Art of Cooking Day 9 - Cake

Today we had our last day of Art of Cooking: Cake Day. When we came in, we were given a presentation on how we were to cut our cake and subsequently how to add frosting to the cake.  We had to cut the top off of the cake and slice the base in half.  After, we would slice off the outermost piece of the cake. Then, you would add frosting in between the stacked layers. After we did that, we had to put the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes. After we removed the cake from the fridge, we added another layer of frosting. We did this by adding a second layer at the top, and building a wall of frosting around the side. After that, we would smooth out the frosting around the top and sides. The cakes were then put back into the fridge. After we had lunch, we then added the fondant to our cakes. There were a lot of designs and some people even added images to theirs. There was a general process, roll out your fondant, wrap it around a rolling pin, and slowly drape it around the cake. We would then add whatever we wanted to. A few of the cakes designed were a Knicks themed cake, a bowl of roses, and frog birthday cake.
        We learned a lot of things today. We learned that it is a lot harder than it seems. We learned that It takes a lot of concentration. We also learned that you have to be very careful because sometimes you can't try again. Today was really cool and personally one of my favorite days.