>Cake Decorating - Week 1

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Tonight was my first cake decorating class at Michael's. Lindsey and I loaded up in the car, with all our "tools" and our cookies to decorate, and headed to class. :o) I was kind of surprised at the number of ladies in our class. We started this course with 7.

What we learned...

- How to bake the perfect cake

- How to make the classic buttercream icing

- How to check for the proper consistency of our buttercream icing

- Preparing decorating bags with couplers, tips, and filling the bag with icing

- How to make a star using the star tip

- How to make a curving line and a tight zigzag

- How to make shells

- How to make a dot, elongated shape, and heart

Overall, I felt pretty good with my decorated cookies but I really could use additional practice. We definitely learned a lot for our first class, and we skipped around in our "book" a bit - but I'm pretty confident in my future abilities and what we've learned so far...

Now on to the pictures.

The first cookie was supposed to be a flower... um, yeah, with 5 petals. Looks more like an octopus to me. :o) Using tip #12.

This is a heart, using tip #12. With dots around the edges.

This is a spiral design using a star tip. I think it was #21.

I pulled this one out of a design in our book. Using a round tip #12. If it had been finished, the icing would have been another color, and the "biggest" dot would have eyes, a nose, and a mouth to resemble a caterpillar.

Another cookie design (a star) using a star tip.

Cake Decorating - Week 1

Tonight was my first cake decorating class at Michael's. Lindsey and I loaded up in the car, with all our "tools" and our cookies to decorate, and headed to class. :o) I was kind of surprised at the number of ladies in our class. We started this course with 7.

What we learned...

- How to bake the perfect cake

- How to make the classic buttercream icing

- How to check for the proper consistency of our buttercream icing

- Preparing decorating bags with couplers, tips, and filling the bag with icing

- How to make a star using the star tip

- How to make a curving line and a tight zigzag

- How to make shells

- How to make a dot, elongated shape, and heart

Overall, I felt pretty good with my decorated cookies but I really could use additional practice. We definitely learned a lot for our first class, and we skipped around in our "book" a bit - but I'm pretty confident in my future abilities and what we've learned so far...

Now on to the pictures.

The first cookie was supposed to be a flower... um, yeah, with 5 petals. Looks more like an octopus to me. :o) Using tip #12.

This is a heart, using tip #12. With dots around the edges.

This is a spiral design using a star tip. I think it was #21.

I pulled this one out of a design in our book. Using a round tip #12. If it had been finished, the icing would have been another color, and the "biggest" dot would have eyes, a nose, and a mouth to resemble a caterpillar.

Another cookie design (a star) using a star tip.

>April Goals

>In trying to keep myself honest (and as an attempt to blog more, AND because I've said I was going to do this all along), I'm posting my "goals" for April.

Health:

* Two walks this month.

* Make it to the gym at least 3 days a week!

* Try one new, super HEALTHY meal each week.

* Lose 5 more lbs!

* Schedule follow up appointment with Dr B.

School:

* Finish and turn in rough draft for ACCT 595 - Research Paper.

* Finish and turn in TWO research papers for ACCT 530.

* Study for FINALS! :-)

* Make sure to stay caught up on each chapter assignment, so I don't fall behind and end up in a world of misery.

Personal:

* Attempt to plan our days at Disney.

* Get my car cleaned up - oil change, etc.

* Pack up sweaters, and ship to Kelly.

* Organize the apartment, since we're staying here another 5 months.

* Consolidate student loans from BS/MBA.

* Post pictures each week of my cake decorating!

I'll check back and recap my April after this month is over. Wish me luck. It's going to be a BUSY ONE!

April Goals

In trying to keep myself honest (and as an attempt to blog more, AND because I've said I was going to do this all along), I'm posting my "goals" for April.

Health:

* Two walks this month.

* Make it to the gym at least 3 days a week!

* Try one new, super HEALTHY meal each week.

* Lose 5 more lbs!

* Schedule follow up appointment with Dr B.

School:

* Finish and turn in rough draft for ACCT 595 - Research Paper.

* Finish and turn in TWO research papers for ACCT 530.

* Study for FINALS! :-)

* Make sure to stay caught up on each chapter assignment, so I don't fall behind and end up in a world of misery.

Personal:

* Attempt to plan our days at Disney.

* Get my car cleaned up - oil change, etc.

* Pack up sweaters, and ship to Kelly.

* Organize the apartment, since we're staying here another 5 months.

* Consolidate student loans from BS/MBA.

* Post pictures each week of my cake decorating!

I'll check back and recap my April after this month is over. Wish me luck. It's going to be a BUSY ONE!

>Cake!

>For years, I have mentioned my desire to take a cake decorating class. I've always seen lots of beautiful cakes decorated by people like me, so I figured why not give it a shot. But you see, I have a lot of brilliant ideas, and I seriously lack the time to see them through. Enter Carie. My dear friend. She took the Wilton Basics course in April of LAST YEAR - and she's been encouraging me to take the plunge and do it too. :o)

So I am. Starting Monday, April 4th. Be prepared to see some of my amazing (for me, anyways) creations appear on this blog. I mean - wasn't that the point of the blog to begin with? Right? RIGHT! So there you have it folks.

The fun part? Trying to diet and lose weight, and bake cakes/cupcakes at least once a week. I'm sure my co-workers are going to love me, because the minute that cake is decorated in class - it's going to work.

Cake!

For years, I have mentioned my desire to take a cake decorating class. I've always seen lots of beautiful cakes decorated by people like me, so I figured why not give it a shot. But you see, I have a lot of brilliant ideas, and I seriously lack the time to see them through. Enter Carie. My dear friend. She took the Wilton Basics course in April of LAST YEAR - and she's been encouraging me to take the plunge and do it too. :o)

So I am. Starting Monday, April 4th. Be prepared to see some of my amazing (for me, anyways) creations appear on this blog. I mean - wasn't that the point of the blog to begin with? Right? RIGHT! So there you have it folks.

The fun part? Trying to diet and lose weight, and bake cakes/cupcakes at least once a week. I'm sure my co-workers are going to love me, because the minute that cake is decorated in class - it's going to work.

Windows Live Writer

How freaking cool is this?  I downloaded a program called Windows Live Writer that’s supposed to help you “compose” blog posts much easier, so of course, I’m checking it out!  The best thing about it so far is that you have every single font loaded to Microsoft, so you can definitely make changes in the font type. 

And… you can post directly to your blog!