Last month Cat joined a new club at school - the Cake Decorating Club. Once a week the participants stay an extra 30 minutes after school to learn techniques of decorating cakes and cookies, and Cat always comes home with something sweet. They spent the first few weeks practicing piping frosting and last week began working with fondant. "It tastes gross," she said, which made me laugh because although I love the way fondant looks, I'm not a fan of the taste either. And I usually go for taste over aesthetic (which is why our wedding cake was chocolate with cream cheese frosting).
Isn't it cool that this is offered as a club, though? It struck me as random, even more so because it's the PE teacher who teaches the cake decorating techniques, but also very cool.
Cat looks so grown up. You truly have a pre-teen on your hands.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Sounds like they have all kinds of cool activities at their school. I love making fun birthday cakes each year for the kids but haven't done fondant for the same reason, nasty! My sister found a recipe made out of marshmallows that she said was pretty good and has used it many times. Ashlyn wants to try it this year to make a polka dot cake.
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