Wilton Cake Decorating Course 1 Class 2

Tonight was my second Wilton Class! 

There are 9 people in my class; three of us did character cakes, 2 did heart shaped cakes, and the rest did 9" round cakes. 

We learned how to fill icing in between the layers of a cake, how to set up and fill the different decorating bags (nylon, disposable, and the parchment bags), and began practicing different icing techniques.

For my dinosaur (and the other character cakes), we piped in the outline, then filled the rest of the character with the star tip. Mine didn't come out too badly. I started rushing so my stars are different sizes and there are some gaps in between them. All in all, though, I am proud of myself.

The heart shaped and round cakes were all iced smooth, then given a shell border around the bottom of the cake, and a star border around the top. They then used stencils to create designs on the top of the cakes. The three of us character cake bakers have to learn those techniques next week. I am hoping to practice this week so I'm not behind. I have enough left over icing to practice so I don't really have an excuse not to...

All in all, though, I really did enjoy it. It was work, my hands aren't used to the motion yet, but it was really relaxing. 

And the cake tastes really good too!