Yeah! I'm so happy someone started a thread about this!
I also took the 3 courses at Michael's. I had a blast. Yes the clean up sucks. But it was so much fun.
Here's some of my cakes.
Here's my practice cake for the little girl
I have a ton of fun making cakes. And I LOVE seeing everyone elses.....I can always use more ideas! Cakecentral.com is an awesome website, I've gotten tons of great recipes and ideas from there.
RONSPUMKIN...nice avatar!!! Is that first cake a frozen buttercream transfer? The picture looks great!
Anyone else have any great cakes/recipes/ideas to share?
Oh, forgot to add..
TGRAY......fondant is really pretty easy to work with, you should have no problems....my b-day presents cake was all done with fondant and that was only my 2nd time working with the stuff. Can't wait to see yours!
WOW Jaylin!! Those cakes are fantastic!!!
Both of the cakes above are BCT. They are really easy. If you can trace, you can do a BCT.
I can't get over your cakes! Great job! How much time did it take you for the little girl cake. Looks like a lot of stars. Do you use the 3 star tip when doing a project like that? I just did a red hat lady cake for a co-worker and used the stars to fill in the hat and my hand KILLED me after all of those stars and it wasn't even close to the little girl or the sponge bob!
RONSPUMPKIN....Thanks! yes, my hand is always killing me after star cakes....I hate it! And I only use the single star tip....I really should give the triple one a try. When you do your FBCT what tip do you use to do the outline? I've seen pics of a few that don't look very good, the black outline was too thick and it ruined the look of the picture.
Oh, gosh, numbers....I think it was the small round number 2 maybe? I generally try to use the 12 tip to fill in so there aren't many lines to smooth out.
There's a local bakery that makes THE BEST cakes, and I've always been obsessed with them. Last week was my mom's birthday and we got a cake there, and now I am going crazy trying to figure out how they get their icing so creamy. I told my instructor about it and she said they probably used this ingredient, but now I forget what the name of it is! I'm looking online, I can't believe how many cake
EmilyZ, are you talking about Patsy's In Somerville?
EmilyZ, are you talking about Patsy's In Somerville?
No, actually I'm talking about Lyndell's in Somerville! OMG, there stuff is to die for! I've never tried Patsy's.
Jaylin: I can't see your cakes.
How do you do a buttercream transfer?
I'm so new to all of this and I read a lot on CakeCentral but I don't know a lot of this stuff yet! I'm so glad that there are so many CC'ers who decorate!
I've been lurking and debating if I want to take the classes at Michael's! It looks so fun and yummy! I think I'll go and see if I can get in to the class starting next week.
Ya know I have always wanted to take those classes at Michaels. My mom is great at decorating cakes. I am so glad to see this thread. Lately I have been in a rut where I dont even want to bake. Maybe this will inspire me.
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