This was one of those classes where you sat down, got your equipment out and before you knew it, it was time to clean up. After 6 classes, I got into a groove and kept up with the pace of the class. And you know what else? I kicked butt this time around too.
Yeah, I said it.
I think we finally covered something
I am kind of good at and I’ve decided that I will only decorate with Royal
Icing.
Okay, enough patting myself on
the back. Let’s get to it.
What we covered this week from the class lesson plan, as listed on Wilton’s website, is in the
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- Basic Principles of Cake Design
- Gum Paste and Fondant 101
- Button Flower
- Pansy
- Making Royal Icing
- Making a Parchment Bag
- Flower Nail
- Rose Base, Rose Center
- Apple Blossom, Primrose
- Rosebud
- Daffodil
- Violet
- Using the Lily Nail, Lily
- Making Stems
- Guidelines for Flower Arrangments
- Floral Cake Design
- Reverse Shell
- Basketweave
- Wilton Rose
We had to bring in Royal Icing we
made at home. I chose to make pink and
yellow icing for my flowers. We practiced
making Rose Bases
first in preparation for making Roses next week. Luckily for me, it is almost the same
technique as the roses we made out of butter cream. Even better was that the cake I made for Easter had many roses on it, so I had a lot of
practice over the weekend.
We then moved on to the Apple Blossom. This
is a very delicate flower (sometimes called a filler flower since you can use
it to fill blank space where you intended none to be) that is a little trickier
than it looks. Each leaf is made
independently yet you have to have them connect seamlessly in the middle or the
flower will fall apart.
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Next was the Primrose. This
one is similar to the Apple Blossom
in design, but larger with a little more detail in the petals. Here each petal is made in the shape of a
heart. Again, they have to connect
seamlessly without any gaps in the petals.
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Same as before, after a couple
tries, I managed to get a gorgeous flower that made me grin from ear-to-ear.
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Finally, we got to the Rosebud. Just
looking at this one in the book made me shutter. This was one of those that you really needed
someone to show you how to make it in person instead of reading it in a
book. I must have made about 20 of them
before it finally clicked. Then they
came one after another.
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I think this one made me most
proud.
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I also made some in yellow for
good measure.
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So you’re probably wondering what
happened to my Gum Paste and Fondant class I was supposed to attend starting last
week. Funny story… they changed it and
forgot to call me.
Yeah, I didn’t find it all that
funny, but I got over it.
I’m supposed to start tomorrow
(fingers crossed) and now that I’ve got a couple classes working with gum
paste, fondant and royal icing under my belt, I’m going to catch on
quickly. Hopefully, I’ll let you know
how it goes tomorrow.
I know you’ve heard that from me
already, but I’ve got assurance that it’s starting tomorrow.
Until then… happy decorating!
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