Mrs. Snow Pea, New York
Age and Occupation: 26, Architectural Engineer and student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Web Designer
Engagement Date: July 4, 2005
Wedding Date: August 18, 2007
About Me: I am a DIY gal. From cooking, home improvements to wedding. Mr. Snow Pea and I met in college, and since then we've been like peas and carrots! Love cooking, traveling, and fishing.
Cake Decorating At AC Moore
February 8th, 2008 @ 5:46 pm by Mrs. Snow Pea
In this week’s AC Moore flyer, there’s a coupon for 50% off their cake decorating class. Check out your local paper to see if they are offering one at a store near you. I am going there to sign up tonight.
I have always coveted the works of art seen on the Food Network competitions. Something about ruffled fondant flowers and lattice just excites me! A friend of mine took the class and now does some amazing cake designs that can be seen here on Cake Central. This is a great place for tips and inspiration especially if you have an ambitious friend who wants to make your wedding cake. This would be the ultimate DIY!
Have you or a friend taken a cake decorating class? What was your experience?
13 Responses to “Cake Decorating At AC Moore”
I think one of my bridesmaids and I are going to take a class at a local Michael’s Craft Store. It sounds like a lot of fun. A couple of my friends took it as an elective in community college and had a blast.
We did a cupcake decorating and it was fun, but I definitely didn’t pick up enough skills to handle something that would be displayed to anyone outside my immediatley family 
I took all three Wilton cake classes and loved them! It’s a lot of baking though, so I didn’t want to see another cake after I was finished. It did give ma whole new appreciation for bakers who take on weddings. Seriously…with everything that can go wrong with those things, it’s amazing they stay up…yeah, I love/hate watching them transfer the cake to the presentation table on those shows!
As a bonus, I got to bake decorate my own wedding cake…time consuming, but cheaper. (it leaned a little, but who cared.:) )
Yup I took a beginner’s class at Michaels and it was super fun! You never look at grocery store cakes the same way again! Plus it was funny because the first day I couldn’t make since I was out of town so I sent a guy friend as my replacement and the instructor was so excited about having a boy in her class!
i took all 3 wilton classes and it was fun! learned basic techniques, and then adapted my own. i made the gumpaste flowers on my wedding cake (http://photos-325.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v106/129/27/4803325/n4803325_31473403_8028.jpg) and it actually got me started on gingerbread construction (http://photos-325.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v17/129/27/4803325/n4803325_30600575_3742.jpg).
I wonder if we have these in England…
Have fun!!! I think it’s a great skill to have - especially if you like to throw parties. My Grandmother taught me and I make all the shower cakes for my friends. I am making my wedding cake, too. =)
I took the starter Wilton’s class and loved it. I want to take the rest of the classes when I have time. Just fair warning, don’t go in expecting to be able to make a wedding cake when you are done. My instructor said it was about 3 years of practicing before she was really happy with the way her flowers turned out. She is a pro now, but it takes time. And there is a lot of baking, and hand cramping invovled.
I’m making my brother’s cake and, while I’m an advanced baker, I’m contemplating taking a class at the Institute for Culinary Education in NYC. But my brother and his fiancee are really really simple so I probably won’t even utilize anything from that class for their cake!
I contemplated making my own cake but my mom has forbidden me from doing so - I am a SERIOUS perfectionist and I would totally drive myself crazy doing so!
My mom took the Wilton classes when I was a kid, plus she was constantly singing in weddings, so the joke at our church was that you only had to call the pastor, the organist, and her. I still have a ton of her equipment in the basement, most of it VERY 70s, so when two friends ran off to Vegas to get married, I volunteered to make a completely over-the-top cake for the surprise “reception” we threw them. Four layers, heart-shaped, tiers separated by plastic pillars with swans, and covered by handmade chocolate hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Nobody cared that it was a mix. Actually, nobody believed that it was a mix.
I think cake decorating is a lot like other crafts: with a little basic knowledge and the right tools, you can do a lot.
I took a Wilton cake decorating class my senior year in high school with my mom and again with a good friend. My instructor loved my friend, but wasn’t very fond of me and made lots of rude remarks to and about me (I should add that I was not an obnoxious teenager). I haven’t wanted to take another one since then. I did learn a lot though, and enjoyed cake decorating, just not the instructor…
The New York City Cake Decorators offers reasonable mini-clinic cake decorating and sugarcraft classes for members–many of whom are new to cake decorating. We also network with top cake artists such as Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes, and Charmaine Jones, Cakediva, and have 7 Wilton Method Instructors as members. So if you’re looking for a cost effective way to learn cake decorating, why not check us out?
