Arrrrrggghhh
I started my cake decorating course a few weeks ago and I have done nothing but scream, stamp and swear. We are doing a royal iced cake, which means layers of thin, crisp smooth icing and a light dusting of nervous breakdown. The first task was breaking the bank, buying all the initial equipment and then I had to ice my cake board. Easy you might think… not really. We were told to put a damp tea towel underneath the board to keep it still, then a thick even layer to be pasted onto the board and then scraped off in one steady motion. …Arrrrrggghhh. The damp tea towel helped for a while but then the dampness seeped through and warped the board, so I had no chance! I ended up getting a new, smaller cake board, which thankfully the cake covers most of and it was easier doing a smaller board anyway.
We are now doing runouts, which is piping around an outline. This
had me sweating and cursing under my breath too, but I seem to have gotten a bit better at it.
We are also royal icing the cake, which involves, icing two opposite sides, waiting 24 hours, then icing the other two sides, waiting 24 hours, then doing the top, waiting 24 hours, and you continue like this until you have three even smooth coats but it really should be 6…great. So if anyone wants a royal iced cake when I hopefully get a business up and running,…..tough!
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