In the Beginning....

Every summer I have explored a new hobby. Last summer I geocached. This summer I am learning to decorate cakes. I am starting to feel like the zucchini lady - the one who is always trying to give you all her extra zucchini, only in my case it is cake.

I started by watching YouTube videos, loving the concept of fondant icing. How did we ever survive without YouTube? I started out trying to make a Topsy-Turvy cake. I quickly discovered that maybe I ought to start smaller after tossing out my first absolute disaster. Wish I'd taken a photo - it really was bad! I didn't do too bad on my first "Fireman's Cake", but I decided that if I'm going to do this then I'd better take some classes. Here is my first cake:

Next I tried a Father's Day cake. I was going to attempt to make a BBQ grill cake, but I didn't have the correct colors AND I got ahead of myself & didn't have enough of my base color gray to finish. SO I turned it into a card cake for my dad, with "Happy Dad's Day" lettered on the side & the 4 suits on the top. Plain & simple, but my dad liked it.


I have taken one class & learned how to torte a cake (I didn't even know what a torted cake was!). My next class we begin decorating - I signed up for the beginners class & I'm excited to learn some new techniques. Maybe there' a little money in this for me......