Flour Child

I honestly think my calling in life is to create pretty things. And I couldn’t think of a better way to start a blog about how sweet life is, then to blog about creating one of the sweetest things in this world: CAKE.
Given, I had never decorated a cake before but I have baked many-a-cakes (and desserts). And I was in good hands, having enrolled myself into a one day cake decorating crash course at the Paris International Cooking School.

The Cake: White Chocolate Berry Cake (baked from scratch, of course)

The Class: It was straight in to making the royal icing and piped roses and leaves and basic linework. I think I need a little practice here (hence no photos of the finished result)…and I was starting to re-think my ‘hidden’ talent.


But then we moved on to decorating our cakes and that’s when the fun began. Who knew there was so many ways to decorate fondant? Chalk, powdered, liquid and gel colouring becomes a playground for tinting fondant and stencils, moulds and cookie cutters assist to create just about anything imaginable.


The Results:

Oh *hearts*.  It had to be pretty…
I coloured fondant modelling paste in shades of pink, yellow and green and used cookie cutters in 2 different sizes to create my flowers. The buds were created with silver candy balls. YUM.

 

The Inspiration: Marc Jacobs Daisy (well, not really – but I think the flowers look awfully like Marc’s daisies)

Can’t wait for my SATC2 day with girlfriends. We’ve booked ourselves into a cupcake decorating course with Sharon Wee. We heard she’s fantastic. Watch my cake space!