This is my final post!  I’ve loved learning more about cake decorating, but it’s hard!  I worked on a cake today and had many problems.  I was covering the cake with fondant, which I’ve never worked with before.  I probably should’ve stayed with buttercream, but live and learn, right?

I did come into the cake decorating process knowing a lot.  I leveled the cakes and covered them in buttercream.  Rolling the fondant, without cracks and breaks in it, was difficult.  I was originally going to try to make a two-tier cake but after struggling for too long with the top tier’s fondant, I just stuck with the bottom tier.  Because of this, I didn’t really have a plan for the buttercream designs, so they aren’t the best.  But it was my first cake and I felt overall it wasn’t too bad.

I think if I were to do this project again, I would do some “trial runs”.  While learning about fondant, I could roll some out and practice.  While reading about buttercream piping, I could try some designs.  I’m quite good at baking, but decorating is another story!

I wanted to post some pictures of my cake, and I will.  My camera cord is currently not working and I’m trying to figure out another way to post them.  Check back if you’d like to see the final product.