This week we had to take some flat biscuits and icing (the icing was a recipe specified in the training book) and in regards to the biscuits there was the option of making them yourself or taking store-bought ones. I opted to bake my own and did so on Sunday evening. I used a basic Butter Cookie recipe I found online.
I was very happy with my biscuits and the consistency of my icing was just as described in the training manual so so far so good.
With my kit all packed by Monday morning and keeping in mind that class was starting at 7 I was armed with my checklist of the day. Monday's I take care of my friends Shaun & Chanelle's little boy Dallas and I wanted to make sure that I had Hudson bathed and fed before Troy came home from work and I left for the course.
I was right on schedule and amidst bathing Huddo and Dallas was standing next to me outside the bath while I was washing Huddo. Dallas was getting a bit cranky and I knew what was going on here...someone thought he was missing out.....so in he went also!
Chanelle arrived to pick up Mr Dallas just as it was time to get out and then I gave Huddo his dinner of Chickpeas w/veg and a tub of yoghurt. Huddo bathed and in his pjs...check, Huddo fed....check, bottle of expressed milk in the fridge ready to go for Troy to give Huddo before bed......check....6.35pm: Time to leave....hmmmm.
Huddo saw me getting my shoes on and quickly running the ghd's through my hair. Could see his mind ticking over "Hey, I'm in my pjs and she looks like she's going out. I don't like that" ....As I was saying good bye he was crying very hard and Troy was cuddling him. My excitement for the course quickly disappeared and I felt horrible as I was now running late and left. :(
The course itself was very informative and there was a good demonstration of how to ice a cake properly and with 25 minutes to go we sat at our work station and commenced piping practice on our biscuits. I only got one biscuit done before it was time to pack up. But I felt confident on practicing at home. I went to practice this morning only to find that the lady sitting next to me has picked up my 'tips' for different styles of piping by mistake. So I only had the one tip in my box to practice with until next class. This was what I did briefly this morning...
Next week the instructor is away so I won't be going for lesson 2 until the week after. But that lesson I have to take an iced cake that is ready to be decorated....I'll post pics before I go.
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ReplyDeleteCheck out the Diego cake I made in my facebook album "Kobys 2!". The pipings a bit runny in some spots from too much colour added, the colours arent perfect and its a bit messy in some spots because after 3 hours of icing I was seriously over it but I think its a good effort overall for my first cake!! :)