This was my second sale cake - made for a friend of a friend's 60th birthday party. It was a white cake with tinted batter and....
covered in a green marbelized fondant. Truth be told, I attempted to make tie-dye frosting but couldn't get it to work. I still do not enjoy working with fondant, but I've learned some new techniques and know I can make a better cake. The customer was very happy with this one though and their friend was pleasantly surprised.
This was the first cake I sold. It was a carrot cake with buttercream frosting and made for a co-worker.
These are carrot cupcakes made for my wife's co-op preschoolers to go along with one of the books they were reading in class.
Here is my final cake for the Wilton 3 class. This was my first time using fondant. I tried to marbleize the pink fondant for the bow. It was harder than you'd think, but turned out fairly well - for a first attempt anyway. This cake wasn't quite finished by the end of class (notice the lack of other decorations), but I managed to add a few more details.
Here is a more finished version of the above cake. The bow deflated in the fridge, but it was still a nice looking cake.
I made this cake for my daughter's 8th birthday. It was my first shaped cake - made using a Wilton pan. This was also my first cake using the star tip.
This was my final cake for the Wilton 2 class. This was a cake of firsts:
first rope border....
first basket weave....
and first multi-colored batter.
This was my attempt at making two-tone swirled cupcakes. See how well it worked?
Not so much.
I could swirl just fine...just couldn't get the color to cooperate with me. It did work for the first 2 or 3, but then the colors mixed together and I got this lovely shade of orange.
More flower practice. This was not a 'decorated' cake. It was made with batter and frosting I had on hand and served as a display for the practice flowers I had been working on. The cake was not beautiful, but it was gooood.
These are cupcakes made for my wife's preschool co-op class. I was trying to use the frosting I had on hand - thus the funky colors. The bears were a hit with the kids.
