Christmas Cake {Wilton Course 3}

I've always respected and admired cake decorators, but man, oh man! I admire them a thousand times more now.

Last week I completed the Wilton Cake Decorating Course 3 class.

Take a look at my final project!

I call it Christmas Cake!

I'm not sure how many hours it took me. But I do know that it took a long time! I made everything down to each individual flower and rolled out each freaking ball that makes the borders.

I really can't say enough about how much I really learned in this class. It was just so cool.


As I said,

This cake was my final project for the Wilton Course 3 class. The class focused on tiered cakes and fondant.

Here's the breakdown

Cake flavor: I used Shirley J Fudge Brownie Mix (quick and easy, and dang good!

Each layer has either buttercream (magnolia recipe) or nutella in between. Cake is frosted with true buttercream underneath fondant. (it doesn't hold well bc their is no shortening, but i was willing to take the risk for the flavor!)

Pan sizes: 8 inch and 6 inch

Bottom layer: 3 inchs
Top layer approx 2 1/2-3 inches

Fondant: Wilton White Fondant

Flowers: royal icing (poinsettas, lillies and made up flowers - stamens from wilton.com

Leafs: wilton buttercream mixed with my magnolia buttercream and meringue powder.

Balls and stripes: fondant

Dots: royal icing

I had a lot of fun. I have a new respect for wedding cake peeps and um...it will be a LONG time before I ever do anything like this again!



Enjoy!

I took a lot of great pictures, even some cool step-by-steps of fondant techniques. I really hope to share with you all soon. (I'll admit though, it may be a while cause I'm a bit behind on my posts!)