I started this adventure a few years ago when I had the opportunity to transfer departments where I was working. No, I didn't go to school or take any courses on decorating. Having very little previous cake decorating experience, I dove into books and videos on decorating.
I had my typical "throw the book at you" training for receipes and store standards. Then started to hone in on my techniques. This is not a natural talent. This is something that I want to learn about and improve on. To be quite honest, I can't really draw on paper but I can make beautiful things out of icing. When I was little, I never thought of being a cake decorator when I grew up. It is just something that happened. I love it! There is always something more to learn and design, it's very hard to get bored doing this.
I would also like to say that I have found that icing is not easy to make at home. Everybody that I have talked to about icing recipes said that it was easy, just throw the ingredients togther and whip it up! I tried, and tried and tried some more to make the "perfect" decorators icing. I found the perfect recipe so far and have been using that with success for my decorating. Up until last year, I had never made icing at home to decorate a cake with. I've made it at work hundreds of times, but never at home.
I started seriousily decorating cakes at home last year. My kids are getting older and asking for designs and styles that I couldn't make at work. I'm usually up for a challenge and hey, it makes the kids happy. I don't make them for sale, just for family and friends that ask. I started to video what I do last year so that I could share what I learn with everyone. It was very daunting at first because there are so many different styles, techniques and opinions about cake decorating.
Taking what I have learned and bringing it into a home setting are such drastic different things. Tools are not at my fingertips. I don't have many of the speciality tools, just learning how to make a good decorator's icing, no airbrush machine, no storage and I don't have the special tips at my fingertips either. I am not letting that deter me though!!! I have picked up a few decorating tips, icing coloring and basic tools at walmart and the rest will come later.
My kitchen is tiny! My appliances are not in any condition to talk about but I don't let that get in my way, and you shouldn't either =) This is more about being able to share. Breaking it down and making it easy! My family has been so supportive with this but I guess that they enjoy the end results! I'm really glad that I gave this a try! As I get more comfortable with the videos, I'm sure it will smooth out a bit! LOL
I'll be following up this blog as I do more videos =) I really appreciate you checking this out and I hope you check out some of my Cake Decorating video! I love #CakeDecorating and it is quite the adventure to do it in my kitchen =)
Chox =)
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