Thursday, February 10, 2011

Graduation

2 months ago, I got 3 graduation certificates:  Clemson University, School of Nursing, and Calhoun Honors College.  I'm happy to announce that as of Monday, I can add a fourth:  "Wilton Cake Decorating".  That's right, yours truly has completed cake decorating basics in the event that nursing doesn't work out.  Next on my list is "Gum Paste and Fondant".

Over the course of my class, I learned how to make really slimy icing that it takes forever to wash out, make some basic cakes, and decorate with several "techniques" to include: star characters, several flowers, dots, and a few others.  We also did some cookie decorating, and cupcakes which I thought was the most fun, but didn't get a picture of.  I think it was worth it to use up some of my free time to become just a little bit more domestic.  Anyway, here's a small sampling of my new work.

My first cake.  Disclaimer:  the fish isn't totally random.  We could only pick from a few designs.


My ribbon rose 'Happy Birthday' cake.  Since it wasn't a birthday, I just went with 'Day'.  Also disclaimer:  in my free time I haven't been downing bourbon.  That's from a pudding recipe :)


So here I am, Registered Nurse slash Basic Cake Decorating Artist.  I'm sure that my children will be ever so thrilled that we won't be ordering their birthday cakes from Publix :)

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