Weddingbee Blog

For all my dental talk lately, I seriously must have one of the biggest sweet tooths (teeth?) in the whole world. And, appropriately enough, I also love to bake.

Recently, inspired by a trip to my local Michael’s (and from looking at so many wedding cakes!), I decided to try my hand at cake decorating. I’m artsy, but completely new to the realm of edible art, so I signed up enthusiastically for one of those Wilton classes offered at many Michael’s stores.

I was at first very surprised at the “deals” on classes Michael’s offers, ie. bring a friend and one of you is free, or buy the (necessary) kit for the class and you’re free. Then I caught on that the reason for this seemingly generous discount is because every person in the class ends up spending lots of $$ at Michael’s trying to stock up on decorating supplies. I must say that I caved, too, though I only purchased the basics and denied myself such luxuries as a Wilton cake-decorating tackle box, made especially to lug all of my materials to and from classes. Halfway through the length of the first course, I discovered that WalMart also carries Wilton stuff - a more limited supply, but a bit cheaper.

Anyway, all this to say that I am having a blast learning to decorate, and I have all sorts of ideas for my wedding cake! Taking classes has really helped me to understand the process of forming a thoughtfully planned out, artistically decorated cake. Before you ask: no, I am not exactly making my own cake, per se… but I do have some big ideas for it that I am super excited about! Sorry to be all secretive at the moment, but I still need a little bit of time to map the whole thing out in my head before I post about it. I promise I will soon! Until then, here’s a picture of a birthday cake I made, using techniques learned in the first course. Please ignore the ring of oil from the shortening in the frosting. Haha.