It’s All In The Family

Do you remember some months back when I entered a cake competition at the Arlington Heights Frontier Days?  Well, once we got there we found that there was a young person’s category as well.  My 9 year old immediately decided that he wanted to enter the competition next year, and I let him know that it wouldn’t be fair if I helped him–he’d need to learn how to decorate a cake, practice…and make his own!

Being self taught myself, I didn’t want to teach him.  I wanted him to learn the proper technique right up front—so we signed up for piping classes at the local hobby store.   The first class we just watched the instructor put together a cake and frost it.  The second class we worked on the basic star tip and had to decorate our own cake.  This was Grayson’s first attempt at decorating…and honestly—even though the stars aren’t perfect (he’s 9 and it’s his first try) you can totally see that it is the Wilton golf bag cake.

At last nights class we practiced shells and hearts and dots and faces, and next week is our final exam and graduation!