So I took the Wilton method classes a few years ago and learned that I love to decorate cakes. The problem is that I haven’t made enough cakes to get good enough to make a living yet. Yeah, I’ve made some cakes, but to get good, you need to practice daily.
My goal is to take steps to improve my skills so that by July of 2013 I can make a decent living designing cakes.
The cake I made last night turned out OK, but not great. It was for a baby shower. I made a Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix baked according to the instructions in 2- 10″ round pans. I iced the two layers with pink buttercream made according to the Wilton recipe, only I add extra vanilla. The borders, vines, and peas on the base of the cake are also buttercream. The pea pod, peas in the pod, and the baby are all Wilton fondant that I colored with gel colors.
