If this is your first time here, thanks for stopping by and if it isn't, thanks for coming back and reading my blog. I love when people stop, read and leave comments. As most of you know, I go to my local cake decorating supply store for weekly classes. I love to do it because I learn new things and it helps me to tone the skills I already have...and besides that, I get to chat with a great group of ladies...it's a fun time. Today we had a special instructor, Silvina Barboza from NJ. She is a Sugar Artist Instructor and Cake Designer ... Check her out at: www.facebook.com/SilvinaBarbozaSugarArtist and www.silvinasugarcreations.com.
Today she showed us how to do a rose using modeling chocolate. Now modeling chocolate is a lot different to work with then fondant and gumpaste. The more you play with it, the softer it becomes and then it starts to basically melt as you handle it. So I recommend if you work very slow, don't use modeling chocolate. Of course you can put it in the refrigerator to get it to set back up. I amazed myself that I was able to work as fast as I did to make my chocolate rose. She also showed us how to do sculpting using fondant and gumpaste(tylose is also used). We made a pig, a girl, and a mermaid. I can definitely understand why cakes cost so much when the decorator goes the route of sculpting figures to add to the cake. It is definitely a very time consuming process, but in the end I feel it is worth it because it adds character to the cake. The pictures below are from todays class. The first one is the modeling chocolate rose. For a beginner, I think mine turned out pretty good. This is something that I would definitely use again. The other two pictures are what was sculpted out of the fondant. Now the picture on the right is Silvina's(notice how perfect it is)..the one with the blonde hair, however; is mine(definitely by no means perfect). I laughed when I looked at it..she looked like ET at first, then a giraffe with the long neck(thanks to long hair you can hide those flaws). I also had trouble making the lips the way they are suppose to be made so I did it my own way(too funny). In the end, for a beginner, everything turned out okay. The point is I learned a new technique, which hopefully I can master soon. It is truly a fun way to create. So here you go..enjoy and until next time....Happy Baking!!!
