EBPS Day 5: Squeeze and Shout

Cake decorating is just so frustrating. Never thought I'd have a hard time doing it. It looked easy when Chef Heny was doing it but I tell you it's not. Pipe, scrape the frosting off, refill the piping bag, and repeat. And after 5 hours, I still couldn't do it right. But I'm not giving up. After all it's just one day. I still have my entire life to practice it.

flowers made of royal icing

August 3, Saturday.

Today was the second part of our Basic Cake Decorating lesson. We already did all the baking a week prior so this day was just focused on decorating. We're still combined with our classmates from the essential cooking class plus a new addition today, Adrienne, making up for her missed decorating lesson. She's from the weekday baking class.

Each of us were handed our tools and practice boards.

For our morning session, we did borders using boiled icing. A calming music was being played while we do our hands-on activity.

Star Border & Star Fill-In

Dots

See how Chef Heny did the "E" motion border. So relaxed...

Here's mine. I consider this my best work.

"E" Motion Border

Rope

Zigzag

Ruffle

Chef Heny's Scallop 

Here's mine. The first time I tried it, it looked like fish scales. Hahahaha!

Outline/Scallop - Trial number 1

Outline/Scallop - Trial number 4?

Now here's where I got frustrated. I think I tried to repeat it more than times. I even used half of my breaktime just to perfect it but to no avail.

Ruffle Garland 

everyone's busy doing the ruffle garland

The last thing we did using the boiled icing was the shell. I received a funny remark from Chef Heny when I showed her my work. "Bakit mukhang tahong? Dapat shell. Alam mo yung Shell na gas?"

Chef Heny's Shell vs my "Tahong"

For the royal icing, we did the rosebud, half rose, sweet pea and drop flowers.

class pic


finished product

EBPS Day 4: It's a Piece of Cake