Tuesday already! Hi everyone. Hope you had an amazing day today. We had a good o' time in class decorating our Chiffon cakes. We learned how to take the top off the cakes, cut them into thirds and fill them. We were then asked to pipe. Yea, lets talk about that for a second. I don't pipe. I don't know how to pipe. I have never taken a piping class. I have never piped.. I think you get the picture. ;) I just kept asking myself, how am I supposed to practice piping if I don't know how to pipe? Well, I didn't practice and the result of this is the picture above. I wish I would have decorated it nicer! We learn to pipe in our Cake Decorating Course but that's not for 12-24 weeks or so. :( For now, this was all I could do. We were supposed to create our Devil's Food Cake as well today but we ran out of time again! Boy, cakes sure are time consuming. I started my second cake because I didn't want it sitting there naked next to the iced up beauty, but I did not get to finish it. I filled it with a mix of the buttercream and raspberry.
The cakes are really good. Although I didn't think I liked the texture when it first came out, it tastes much better with the Swiss Buttercream and raspberry filling. I brought them home and my family liked it. :) Yippee!! Some loved it in its entirety and some liked the cake but not the icing... It sure is hard to please the masses! ha ha.. but I love the feedback because I want to see which cakes and pastries are most enjoyed so I have an insight on what my future bakery will create. So thank you Noemi and Cindy for your input!
Here is what the cake looks like on the inside after cutting a slice :)
If you want to practice your piping skills, here is a Buttercream recipe to practice with:
Here is what the cake looks like on the inside after cutting a slice :)
If you want to practice your piping skills, here is a Buttercream recipe to practice with:
Simple Buttercream Recipe:
Ingredients:
4 oz of butter
2 oz of shortening
10 oz of confectioners sugar
.75oz of egg whites
1) Cream the butter, shortening and sugar until its well blended in your mixer
2) Add the egg whites and mix at medium speed to start and then put it on high speed
Put a piece of wax paper out or whatever you have in the drawer, use your tips, fill your piping bag and try to make some fun creations! I will be doing the same! If I make anything worth showing, I will post it and let you know how to do it. I am going to start with making a rose.. Wish me luck!
See you tomorrow!
Looks AMAZING!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you pretty girl! <3
ReplyDeleteYou are going to be a "Piping Princess" by the time you are done! I can see you being great at it..... yummmmm.... I always look forward to seeing what you are making next. You are ahhhh-mazing! :)
ReplyDeleteI sure hope so! ha.. thank you for the vote of confidence and for the super sweet remarks..<3
ReplyDeleteUm...hello...can we say piping savant!! jeje :) You did an incredible job chiquita banana!! By the time you get to the piping class, you'll be a pro! The cakes look fabulous and delish! I'm happy to hear that your family is enjoying their little baker's creations!! Just one small request...can you let Chef know that I'm waiting on the Devil's food cake?? Hello...let's get our priorities straight!! Chocolate first please!! Have a fantabulous Wednesday! xoxo :)
ReplyDelete:) thank you sweetie!! And uh.. about talking to the Chef.. how about we skip that part and lets just say we are saving the best for last?? :) :) <3
ReplyDeleteHow did God grace some with beauty, humor, intelligence, a rather robust ability to banter AND piping skills? Is there no end? If only you could make my laundry disappear? Just kidding nation - wonderful job, wonderful human and its great to see your community building with true friends.
ReplyDelete"M" Thanks for the slice of Buttercream Cake it was wonderful. Yes, in general I am not a fan of the Swiss Cream but after you explained the difference between the Icings on the cake (Yellow & Pink vs the White) I understood...Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see the pictures of your creations but even better getting to taste some of them. That being said, "see you tomorrow" Whoo Hoo!!! Chocolate Cake Day :)
Laughing.. That was funny Sal..He made me for YOU! :) I can most definitley make that laundry disappear, it will just take me 7 1/2 hours to get there ;)
ReplyDelete@ Cindy - I am SOO Glad that you can share this journey with me, not only by reading, but by tasting and giving me your opinions! Its awesome! Thank you!! xoxo