More Cakes

Since I haven't taken the first Wilton Cake Decorating class, I asked a friend of mine if she'd be willing to come over and show me some of the pipping techniques she's learned.

I ran out of time to bake a cake, so instead I made microwave cake- yep, I took 1/2-cup white cake mix and added 1/3-cup water (and a crushed oreo cookie) and poured it into a greased plastic cereal bowl, and after 90 seconds in the microwave, viola! I had cake.

I also made the butter cream frosting. Mine was rather stiff, but it still worked great for making some of the flowers. Shanda brought TONS of fun stuff, and we pulled out our tips, bags, and couplers, and had fun decorating cakes!

I did get a picture of mine, but I forgot to take them of Shanda's adorable cake and another friend's, Donnarae, "present" cake. I am looking forward to more opportunities to play with frosting- I want to try two-toned flowers, and practice some more with different techniques.

Oh, and Megan wanted to be the "vanna white" for my cake. She loved the frosting but wasn't excited about the cake. I loved the moist "cookies and cream" microwave cake. YUM!