Shelby and Nicole wanted to celebrate their birthdays together and they requested that their significant others order a cake from me for the party. The guys decided to keep it a secret, and chose a cake in the shape of a purse! At first I was intimidated by the whole idea of a sculpted, 3-D …
Happy Monday everyone! We’re only 5 days away from the weekend – the countdown begins (again)! To cheer you up on such a depressing day, here’s a very cheery cake. Let’s just pretend it says “Happy Monday!” People have asked about the Halloween Cookie Bouquet class. It will be on October 18th 1-3:30. The class …
We’re going to offer a Halloween Cookie Bouquet class at Michaels on October 18th. Here’s a picture of a bouquet I made to go on display at Michaels. It’s going to be a super fun 2-hour class so if you’re local, sign up! Cyndi and I will be teaching it (I think).
So a lot of my friends/family have had babies in the past year…I thought I’d share a couple of pictures with you guys! My best friend, Amy, had a cutie patootie in March 2008 – Ian! We rarely get to see Ian because he lives in south Florida so I keep up with him by …
One of my labmates got married this summer so a few of her girlfriends threw her a Bachelorette/Engagement Party! Here’s the cake I made for the party. The Chinese symbols you see on the heel of the shoe mean “marriage.” It’s a Chinese custom to hang these all over the houses of the relatives of …
Finally, the last Wilton course! Keep in mind that by the end of this class, I’ve been taking Wilton courses for 16 weeks total (each course is 4 weeks long)! Just imagine how much money I’ve spent on cake supplies! Geesh! Anyway, in this course you learn to work with gum paste and do a …
In the 3rd Wilton course, they introduce you to working with fondant! Fondant is the stuff that you typically see on wedding cakes to give it such a perfectly smooth finish. Most people don’t like the taste of Fondant, but it looks so elegant that most brides want it anyway. Now, there are actually 2 …
In the second Wilton course, you make flowers out of Royal Icing, which are completely edible but will harden to the point that you can just pick them up and place them on a cake. We learned various flowers like the apple blossom, daffodil, daisy, chrysanthemum, rose, and pansy. On the last night of the …
Shortly after I started taking the Wilton courses at Michaels, I heard about a huge sugar art convention held annually by the International Cake Exploration Society (ICES). Luckily, the convention was being held in Orlando, FL this year so it was nearly perfect timing! I would be inundated with sugar art lessons, displays, and celebrities …
I have recently been hired as a new Wilton Method Instructor at the Gainesville Michael’s so I thought it’d be fun to post the pictures of my cakes from when I took these classes in April – August of this year.It’s pretty crazy that I’ve only been decorating for about 6 months now and I’m …