another great technique to use.

I figure this would be a great Easter/Spring Cake.

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Fondant & Gum Paste Class 1

Last night I had my first class working with Fondant. We learned simple techniques such as tinting, marbalizing, rolling and covering the cake board and a cake. There were only two other people in the class so I will get lots of one on one time which will be great.

I learned lots about Fondant and am excited to learn more throughout the coming weeks. Next week we make a cake and then we will do our second one on the final class. I can't wait!!

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Wilton Course 1 Final Cake: The Wilton Rose

It took a lot of practice but I finally figured out the Wilton Rose! It is actually quite fun to make and I look forward to using it more in the future. This technique will continue to require practice but looks beautiful when it is done!

The cake was pretty good to eat too! Mmmm!

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