I recently finished a 4-week Wilton Cake Decorating class that I took (through the city) with my lovely friend Katie.
It was interesting to do everything from scratch! I can see why people just use box mixes… But the density and flavor of those just don’t compare to homemade cakes.
I loved learning some of the tricks of the trade and some basic decorating skills, even if it was a lot of work to come ready each week with cakes and icing ready to go!
My first cake was a yellow cake with chocolate buttercream icing, and vanilla pudding & strawberries as the filling. It was good enough to eat (although a bit dry).
The second week we did cupcakes, which was a lot of fun. We learned a couple types of flowers and also how to fill cupcakes (my favorite)! I always insisted on using real butter in my buttercream icing recipes because I just don’t like the blandness and yuckiness that is shortening. But the real buttercream melted a little and didn’t make the stiffest flowers. I also just used a German chocolate box mix to make the cupcakes, but I added coconut cream pudding to the mix, which made them super moist.
My last cake had a “fish” design. I didn’t care too much about making it perfect because I only had 20 minutes to decorate the cake. But I WAS able to get the base layer of icing (the white part) super smooth; it almost looked like fondant. The cake inside was dark chocolate cake with chocolate pudding as the filling. It was very moist and delicious!
It was a great course. I was so grateful to Pace for putting our kids to bed each Thursday when I was at my class!
