Graduation Day

Today was my last Wilton Basics class! It was graduation day. First we learned a little more about preserving cakes, then how to write on a cake, and then the famous ribbon roses. The final class project was to have a cake design in mind and decorate one. I decided to add coco powder to the basic Wilton butter cream icing recipe. Everyone who tried it said it was 100x better than the plain vanilla.

I loved making the ribbon roses.

This cake is dedicated to Sophie. Who loved life and sweets.

Onto floral design on cakes

Cookie Monster

Cookies have been my biggest defeat thus far. Oh, man.

My first cookie was a plain sugar cookie with royal frosting in red, white, and blue. I tried to make them as patriotic. It was my first time working with royal frosting, but I really liked it. I can't wait to use cookie cutters for fall looking cookies.

My second cookie was a camouflage sugar cookie. I took the dough an divided it into three. I used Wilton food coloring (Brown and Juniper Moss) for two of the portions and left one with its normal tan color.

 I molded the cookie by breaking the dough into small pieces and  shaping it into a cookie. (Disregard the top cookie that was a tester)

And this is what I ended up with, a thin wafer. Yikes! I had my taste testers try and tell me what they   thought. Still edible, just really thin and more square in shape than round. Better luck next time :)

Apples to Apples

It all started at a farm in East Bridgewater where my parents and I went apple picking. It was so much fun!Next time my mission is to convince them to go on a hayride with me. We got great apples from this tree...

Then my mom and I made apple pies. Not as fun as I thought it would be to make because the dough isn't made from scratch. It was really simple to make. We substituted sugar for splenda.Next time we won't mush up the apples-just leave them in slices and also add some raisins. Although we haven't been able to figure out how to make them not as crunchy when they are baked. We made two pies yesterday and this is all that is left as of today.I guess they liked it. I opted to just eat raw apples and leave the pies to the family :)

Even the little bean ate some pie.

Until next time!

Sweetish,

Julie

Practice makes perfect

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes EVERYWHERE!!! It seems like everyone is obsessed with cupcakes. I will admit I love the look of them-glorious cuteness. However, they made me nervous. I learned rather quickly, I loved playing around with them. These cupcakes were in honor of Mary, a very special lady :)

This week was my second Wilton cake decorating class!

Lesson #2: Don't beat yourself up!! Practice really does make perfect. I have to say when I am decorating it is like there is no one else in the room and I am meditating and concentrating. Seriously it is so relaxing. This class we learned how to transfer a pattern and use tip #21. Fun, fun! Okay so the green looks like worms and the pattern is a little off center, but it can only gte better from here. Right?

Sweetish,
Julie