The Icing Journals......

Hey guys and girls!

This week I had an order for a birthday cake. I'm getting more confident with my cake making and decoration. That saying "practise makes perfect" is actually very accurate. Anyone who follows my instagram page or my facebook page will see the improvements in my frosting techniques. Its nice to actually see the progress myself.

It can only get better.....I hope. lol

I'm always taking pictures, so its easy to document and see my progress. I've gotten my customers in the habit of taking pics too of when the cake is cut, so I can post them on my social media sites!

I do love my loyal customers and supporters! 

This shows my icing process, this actually use to make me very nervous when I first started baking and it never quite turned out how I imagined it in my head. This really use to knock my confidence and I would think to myself "do I actually have what it takes to do this?"

But eventually I got better, I'm not exactly where I would like to be at this stage but the key thing is I'm getting better. I practised and I have a lot more confidence doing it now and really enjoy it. Its messy, its fun and I've started to really enjoy this part of the baking process. yayyyy!! *thinks to self "wow, how things change!"* 

I looked up different techniques, tried out different icing recipes, mixed recipes together, created my own till I found out what worked and what was best for what I wanted to accomplish. 

This was the end product of the birthday cake I did this week....

I was really happy with the result! So was the customer! #WINNING 

 So I say to anyone out there with a dream or passion, keep at it, keep practising, and put the work in.

 It will definitely pay off!!

Just to show you my progress...

 

This was my icing capability November/December time last year! My first ever Red Velvet Cake! Now don't get it wrong, the cake tasted great! The decoration however was a different matter! *Hangs head in shame* LOL!

This is a Red Velvet Cake I did in August....

Cleaned up round the edges....

Improvement? I think so! LOL

So like I said before, practise makes perfect!

I'm glad i can share my journey with you guys! its nice to tell you the behind the scene problems that happen sometimes. 

Until next time....Mwah! 

Love Caulene. XxX