FINAL CLASS

Last night was my final class for course 1 and 2.  I am sort of glad that the class is over, because now I have a little more "free" time, but I am definitely going to miss everyone that was in the class.  They will offer the 3rd course in January, and I am pretty sure we are all going to sign up for it so we can all be in the same class again.  

While the other 2 girls made pretty Thanksgiving cakes, I was in a whole other world. I have really been into this whole asian-inspired mood lately, and I am just not ready for all this cold weather.  So, rather than making the "normal" cake, I made something entirely different.

This time we had to actually draw the cake out on a sheet of paper and then come to class with everything that we would need, already prepared and ready to go. This really made things much easier. Since I already had a plan, I didn't have to worry about "brain farts" getting in the way. It was 

nice.

Corey also helped me out this week by creating 

me a cake template. That gave me something to sort of give me a better perspective of size and what it would actually look like in the end. He also took my pictures for me. He is much better at that than I am. lol

Better Late Than Never

Well, I figured while I was awake and posting blogs, I would go ahead and put up this picture of a cake I made for Bosses Day. It was very plain, but it was a last minute thing. Plus, at the time, I had only learned a couple decorating techniques. I know the first thing you may think to yourself is that I spelled "Bosses" wrong. Think what you may, but I contemplated for most of the night as to how I should actually spell this.  The word "Bosses" is spelled that way because it is the pluralized spelling of the word, "Boss."  I felt like since I was making this cake for only one boss, I would make it possessive, rather than plural. Some people may disagree, and sometimes I still question myself about the whole issue, but whatever. The cake tasted good, and everyone loves to get something when they least expect it.

SUSHI GOODNESS

Yeah...yeah, I know.  I have already been to about 5 classes or so, and I haven't even posted any cake pictures yet.  Other than the fact that I keep forgetting to take my camera to class, I am just too lazy to get on the internet and post. I promise I am going to try harder. 

The class has been super fun and a wonderful learning experience. I ended up spending a little more money than I had originally planned, but I think it was well worth it. My only problem is that I want to do things that I have not learned yet. I am definitely going to take the next level course which focuses on fondant and gum paste. I feel like once I learn that, maybe I will be able to branch out a little more and create some prettier, more contemporary cakes.

Anyway...A bunch of us got together and celebrated Jacie's birthday at Tomo. We just learned how to make plaques out of royal icing, and I thought this would be the perfect time to practice this method.  I googled some sushi coloring pages, and found a picture of a sushi roll and chopsticks.  This looked fairly simple to color in, so I went for it. It looked amazing on the wax paper, but I had a rough time trying to get it off in one piece. It was intentionally made to "stand up" on the cake, but the little "feet" I made, broke. Luckily I was still able to save it.

Everyone seemed to be really impressed with the cake, and that made me feel really proud of myself. I know I still have a long way to go, but that little bit of encouragement gave me the push I need to keep wanting to learn.

I am so excited that I have finally found something that I really enjoy and seem to be doing okay at. I really did need a hobby.