Let them eat cake!

SO, the reason I was MIA for Tues/Wed was because I was helping the boyfriend with his Cake Decorating class! (Let the record show how insanely jealous I am that he got to take that class) As a little girl, becoming a pastry chef was my #1 dream. No astronaut, biologist, or lawyer dreams. Only dreams of baking delicious goodies and pleasing peoples' palettes with dreamy desserts.

15 years later and a psych degree 3/4 of the way done, I now have to get my bake on whenever I get the chance!

 

The task at hand was to create a multi-layer cake, and decorate the cake using 4 of the concepts they had learned throughout the year. We went with a classic yellow cake and a vanilla buttercream (since nobody in the class even tastes the cake). 

Please excuse the blurry picture. Still waiting to buy a decent camera.

I trimmed the tops down, Kyle finished and started giving them a buttercream cover. 

Yes you do see a hidden layer of chocolate. Kyle wanted a "surprise" layer hahaha <3. 

He piped royal icing flowers...

I created some fondant branches and leaves...

He piped a green shell border that he was VERY proud of..

And before we knew it....the masterpiece was born!!

Pretty gorgeous, no? I was super happy with how it turned out and so was Kyle. Delivering the cake was a whole other story. We only had one minor mishap which took the life of some of the shell border but nothing TOO tragic happened. 45 minutes later and a quarter of a tank of gas used on A/C alone, we turned that puppy in and called it a success. Whew. I was proud to be a part of the process! 

Thing I enjoyed the most? Watching this stud hard at work:

 I love him :)

ps: Sorry you had to miss Tucson Tuesday. Next week we'll be back in business !