I made my buttercream frosting with the recipe that our instructor gave us. It uses shortening, which I am not a fan of for frostings, but the texture was super easy to work with and I liked the consistency just not the taste. I made 3 batches of the stuff!
Our class was mostly learning how to so different piping techniques such as the star, circular, drop flowers, and writing (which I really need to practice). Everyone did a really good job, although I must admit me and these two sisters in the class has the best looking frosted cake. They were both really straight and flat. We used scrapers to frost and also cut the domed tops off giving it a flat surface. The other cakes were domed and roughly frosted. I think we will all get here with time. After we practiced piping, we used piping gel and a rainbow template to transfer a design to the cake. Then we filled in each row with piped stars and different colors of frosting to make a rainbow. I was the only one that was able to finish during class (I had filled all my piping bags before class). I think it came out really cute even though I am not a big fan of rainbows. The best part: eating it!! The recipe I used (with the box mix) was delicious!! And the freezing technique really produced a moist cake. The cake gave a good balance to the frosting so together, it came out very tasty. Javier was happy to bring the cake to work the next day. Here are the pictures:
Our class was mostly learning how to so different piping techniques such as the star, circular, drop flowers, and writing (which I really need to practice). Everyone did a really good job, although I must admit me and these two sisters in the class has the best looking frosted cake. They were both really straight and flat. We used scrapers to frost and also cut the domed tops off giving it a flat surface. The other cakes were domed and roughly frosted. I think we will all get here with time. After we practiced piping, we used piping gel and a rainbow template to transfer a design to the cake. Then we filled in each row with piped stars and different colors of frosting to make a rainbow. I was the only one that was able to finish during class (I had filled all my piping bags before class). I think it came out really cute even though I am not a big fan of rainbows. The best part: eating it!! The recipe I used (with the box mix) was delicious!! And the freezing technique really produced a moist cake. The cake gave a good balance to the frosting so together, it came out very tasty. Javier was happy to bring the cake to work the next day. Here are the pictures:
The recipe. . .
Mixing the colors . . .
All ready to go to class . . .
Frosting the cake . . .
I need to work on smoother sides, I think I get nervous about scraping off too much icing . . .
The finished cake after class . . .
Me posing with the cake, I had just done a photo shoot for Javier, hence the Betty Crocker attire.
I envy all the counter space you have in your kitchen!
ReplyDeleteOh thanks!! Yeah I try to keep it open and not put too much out on it. I wish I could afford better counter tops, with time though :)
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