Cake Decorating Class

So far so good. I have embarked on a new journey in my life, cake decorating! I love it, I suck at it, but still I love it! Actually, I love baking more thank any other part of it, but to be a good baker, when it comes to anything other than a good cookie or brownie, you must be able to do a cake! So I have now had four classes (three REAL classes) and completed my 1st cake for class! I am figuring out pretty much all of it but i feel like certain times I have a "heavy or light hand" for certain things. Like shells, I hate doing shells; where as rose buds, not so bad. so here is a picture of what is to be "my finished product."

This cake had everything. French vanilla cake, which was very light and airy. Cream cheese filling, as good as it gets. A very light butter cream icing, which tasted lovely. After all was said and done, I completed the class for the evening and was bringing the cake home! Carrying it in my 9x13 cake carrying case, I returned a text from my husband to let him know I was on my way home from Long Beach City College to Westminster. With a slight of hand, I accidently tilt the box and the cake slides to the wall of the box. Without opening the box, I gently nudge the box the other way. Good the cake is okay... or so I thought. As I'm driving home I realize that the top half of my cake has slip in half and it is sliding down slowly exposing the awesome cream cheese filling! At this point there is nothing I can do, I just have to laugh about how much it SUCKED! I get home try to fix the cake for what it is worth, because I was proud of my POS cake and wanted to show it to John. All and all, the cake TASTED MUCH BETTER than it looked!

Now for the second part of my new journey. With this new love of baking, and cake decorating I must get back to my core... athletics. I use to be very active so I have decided that I need a new "something". I have to get rid of these calories some how so here it is... running and walking! Everyday to every other day I have been run/walking 3 miles.. I'm training for a run in April and hope that I can just COMPLETE it! Post pregnancy my body went though so much that it is not the same. I have not been able to get back to kickboxing, Pilate's, Sfactor... I just need a good place to start, something I can do with my beautiful daughter, Burke, by my side. So here it is we crank up the tunes, take the jogger and move our booties! while we are out, she gets to enjoy a little extra time on the swings!