cake decorating

A few months ago I mentioned to Mike that I wanted to learn how to decorate cakes and cupcakes. I like baking but I want to be able to at least decorate my kids cakes myself. So for Christmas Mike bought me tickets to a beginners cake decorating class. We had two tickets so we made a date night out of it. I love Christmas presents when you can't break it or outgrow it or lose it. Its a skill that can benefit you for as long as you practice it and use it.

We had a lot of fun at the class. It was just us and one other girl so our teacher was able to really focus on us. We spent the first hour practicing and learned lots of tips to make decorating easier and less messy. After we practiced on a piece of cardboard and wax paper, we each got 9 cupcakes to do different designs on. The practice board was something I had never thought of. You just cover card board with wax paper and practice your design and then scrape it right back into your bowl...no wasted frosting! It was harder than I expected but I think for it being my first time I did a pretty good job. We did a little piping and worked with fondant a bit too.

 A few of our favorites. Mikes are the green and yellow cupcakes and the pink fondant roses. Mine are the pink and green.

 I love the elephant the most. It was so much fun to do. I also really loved the bouquet of roses.

I hope that I can take a few more classes so I can keep learning more! The cupcakes were delicious too! Thank you for a great Christmas present!