Cake Decorating Class Three

So the third week of class we had to bring six cupcakes in...so baked a batch without a snag!

Packed up my bag and cupcakes and off I went.

Nice little batch of cupcakes from a box mix...

We needed to bring in different colored icing, so whipped up a batch of icing and tinted it with the colors I wanted to use.

This week we learned to make a simple drop flower, then we learned by a simple twist of the wrist a swirled flower was produced and then we learned how to make a little swirl that is perfect for a birthday cake to stick the candles in..I really like this opposed to those little plastic candle holders.

Then we practiced making a shell border...this made me feel like I was really getting somewhere...
Next leaves on the practice board....liking this also!

WOW...now we used a rose nail to make a flower...feeling pretty good here!

Lots of steps to produce a flower...

The girl who sits next to me is very talented...her flower came out perfect...so so pretty!

My creations on the other hand remain in need of practice...but I am not giving up...

Then I applied all the things I have learned and proceeded to decorate my cupcakes...these two turned out looking like hydrangeas to me...this was by chance, not intentional...but still gorgeous!

So 24 decorated cupcakes...in the past they simply would have been frosted and maybe some little sprinkles added but now I can make swirls and flowers! I feel like I am making some progress...YEA!!!!!

Elizabeth