More Piping and Fun Flowers

Today was day 2 of my cake decorating class. The lesson was more complicated and I was able to try more techniques. For a change, I chose the color peach for my icing. I love shades of red, yellow, orange and anything around those hues would definitely be to my liking. My right wrist is still aching from squeezing the piping bag the whole day. I did a lot of twisting and hand control. It was fun nevertheless. As I said, the whole exercise felt like second nature to me so I'm not the least bit complaining.

I'm posting pictures of the techniques I mastered. My favorite is the rose. For a first timer, I did this relatively with ease. As the days pass, all the more I can confirm that I found what I truly love to do.

These are just a few of the roses I did. It all starts with the bud and I work my way outward. The basic rose has a bud, 3 petals for the second layer and 5 petals for the outermost layer.

My peach roses up close. I had to insert these in the styrofoam to let it dry. These are made of sugar icing.

These are different tip techniques. The topmost is string work followed by rosettes then zig zag, loops and more zig zags using different hand pressures.

This is a combination of C technique (as it looks like the letter C) and lattice. I start doing the lines first and once I'm finished, I change the tip of my piping bag and do the C for the borders.

This is the fleur de liz. Formerly a symbol of the royal coat of arms of France, this impressive decoration is now generally synonymous with anything French according to the Wilton website.