Blossoms and Leaves

Monday night was the third week of the cake decorating course and as the title suggests it was an evening creating blossoms and leaves.  The course runs for seven weeks and by the end of it we should have created enough blossoms, leaves, frangipanis and other bits and pieces to cover a cake and make it look beautiful!

I didn’t realise that cake decorating required all the equipment that it does – I have so much stuff that I have been taking it along to class in my little roll along suitcase – I think I might have to buy a big tool box though as that looks a bit cooler and not so much like I am going away for a long weekend..

Here is a photo of all my new toys – and there are so many other things out there to buy!  I have a feeling that my cookbook and kitchen appliance purchasing obsession may be taken over by cake decorating tools..other people fill their cupboards with shoes and handbags – I fill them with ready to roll icing and flower dividers J

The only thing about all this fancy gear is that I am going to have to use it – so anyone with a birthday coming up watch out.. and I hope you all like frangipanis, blossoms and leaves! 

The beginning of a blossom

So it turns out that blossoms are quite tricky and nimble fingers are a bonus... after my success last week creating (what I thought were) okay looking frangipanis I was a bit over confident and found it frustrating that my blossoms didn’t look as perfect as those of the instructors.  But I persevered and by the end of the class I was quite happy and after a bit of practice at home they are looking much more blossomy.

We also made leaves which are nice and easy and not so finicky– although you do have to be careful with the green dye, too much and they turn out almost fluorescent – not quite the look I was going for.

Anyway here are some pics of the creation of a blossom and some leaves.  Please excuse my dodgy photo placement - still working that  one out..