Fondant
9 Jun
Happy Birthday, Mom!
We’ve started fondant in my cake decorating class. I’d never had it before, but we did a taste comparison with pre-made commercial fondant and a few variations we made from scratch… I was pretty unenthused about all of them. (Though, my group made it with “homemade” bourbon vanilla, and was my favorite…)
The whole process was much easier than I expected it to be, and I do understand why it is more popular from an aesthetic point of view, as I was pretty pleased with my finished product. However, I think my interest in the baking and pastry field is leaning more towards creating tasty sweets than cake design.
Either way, I am still super-excited to be learning all the various aspects of decorating that I’ve never tried before, and will be very glad to have them in my skill set.
This cake was taken to my mom for her birthday, which happened to land on the same day as this lesson… Worked out nicely, I think.
Your cake looks beautiful! Right now my talent lies more in the baking aspect, but I do want to learn more about decorating cakes, especially working with fondant.
Thanks! I’d like to continue learning different decorating techniques after this class, especially the fondant.
Your school’s schedule works out well with all these things for you – birthdays, anniversaries
I love the pretty roses! All I decorate are cupcakes, lol. And then I eat them, as soon as humanly possible… No wonder I can never take photos of anything!
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I’m going to have to invent a purpose for my next/last cake this semester… It’s just a bit too late for Father’s Day.
I sometimes find myself getting more caught up in picture-taking than in actually enjoying some of the food I make. And now that the husband is getting into off-camera flash and all that sort of thing, I end up having to wait for him before I can bake. Alas, the life of a food blogger…