As some of you know, I took Wilton's Cake Decorating Class. Last sunday was my second lesson or class with the instructor, Mary. We have to bake a cake or buy one and bring with us to the class. Beside cake, I brought my own make butter cream icing (you can either buy the ready-to-use icing or just DIY la) which the instructor teach us how to make at the first class last sunday.
Went to Ailing's house to bake my cake on the thursday night before I go for my trip on friday. It my 1st time baking a cake... All, I know it sounds silly that I've not bake a cake at all cos I have a OVEN at home lei! Never know that I can bake a cake using betty crocker cake mix because I never really thought of it.
Just kill me please =.=
There are many cake mixes now in a whole wide variety of flavors.
Bought the Betty Crocker Decadent Supreme Cake Mix for the 1st time cos we did not have time to experiment with scratch recipes. We spend our past week visiting Micheal's store to buy the items needed cos they have this 50% off any
ONE regular price item coupon and is good though nov 10 with the fine prints saying one coupon per customer per day! They have always been the 40% off one item or 20% off the entire purchase. Now 50% off lei..不買就太對不起我老公了.. 哈哈哈 Imagine us going in and out of the store several times a day (afternoon and night cos our hubby on night shift) , of cos we paid our items with different cashier la.. so one day I can buy 4 items with the 50% off coupon, if theres more cashier, I'll be more happy.. LOL Sometimes I even take Hubby W with me and he played a joke on me " Ask your father, mother, brother all come la!" hahhaha.. Do you get the joke, Laughed.
Okay back to the Betty Crocker cake mix. Each box will yield enough cake mix to make two 8 or 9 inch round cakes, one 13 by 9 cake, appoximatley 24 cupcakes stated on the box. We shared this cos we bought a 6 inch baking pan one instead of the 8 inch stated on the wilton course 1 book.. feels that 6 inch cake is good just for me and Hubby W, anyway we just decorate the design on the cake what, don need a big cake one, my theory la. =X
This I present you my 1st bake cake using Betty Crocker cake mix. Opps, Just realised that I forgot to take pic of the icing that we did on last sunday afternoon =.-
In lesson 2, we were taught how to torte the cake with a cake leveler, slide the top, torted layer onto the cake lifter, filling the cake with medium consistency icing and filled inside of the cake with the chocolate mousse that we prepared, icing the cake using a spatula, hold our pipping and tools, how to transfer a cupcake design to the cake with piping gel.
Photo taken from my Wilton Decorating Basics Book 1
Here is the 1st cake that I decorated in class.
Of course it's not mean to be eat, too much icing, too sweet. I just practise the tips and the pressure of pipping. Not very pleased with the way it turned out. I think I need more practice!!!!
