A few more pictures of my first wilton rose cake!

What's Baking?
Well, thanks again to my friend,  the cake I made for my daughter made it the 300 plus miles across the state! Daughter sent me some photos (thank you!) and it looks like it sustained  only minor damage and that she and her friends enjoyed!  Looking forward to my next Wilton class and fondant!

Wilton Course 1, week 4 - final cake!

What's baking?

This is the cake I made for my last Wilton class of Course 1.  I did not want to post it until after it got to my daughter for her birthday!  The cake is the same recipe Chocolate Layer cake as the mini cake a couple of posts back with the buttercream frosting using the Wilton classroom recipe with half butter, some almond extract and a dash of salt.

The roses are still a bit of a challenge.  I do need to practice and hope to find time before the next class starts, but I am pleased how this cake came out and very happy that it managed it's way across the state in time for my daughter's birthday!

Practice

What's Baking?
Mini 4" cake to practice.

I needed to bake a cake for my last Wilton Course 1 class.  I used Mark Bittman's recipe for Simple Chocolate Layer Cake to make a mini 4" cake to practice and a larger cake for class this week with Wilton classroom buttercream icing.  The whipped cream would have been much better, but this was to practice decorating!  I cut the little cake into two layers and brushed them with Creme de Cacao and mixed some strawberry jam with buttercream for the filling.  I'll post pictures of the larger cake with the dreaded Wilton rose later.