Let Them Eat Cake!

In a previous post, I talked about how my mother enrolled us in our local Wilton Cake Decorating classes for gumpaste and fondant back in January. You're technically supposed to start out at the basic class and work your way up, but obviously we didn't. But after having such a fun time in the gum paste class, we figured it might be a good idea to learn the basics because I tend to focus on the decorating and I don't have perfect skills with the basics! So we took the basic class and learned a TON of great tips, it was totally worth it! I learned how to bake a cake evenly so it doesn't come out with a domed top, how to make a really simple buttercream frosting, how to use all sorts of decorating tips, and how to frost a cake with ease. Here are some pictures of our final cake! (We also made a couple of cupcakes because the cake was being sent to my mom's work and the boys just HAD to have a taste of our work!)