Using Pinterist for Cake Designs

Hello Everyone-

I know many of you are on the look out for new cake designs. As I have mentioned in class, Wilton has a great Pinterest page for you to use at:

http://www.pinterest.com/wilton/



Enjoy!!!

Decorating Basics on October 6, 2013 is full. Here are some alternatives...

The October 6, Decorating Basics class is full. I cannot add another class at this time so I thought I would post some alternatives for those of you that want to take the class before November, 2013.

First of all, I still have Course 3 and Course 4 openings. You are welcome to start your education with those classes since you do not need decorating experience to take either class. The dates for these classes are:

Course 3 Gum Paste and Fondant October 3, 2013 10 am - 12 pm

Course 4 Advanced Gum Paste Flowers October 1, 2013 10 am- 12 pm


Kim also has a night class with a couple of openings available. She is a phenomenal teacher and would love to have you in her class:

Decorating Basics - October 2, 2013 6:30pm - 8:30 pm

Demonstration Cake done by me.

Tall Cakes Class Oct. 6 with Kim at Michael's on Harbison.....

Hey Everyone -

I know a bunch of you wanted to take the Tall / Tiered Cake Class before Christmas. I am unable to teach this class right now but, Kim A. is teaching one next week: Sunday,  October 6th from 3:30- 6:30 Pm. The tuition is $20.00.  If you want to sign up go on in to Michael's and get signed up. If you have questions for her she can be reached at kimbocraig@juno.com or you can contact me at sweetcakes@sc.rr.com and I will forward your questions to her.

This one was done by Meloney, a student from a past class.

Cake class students- here are the directions for the Wilton Giant Fantasy Rose

Hey Everyone-
Several of you have asked me to teach a class on this topic. Since I cannot teach new classes right now, I thought I would give you the Wilton directions so you could try this at home. If you have taken Course 3 or 4 with me this should be easy to follow.

Simply follow this link to the Wilton blog and you can print these out to add to your collection:


 http://www.wilton.com/blog/?p=12924

Giant Wilton Rose

Cheap Thrill for Cake Class ... The new Chef's Store....

Monday, I found myself over in the St.Andrews area and decided I would take a trip  of the new Chef's Store on Saint Andrews and Jamil Road. I was in need of some confectioner's sugar for my cake  classes. Normally, I purchase it at the holiday sales but, this year I ran out early.

I found a great price on sugar , one full case ( 24 boxes) of one pound boxes of Domino sugar for $21.98 total.  That is about .92 cents a box. It is not as low as I can do with coupons at the holidays but, it is a full .38 cents lower than a box of sugar costs at my local Publix.  I noticed they also had tons of other cake supplies and spices at much lower prices than even Sam's club has them for!

Fair is coming soon... here are some past entries to inspire you.

Hello Everyone,

As you all know SC State Fair is almost here. For those of you who entered the Cake contests, entries are due for turn in the first week of October so I thought I would post some photos of past entries to inspire you. These cakes are from the 2011 SC State Fair. These cakes were done by Sharminna H. , Karen L. , Becky R. , and Julie L. 

 

 

Look what some of our past students are doing.......

Hello Everyone-

I am finally able to post pictures on a more regular basis ( I hope). So I decided to highlight what some of our past Wilton Students are doing. Many folks are working in bakeries or using the new SC Cottage Home laws to bake and sell cakes from home.

These photos are from Henrietta W. who attended classes at Michael's with Kim A. . She finished her classes with me at OC. Tech. Henrietta was kind enough to take over teaching the cake classes at OC Tech when I was too sick to do the job.

I think these cakes are amazing, hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did!!!

Free Whoopie Pies book for your Kindle.....

I am always looking for good new recipes. These come from the Ferris baking company and I cannot wait to try them out for the holidays!

If you want to try them too, this book is available for free download to your Kindle, all you have to do is download it from Amazon.....

Now is the time to sign up for Holiday Cake classes...

Hello Everyone-

Now is the time to sign up for Holiday Cake Classes at Michael's! To help you do this I have given Michael' s registration sheets for the rest of 2013, so that you can sign up for October, November,and December classes right now.

This months special is 50% off the regular tuition of $45.00. Plus if you come in to the store this Saturday September 21, 2013 between 12:00 and 3:00 pm,  Wilton will be doing a special promotion for Course 1.

To see the Course dates simply follow this link:

http://sweetcakesandsparklythings.blogspot.com/p/class-schedule.html

See you in class!!!!

You could learn to make a cake like this!!!
 

"Cocky" Cupcakes for Gameday!!

Hello Everyone-

I apologize for not posting much this month, my treatment has made it so that I can just teach classes and I don't get much else done.

Today, was a Wilton Demonstration Day at Michael's. Since it was USC vs. UGA I just had to make "Cocky" cupcakes. If anyone would like to do a short simple class on making these little guys let me know, they were super simple.