How I Started Cake Decorating!

I love cake decorating.


I became interested in cake decorating when I was a kid and watched my grandfather, who was a baker for years, make a wedding cake for my uncle. I think I was maybe 9, but it sparked an interest. So, when I was in High School and my church youth leader taught a class on Cake Decorating I was hooked.



I had to do a passion project for a class at school, and yep, you guessed it I picked cake decorating. My youth leader was willing to teach me, so I went to her house after school to learn more. That is how I started learning to make drop flowers, roses, borders, you know just the basics.



Then to my surprise, after I completed my "passion project", my teacher said guess what.. my husband and I are renewing our vows this summer, I want you to make my cake. No pressure... I am an insecure teenager and my teacher asks me to make a two-tiered wedding cake!! To top that of she wanted banana cake with lemon filling...I thought that sounded gross, but it was her husbands favorite. So there I went...baptism by fire. I grabbed a Wilton yearbook and drew up some ideas, found out how to support tiered cakes, made roses, figured out how to make cornelli lace and voila...my first wedding cake! To my surprise and I am sure my teachers, it actually turned out rather good, better than I thought it would. Don't know how it tasted, but it looked good.



Those early lessons with my youth leader, a community class, and a yearbook I started to learn more, especially by trial and error. I was not a professional, by any means, but my wedding cakes were straight (at least compared to some homemade ones I had seen),well for the most part. Anyway over the next couple of years I made cakes for my two younger sisters, who were married long before I was, and a friend's wedding. Of course I always got to make fun birthday cakes for family and friends, but I really enjoy making wedding cakes. In my next blog I will talk about some of my jobs as a cake decorator and about the tips and tricks I have learned along the way.



Oh, yeah, there was a point to all of this. If I can teach myself how to make a two-tiered wedding cake at age 18, then there is no reason why anyone can not learn how to DIY as well. With the internet now it is great, there are online courses, ebooks, if you need ideas there are a ton, and it is a lot easier now to find cake decorating products and tools, then it was back in the 90's. I have included some links for some decorating websites. I will update as I find more.



Well I hope if anyone ever reads this- that they enjoy it or are at least slightly entertained.




Thanks for Reading!-



Kari H.









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