I started taking Wilton I cake decorating classes. I always enjoyed baking, so I wanted to make my cakes look better. Last week we just talked about the different tools we would need for the class and this Thursday we put those tools to use. We made the Wilton rainbow cake this week. We had to bring a cake already iced. I made the blue icing at home. When icing our cakes we are suppose to use the thin icing. When I took my icing to class so that the teacher could make sure that we had the right consistency of thin, middle and thick icing. Well, of course my icing had a little trouble. What I thought was medium was really my thin and my thin was really too thin. Which would give the reason why I had a little t
rouble with icing my cake and it did not really crust over.These stars took alot of time to do. They look really pretty once done. My hands got tired as I tried to create all of these little stars trying to make them just perfect so that you could not see any of the blue in the rainbow. I got lazy at the end and instead of using the small star tip, I used the large star tip that already had to make the clouds. I think it gave the clouds a fluffy effect.
I need to wo
rk on my smoothing techniques and allowing my icing to crust over when I first ice my cake. Next week we are making cupcakes with clown heads. I asked my mom to find the ones that she used at my 5th birthday party. I think I saw them in the silverware drawer last time I was over there. Hey...I am recycling. We will see how it goes next week.My cake did not turn out to bad. I was kinda cute and my co-workers had no problem eating it.
Here is the icing recipe that I was taught.......
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
- 2 tablespoons milk or water
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