Hey there Cupcake!

I baked up these little treasures as a donation to my alma mater for their open house. Sunshine sunflower cupcakes and a few polka dotted one as well.

I also made brownie cupcakes with chocolate fudge icing.

In my third flower class, I learned daffodils,daisies, and lilies.  Then we reviewed the dreaded Victorian rose. It is going to be the death of me, I practice and practice and I am still having issues with it. Next week is the final class and we learn the basket technique. Can't wait!

Maroon Lily? Yep!

                                   I also got a little surprise from my mom...SPRINKLES!

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 :)

Wilton who?

One of the many reason's AC Moore and Michael's Crafts are two of my loves is because of all of the fun things that they have. My mom and I were in the store picking up some odds and ends and on a whim signed up for a Wilton cake decorating class. We bought all of our supplies and were ready for class the following week. Unknowingly I think my sweet tooth may have inevitably been cured within the first class when I learned that buttercream icing has, not one but TWO cups of crisco.
                                                Heart attack alert!!

Rule #1) Do NOT eat your mistakes (no, no, no)

Rule #2) It's just cake. Don't take it so seriously.

Rule #3) Over thinking causes mistakes. Go with the flow.

Oh, hello stars on a practice board using tip 18. They are a little messy with peaks and all that junk because the icing was not stiff enough (too much water, oops).

I wish I had gotten a picture of my mom's practice board or even took a glance at it. I was just so enthralled in my own work I forgot she was there. Until next time.

Sweetish,

Julie