This class was "Mystery Cakes" with my idol, Colette Peters. If you watch any Cake Challenges on Food Network you will know who she is. She also has several books out. Anyway, the challenge of this 7 hour class was that you brought in 3 styrofoam cake dummies, your tools, white fondant, and colors. You picked up an envelope, and had to design a cake around what was in the envelope. I worked with what I had, and am happy with the cake! Would have made some things different if I was at home...I would have used chocolate fondant on the bottom so I could have had a real dark bottom. Also would have had darker "stitching" on the bottom. It's real hard to get those dark colors in a classroom setting without access to all your good stuff. I also would have done a loopy bow topper, but those take a day to dry before you can assemble, so that was out. But I had a ball and really enjoyed meeting my idol!
This was a class on mini wedding cakes I took with Kathy Scott. She is a very successful bakery owner/retail store owner in South Carolina, and it was worth the class just for her accent and southern sayings. (Darlin', that just hurts my heart", and "That's too much sugar for a nickel" were among my favorites...) She was a hoot! I ended up taking four classes with her, and learned some great stuff.
This class was with Susan Carberry, another successful bakery/retail owner in California. Really, my descriptions of these teachers don't do them justice...their bios are quite impressive. This class was mini-bride and groom cakes. Very cute, very fun, very labor intensive. Now I know why she charges so much for them (they'd retail at about $65/each...they are a 4" bottom and 3" top). Susan was way rad.
I also had a figure piping class with Roland Winbeckler, of Winbeckler Enterprises. He has done cakes since before I was born, and for famous people, too. No picture...it was my last day and the camera was packed! But he was alot of fun.
It was a great experience, and I hope to go back next year.
Hopefully these show up in the same order I posted them, otherwise my comments won't make sense!
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