Cake decorating?

**EmilyZA** · 02-20-2006, 02:32 PM

Just wanted to see if there are any other people who decorate cakes here! I am taking a class at Michael's and I love it...

snowzilla · 02-20-2006, 03:50 PM

I'd love to hear more about the class at Michael's. Cake decorating is one of those skills I would like to have, and I've been thinking about it alot lately (likely watching too much Martha these days!).

**jlp** · 02-20-2006, 03:59 PM

I've never taken a class to learn traditional cake decorating, but I do make a lot of themed cakes. The closest Michael's is 45 mins., but our JoAnn Fabrics offers Wilton classes...one of these days I'll sign up.

Some of these are originals, and some I've adapted from ideas I've seen.

**EmilyZA** · 02-20-2006, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by snowzilla

I'd love to hear more about the class at Michael's.

I take the Wilton class at Michael's and love it. I think it depends on your instructor, though. Our instructor just won the Wilton Instructor of the Year award!

There are three levels of the class, and I'm in Level 2. In the first level we learned the basics, and this level we're learning Royal Icing and flowers-- lots of flowers.

Level 3 is Fondant/Tiered Cakes.

Originally Posted by jlp

I've never taken a class to learn traditional cake decorating, but I do make a lot of themed cakes.

Those are great! Wow!! Love the pizza themed one!

Here are some of mine, I'm new to this so there isn't much!

My Superbowl cake:

**jlp** · 02-20-2006, 06:35 PM

Well, for being new to it, you're doing a great job! I want to learn how to use a piping bag so I can make those pretty edges.

There are three levels of the class, and I'm in Level 2. In the first level we learned the basics, and this level we're learning Royal Icing and flowers-- lots of flowers. Level 3 is Fondant/Tiered Cakes.

I TOTALLY need to take these classes!!

snowzilla · 02-20-2006, 07:27 PM

The classes sound like exactly what I'm looking for! What was the cost on them? Do you pay by level, or sign up for all three at once?

**maplekitty** · 02-20-2006, 07:32 PM

I'd also love to learn cake decorating. My mom used to decorate cake just beautifully and was self-taught from books - and I've inhereted all her tool.

Now if I could only figure out how to bake a good cake, LOL - I suck at cake baking

**Shakua** · 02-20-2006, 09:25 PM

I also took the Wilton classes many moons ago and love it!

PS:
EmilyZa and JLP great cakes! Now I'm hungry.

**tlew12778** · 02-21-2006, 04:04 AM

I took the level 2 Wilton class. The class itself was not expensive but the initial investment in supplies is quite steep. IIRC (this was 15 years ago) I spent more than $200 just on supplies. I am sure you can get a lot of stuff on ebay now though.

**EmilyZA** · 02-21-2006, 08:53 AM

The class is normally $25 per level, each level is 4 classes (once a week.) They do run promotions every once in a while. In January it was half off the classes!

I would definitely agree that the supplies are pricy! At Michael's they give you 10% off when you're taking the class, plus they have coupons a lot in the paper.

I found a really cool website last night, http://www.cakecentral.com but I haven't had much time to explore it yet.