I've always liked baking cakes, but have only recently got back into it. I've been making fairy cakes, loaf-style lemon cakes and assorted flavours of Vic sponges, which have gone down very well with friends and colleagues. So, continuing with the challenging myself theme, I thought I'd have a go at decorating cakes.
Having been disappointed by the local college cancelling their cake decorating course, I resorted to Amazon and some experimenting in the kitchen...
I started off easy (or so I thought) and decorated cupcakes to look like ladybirds and bees. I bought sugarpaste from a shop in town, and crafted it accordingly (see pics).
Everyone except me was delighted with the results, but I think I'm a bit of a perfectionist! The main problems were that I used a pizza wheel (!) to shape the mouth, so perhaps if I get the right tools, next time will be better! Pretty good for a first attempt though, so I think it's back to the book for something else!
