So, I decided to try my attempt at getting myself a new hobby. Today’s idea was Cake Decorating. Yes, I said Cake Decorating. I figured that this was a pretty good hobby idea to an extent because 1. I don’t sleep much and it is quiet enough to do in the middle of the night. 2. it’s actually pretty cheap. 3. I can’t eat the cake, but I know several people who would gladly take it to eat it. 4. If I become good at it, that is a potential money maker idea (well, okay, I seriously doubt that. But hey, I love wishful thinking!)
An it was an insomniac night indeed.
This was the cake cooking
Of course to make the cakes flat, I had to cut off the poof.
I then assembled the four layers after making, cooling, and depuffing all of them.
Yay Royal Icing! Seriously, I had no idea about RI before I started reading up on cake decorating today.. well, yesterday now.
OMG MMF! Again, I didn’t really know about Fondant until I started reading up on cake decorating. This was my very first attempt. Not the best, but half decent.
The cake is no where NEAR being done, but I am done for today working on it. I spent HOURS on it so far. I never realized how hard this could be for something that just looks so simple. I will never question why Wedding Cakes cost so much anymore.
Now the other thing I wanted to attempt was to make the sugar flowers. I KNEW this would be super hard, but I wanted to attempt at it anyway. This here is some gum paste. It is almost like MMF, but it dries HARD and it keeps it’s shape better, unlike MMF. I wanted a yellow tint to it, but I guess I added a bit too much because I didn’t want it yellow yellow, I just wanted a tint.
I fixed the color, it took a little work to fix it though.
I was surprised how well the flower was turning out.
My finished flower… Okay, almost finished, I need to get some accent color to highlight a bit. But that requires me going back to the store later.
The fun thing was, the flower… completely edible. All sugar.
