It’s official! I am completely hooked on cake decorating. Cake Boss watch out. Well, I won’t go that far but I have found a new hobby I am completely into. It is so much fun and like I have mentioned before it is relaxing.
Several years ago before the twins I tried to take up knitting. I had a vision I would knit the babies blankets, booties, you name it. I took the classes; and I could just not catch on. I couldn’t even get as far as knitting a sock. Maybe because I’m left handed? Or maybe because I had my mind on food and babies the entire time.
Now cake decorating; this is my speed. Not only do I love it but I am eager to continue to keep learning and developing my skills. I can make a mean cupcake so I am thrilled to have some new tricks up my sleeve to add the topping on the cake.
If you have missed Part 1 or Part 2 of my series you can check Part 1 out here or Part 2 out here. But don’t forget to come back to check out the rest of Part 3!
Before we get to my tips for this week let me share with you a giveaway! As I have mentioned before I feel if you have the right tools and techniques you can do anything. Well, I would like to give to one lucky winner a prize pack of some of my favorite tools I have found to be helpful cake and cupcake decorating.
Giveaway is now closed.
Congratulations to Julie R! You are the winner of the Wilton Giveaway!
Congratulations to Julie R! You are the winner of the Wilton Giveaway!
The prize includes:
* Wilton Deluxe Tip Set- Includes 26 tips, 1 coupler, 1 flower nail and a tipsaver case. Tips that are included are Round tips 2,4, 7,10 Star Tips 13, 16, 17, 18, 199 and 30 Leaf Tips 65,66,67, 352 Petal and Drop Flower Tips 61, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107 and 225 Specialty and Basketweave Tips 46, 47, 233
* Wilton Cake leveler
* Wilton 16 inch disposable bags set of 12
* Wilton 13″ Angled Spatula
Pretty cool, huh?
These little gadgets and tools are amazing! And for one lucky winner they will be all yours.
Want to enter? It’s simple.
Here are the rules-
To enter simply add your name and email address to the comment line below letting me know what you like to decorate more cakes or cupcakes.
If you don’t put your email address, please check back on May 3, , 2012 to see if you are the winner to contact me to claim your prize!
You can earn up to 6 additional entries by doing any of the following. Leave a separate comment for each entry. One entry per each of the following. If you are already a fan on Facebook or follow @MotherThyme on Twitter please leave a comment line with valid email letting me know.
2- Become a fan of Mother Thyme on Facebook.
4- Tweet this giveaway: ”I just entered the Wilton cake decorating #giveaway @MotherThyme”. Leave a comment back here that you did. * You can tweet this once a day for additional entries
5- Share with your friends or fans on Facebook.
6- Follow me on Pinterest and pin this post.
Giveaway open to US residents only.
Entries can be submitted between April 26, 2012 and giveaway end at 11:59pmEST on May 2 2012. Any duplicate entries will be deleted. Any entries received after giveaway closes will be deleted. Only entries left on this post qualify for drawing.
One winner will be selected at random. Please leave a valid email address or contact information. The winner will be contacted via email and have 72 hours to respond. If winner does not respond within 72 hours a new winner will be selected.
If you don’t feel comfortable leaving your email address the winner will be announced here on May 3, 2012. If no contact information is given, the winner will have 72 hours to contact me to claim prize. If winner does not contact me by 12:00pmEST on May 6, 2012 they will be forfeited.
Wilton is not affiliated with this giveaway. This giveaway is sponsored by Mother Thyme.
Good luck!
And now for this week’s tips:
- I love making roses. I could just sit there and make roses all day if I could. It was funny because during the class when we first began doing the roses we were all a bit skeptical on the results since it is more complicated than others. We all caught on quickly and before you knew it we were all whipping out beautiful roses to embellish our cakes.
To make roses you need stiff consistency frosting. I talk about the different consistency of frosting in Part 1. You need a stiff consistency so the petals stay in place however I learned if your frosting is too thick not only will you have problems making these but your hands will be hurting too. I had to remove all my stiff frosting and soften it up just a bit by adding a few drops of water. Once I had the consistency right; after a few practice rounds I was whipping out roses like a machine.
To make the rose you will need a flower nail; wax paper or the square sheets they sell with the Wilton products and tips 12 and 104.
You will begin with pipping tip 12 on the center to create the base. The pedals are made with tip 104. The key is twirling the flower nail as you are piping the frosting onto the base of the rose that was made with tip 12.
The rose will be left to set on the wax or paper squares and then carefully removed with a flower lifter which I love to place gently on your cake.
- Handwriting on cakes. Handwriting can be done simply to state on your cakes Congratulations; Welcome Home; Happy Birthday etc… Words like Congratulations are quite long and on an 8″ cake to get that all in on one line you need to make sure you have your spacing correct. Make a thin line with a toothpick or dental floss to make an even line on where you want to write. Add the first letter and the last letter so you can guide your spacing. You don’t want to write Congratulations without having the s already down at the end and as you get closer you realize you are out of room and you wrote Congratulatio instead of Congratulations. The best results for handwriting is using a tip 3 and you will want to use a thin consistency frosting so the writing glides on smoothly.
Now for exciting news. I was going to do a step by step photo of creating flowers but instead we are working on videos to share these techniques with you. Let’s say we’ll call it Mother Thyme Video or MTV. Maybe we shouldn’t call it that because MTV may not be to happy with that. So we’ll call it MTC Mother Thyme Cooking. These videos will start appearing in the next few weeks so stay tuned!
Next week we’ll be continuing with more flower designs!
Now for exciting news. I was going to do a step by step photo of creating flowers but instead we are working on videos to share these techniques with you. Let’s say we’ll call it Mother Thyme Video or MTV. Maybe we shouldn’t call it that because MTV may not be to happy with that. So we’ll call it MTC Mother Thyme Cooking. These videos will start appearing in the next few weeks so stay tuned!
Next week we’ll be continuing with more flower designs!
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| Cake was made with 9 roses using tip 12 and tip 104; border was made as a rosette using tip 18; leaves were made using tip 352 and dots around cake were made with tip 18. |
Great giveaway! I like to decorate cupcakes
That is BEAUTIFUL Jennifer and I want to win!!!
I really, really, really want to win!!!
Awesome! I’m new to this as well, so so far i’ve really only done cakes with more shaping than actual wilton style decorations. So i guess right now cakes win.
I’m a fan of you on facebook!
I’m subscribed to you on google! <3
Following you on twitter!
tweeted “I just entered the Wilton cake decorating #giveaway @MotherThyme”
following you on pintrest! pinning this post now!
Shared on facebook! <3 (i think i’m out of entries now :/)
that looks great, I have always wanted to learn how to decorate cakes. I wanted to take the lessons but could never find the time.
I clicked like on Facebook and shared you with my friends.
I have been in awe of your cake decorating skills! I make a lot of cakes and I’ve always wanted to learn how to decorate them professionally. I have no doubt I’d be making a lot more cakes and cupcakes if I won this kit and accessories (:
I’m a RSS subscriber!
I like to decorate cakes more! More fun!
Betty Hendricks
So far I like decorating cakes more. I just took
my 1st class of Part 1. I love it!
I subscribed to you on Google
Entering the contest..
following you on Pinterest
“I just entered the Wilton cake decorating #giveaway @MotherThyme”.
I am a fan on Facebook
I’d like to decorate cakes with this kit. Thanks!
I follow you on twitter @amylou61
tweeted:
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I definitely need help with making roses. I enjoy piping cupcakes more because they don’t require so much decorating after they are frosted. I like whispy swirls! This is a very generous giveaway, Jennifer! I have loved reading your tips!
I’m following you on Pinterest & pinned this post
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Brooke, bfinkney@facebook.com
I love to decorate cakes! All these contests are soooo much fun!
I am a fan on facebook, but haven’t even ventured into twitter yet! I barely understand using pinterest so that option is a bust also lol!
Great giveaway! All the prizes will be super handy for decorating. Usually I only make cupcakes, but I love decorating cakes. Subscribe to your blog, follow you on Facebook and Twitter! And I’ve pinned you on Pinterest.
I subscribe to Mother Thyme. A delightful cake!
I like to decorate cakes. That one is beautiful!
Beth_Roan@yahoo.com
Following you on twitter
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Following you on Pinterest
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Following you on Facebook
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cathy bartley love to decorate cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just discovered your blog & am loving it! I love to decorate cakes/cupcakes & would love to win this – I’m in charge of providing the cupcake tower & birthday cake at my sister’s 21st birthday next month so this would come in super handy!
anitamcclean@hotmail.com
I prefer to decorate cupcakes. My birthday is May 3 so this would be a great win for me
Im a fan of yours on fb!
I am definitely better at decorating cupcakes than I am at decorating cakes. Maybe I need to take one of these classes – because your cake is gorgeous!
I’m seriously impressed with your cake decorating style! I now want to find a cake class!
I’m a RSS subscriber!
I’m a facebook follower!
I’m a twitter follower!
Tweeted!
Pinned it!
maria.putzer@gmail.com
Cupcakes – I can’t level and frost cakes well enough to try and decorate them but cupcakes are easy – just decorate the top and it’s done!
What a beautiful cake, wish I could decorate like that. Love you site.
I follow you on facebook!! MichelleK
I also SHARED this post on facebook!! MichelleK
The giveaway. I love to decorate cakes more than cupcakes. Have a Blessed day.
I will be taking my first Wilton Cake Decorating class next week! I love decorating cupcakes. That deluxe decorating kit looks great.
Julie.ritz@gmail.com – Pretty obviously my name is Julie
anyway, I think I like to decorate cakes more! You can do almost anything you could do on a cupcake but on a larger scale, and people are always so happy and surprised when you give them a cake.
I also follow you on Facebook!
And on twitter- my username is @starmode
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/amylou61/status/196214115084152833
tweeted:
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I love making cakes and cupcakes but need to learn a bit more when it comes to decorating, these would be really helpful! Thanks for your post. I just started following you on twitter :]
Decorating would be so much fun. I get your RSS feed. Thanks
I love to decorate cupcakes!
I’m still new to decorating, but I love decorating cupcakes. I’m definitely ready to tackle cakes, though!
I’m still new to decorating, but I love decorating cupcakes. I’m definitely ready to tackle cakes, though!
Definitely cakes. I worked in a bakery for five years back in high school and college, and we decorated cakes and cupcakes. I enjoyed both, but cupcakes took so long — so many!
Tweeted the giveaway as well.
I took the first class too and am looking forward to learning more. Not very good at it but I do enjoy it a lot. cdbridge@pressenter.com
Beautiful! I much prefer decorating cakes over cupcakes, but I have to say that I’m not nearly at your level! Mindy (mindy (at) theworldinmykitchen (dot) com)
I’m a fan on Facebook! mindy (at) theworldinmykitchen (dot) com
Following you on Twitter! mindy (at) theworldinmykitchen (dot) com
Julie Owen 5cats2dogs@charter.net. I love to decorate cakes, I’m a little to clumsy for small cupcakes!
I have 3 small kiddos (age almost 3, 4 and 5) cakes and cupcakes are constantly being made and eaten. They all love helping in the kitchen. These neat tools would really get everyone excited!
Christina Jaehnel
cjaehnel@gmail.com
I decorate cakes in my spare time, mostly ones that i have drawn and cut out,Its been a while and i am in need of new supplies and would so appreciate this
Tammy Yeager
tamangola@yahoo.com
YAY! I cannot believe I won! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to put these to great use
it’s my dream to open my own bakery after college and this is going to help me get creative and much better at cake decorating. THANK YOU again! 