My New Hobby

My sweet hubby has been a little concerned about me having cabin fever between the frigid New York weather and have two little girls. So for Christmas he enrolled me in a Wilton Cake Decorating Class. It started on January 6th and is every Tuesday night for about two hours. The first class was a lot of note taking and getting familiar with all the tools. at the end of that class our instructor told us that we would have to bring a two layer filled cake that was iced with a butter cream "crumb layer", plus extra frosting in three consistencies for our next class to decorate in class. My first thought was, " Okay I just watched her cut her cake in layers and fill it and frost it, however I have never done that! what have I gotten my self into...?!?" I had a week to get over my phobia. I tried to prep the cake on Sunday when I had Levi home to distract the girls however it didn't work since Charlotte has started teething and is a LITTLE NEEDY. I was running out of time. Monday was spent trying to help Charlotte and by the time we got her into bed at 8:30 I realized I still had a cake to prep and only one shot where I would have Levi's help left. So I spent late Monday night prepping my cake finally putting it in the fridge at about 12:30 am. I was so grateful though because Tuesday was no different. The time for my class came all too soon. However I was able to get my cake ans supplies there in one piece. I am no Martha Stewart but I am enjoying my class. We learned about different borders, how to transfer a picture onto the cake, as well as filling in a shape. It was a lot of fun and I hope that with each week I get better and better. Here are some pictures.

This picture is of course the top of the cake. We had to do a border around the bottom and the top as well as put a shape on top and fill it in. yes I know the star is off center I was planning on writing next to it (we had learned that too) but didn't get to it before class ended. however after looking at it I decided that it reminds me of a star bellied Sneech from the Dr. Seuss books.

This second picture shows a better overall view. I wish I could have gotten the white smoother but I wasn't going to wait a second longer on Monday night. I am proud of myself not bad for a first attempt. Best thing is that Levi has agreed to take them to work and share with his coworkers so they don't sit around my house where I would inevitably eat them and waste a bunch of calories. This is definitely something I enjoy and have realized that there are enough little tricks and tips that all you really need is a little patience and practice. More pictures next week!!!!