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Thursday, 22 December 2011

My First Cake Decorating Course, in Nov - Dec 2011

I'm very new in "Cake Decorating" world.
That's why I decided to sign up for a cake decorating class at the Bake It YourSelf.


"Wilton Method of Cake Decorating Course 1" was the course name, and it's provided into four sessions, conducted on Saturday afternoon (2.5 hours for each of the session), at a bakery shop house (Bake it Your Self) in 182 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. The course fee is $270 (student starter kit and book are inclusive). And the instructor's name was: Katerine Kok.

I enjoyed the class.. although felt quite tough as we should accomplished some home works which is so challenging for a starter student like us, i.e.: to bring a cake covered with butter cream as the based cake for the decorating hands on in the class. I can tell you that covering the cake is not an easy job at all. The way you hold the spatula, they way you smooth up the surface, to avoid the bread crumbs come out, haizzz.. ^^ 

The other thing that we need to prepare was butter cream with appropriate consistencies: stiff, medium or thin. With regards butter cream, Teacher Katerine mentioned that try to use icing sugar without corn starch, meanwhile icing sugars in the market all are with corn starch. And what I did was: came back to the B-I-Y shop at Bukit Timah Road (from my office in Ang Mo Kio, during lunch time).. just to buy a pax of icing sugar..^^ as I wanted to have a perfect cake/ icing for my final project decorated cake.

But overall I can say that I really enjoyed the course and glad with the fruits that I got from the class.
I know about cake decorating basic now.. and become more confident as a baker. :)


My thanks to all who had supported me during this struggling time: my baking guru and adviser Mbak Deby Da silva, my dear husband David Gani, my pretty daughter Marielle Aurelia Gani, my handsome son Nicholas Rafael Gani and my home assistant Sawen. With the great supports from ya.. I could accomplished the projects (hufff) and received my first cake decorating certificate: The Wilton Basic Decorating Cake - Course 1 Certificate.. Hihihihi..

Result from the first lesson (decorating cookies with butter cream):


Result from the second lesson (decorating cake with butter cream (simple decoration)):



Result from the third lesson (decorating cup cakes with butter cream):


Result from the forth lesson (decorating cake with butter cream: mandatory decoration objects are rose, leaves, border): 

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