Cake photos

I took my second basic cake decorating class tonight.  It was lots of fun despite the fact that I'm suffering from either a double ear infection or a sinus infection.  I'm going to go to urgent care tomorrow to have them diagnose what's going on so I can get some relief.

We learned dimensional piping, leveling and torting a cake, then filling it.  Practiced smoothing the cake with Viva paper towels.  Oh, and piping gel transfers.  That's the procedure I followed to get the pattern I made on the cake.

We'll have this cake on Saturday for my birthday party with my family.  I'll actually be gone on my birthday for work on Tuesday, so we are celebrating early.  I'll be turning the big four oh.