Course 1, Class 2

Tonight was my second Wilton class. Our homework was to bake an 8 inch round cake, and ice it with light blue icing for class. We also had to make up hard consistency icing to practice making the Wilton rose, medium consistency icing to practice stars and lines, thin consistency icing to practice writing, and then medium consistency icing in red, yellow, green, blue, and purple for our cake. It is amazing how many hours that actually takes. I did, however, get to use my trusty mixer a lot which always makes me happy.

I decided to make a yellow cake and filled it with raspberry preserves. I learned one thing while making the cake. I thought I could skip buying the Wilton baking spray and just grease the pan instead. It definitely did not come out of the pan easily though, so I guess I'll be picking up some of the Wilton spray.

In class we did a lot of learning and practicing how to use different tips to ice shapes. Then we started to ice our rainbows and fill them in. I ended up having to do the majority of the decorating at home because we ran out of time. I learned a few things while doing the decorating.

First, if you put a tie over the end of your decorating bag and tie it too tight, there is too much pressure on the end of your bag. The bag will then explode at the bottom and the tip will shoot out into your cake causing a big dent in the base icing. And of course this big dent can't happen when you are decorating the back of the cake. Nope, right in the front.

Second lesson learned is that if I decide to be ambitious and create a border of stars around the bottom of the cake, I should start in the back. This way when I get back to where I began the border, if the sizes and placement of the stars are a bit off, it is not quite as noticable.

All in all though, I think I'm pleased with how the cake came out. I know that if I were to do the same one a second time, it would come out much better. Oh and the plan is to take it to work tomorrow, so I added Happy Tuesday to it. Because Tuesday is happy. Because it is no longer Monday. So without further ado, my cake: