Class 2 Wilton Cake Decorating class ended tonight. This is my “graduation” cake.
Flowers are made out of royal icing in the past few weeks, and the birds are made with “color flow”. Vines and leaves are made from buttercream. Basketweave, shell border, rope borders and frosting are chocolate flavoured buttercream icing with chocolate brown food colouring added to it to get to the right colour.
In this course, we learned how to make pansies, violets, primroses, Victorian roses, rose buds, daisies, mums, apple blossoms, and daffodils over 3 classes (3 weeks, 1 class a week). Royal icing and color flow creations harden really well and can be made well ahead of time.
I think I got a little too crazy with the flowers and vines, hence it’s more like an untamed spring jungle cake 
(I’ve got spring fever due to some crazy frigid weather in Michigan right now). Plus, I didn’t want to arrange the flowers like in the course book, but I rather have them creep up from the bottom instead.
Class 3 starts next week and we’ll be making tiered wedding cakes!
More pics… (I’m really proud of this cake, as you can tell :P)
11 responses so far ↓
Glenna // February 28, 2008 at 4:05 am
Very nice. It’s really lovely!
Danielle // February 28, 2008 at 9:15 am
Beautiful! That turned out really well. I am envious of your skills.
chrislsx // February 28, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Thank you! There’s still much room for improvement…
Anonymous // February 28, 2008 at 12:57 pm
i feel like in Alice in the wonderland…so fancy dancy n like in a garden…the birds remind me of the snow white singing….
chermaine // February 28, 2008 at 12:58 pm
aiyak..the anonymous is me ar….
Maxine // February 28, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Wow, this cake is lovely! I think one needs a lot of creativity as well as steady hands to do this and you’ve got it girl!
chrislsx // February 28, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Thanks, Max! It’s really simple. If you’ve got time, try it! You’ll be amazed at what you can do. The classes are very empowering.
Maine, fancy dancy? That’s a cool way to decribe the cake
Joanne // February 29, 2008 at 2:47 am
Wow, my dear I’m really impressed. Keep up with it. Can’t wait to do it with you when we are there.
chrislsx // February 29, 2008 at 10:59 am
Heehee.. the cake looks much better in person. My camera lense must be greasy from the buttercream.. don’t know why the pics are blurry
I can’t wait to bake and decorate cakes with my family too!
Kelly B // March 1, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Pretty. We’re one week behind and for the life of me I can’t remember the movement for the apple blossoms that I was planning on making today. So I’m looking for a video … Which is how I found your blog.
Your cake rocks.
Jenn // April 16, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I am planning on taking the Wilton classes within the next few months so this excites me! Great job!!!
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