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Where did the time go?  We are now at week 4 – the final week of our Wilton Decorating Basics class. 

There was a lot to do to prepare for this class and a lot to do in the class itself.  This is the class where everything that we’ve learned in the earlier weeks come together in what should be an impressive cake.  In the previous weeks we’ve learned to create drop flowers, rosettes, shells, pompom flowers, leaves and the Wilton rose.  We also learned to apply multiple boarders to the top and bottom of the cake.

We had to show up at this final class with our cake baked, leveled and iced and/or filled.  We were also to make drop flowers and roses throughout the week and bring them to class to apply them to our cake.  We also had to bring our homemade buttercream icing to class prepared by adding colors to it as we needed to complete our cake design.

I was tired before beginning the class prep.  I gave up.  I let mom do her cake, icing and flowers and I would cheer her on instead of working on a final class project of my own.   I’d also apply the continual buttercream tasting that is required to monitor the freshness of the completed project.   I thank God that you can’t fail a class like this one!!

As you can imagine, Mom was so excited for this class just like all the rest of them.  She spent time every day on making buttercream, creating flowers and cake baking. 

On class day we learned to create the classic rose and picked up additional tips on cake design and finishing. 

Mom’s cake for this class was for Eboni.  She filled the cake with chocolate and decorated it with drop flowers that were made fr0m buttercream icing.  Many delicate flowers of many colors were used to top this delicious confection.  Wow!!

Mom earned a Wilton Certificate of Completion for this course.  This was presented to her by Ms Joyce, our instructor.  

Mom learned a lot in the class but that wasn’t enough.  It was at that point that she spoke with Ms Joyce about the next course in the series.  By the end of the class Mom had decided that she would stay in Dallas another month and we would be ready to take the next Wilton course during the month of July. 

I also recieved a Certificate of Completion from Wilton.  Don’t you say nothin!! 

Carolyn “buttercream” Williams