Getting Back in to Baking

So a couple of years ago I took some Wilton Cake Decorating classes with a close friend and loved it! And why wouldn't I.  I always loved being in the kitchen.  At age 9 I was making pizza from scratch for family dinners and they actually ate it! I also made some concoctions that made people sick, but I'll spare you all the details.

Any ways, getting back to the cake. I made a lot of cakes after those classes. I learned about gum paste, buttercream, fondant, torting cakes, and filling cupcakes. I even self-taught myself how to use isomalt. I also learned I'm incapable of keeping my kitchen clean when I bake. Its literally impossible. My most prized cake was the one I made for my boyfriend's birthday. It was a beer barrel cake with a Texan logo and was so much. It was fun, and even more fun seeing his face. Little did I know he would become my husband in almost one year later. 

Everything is edible, except for the bottle caps and labels. I didn't have time to recreate those with edible paper.  

So yeah, cake became a passion of mine. But when we got engaged, life got busy. Wedding planning tends to do that to you. But 5 months after become Michelle Morgan I have decided that it is time to start back up.  And what better reason that for a family member. I made my father-in-law this cake for his upcoming birthday. Its a mix of a tres leches cake from the Pioneer Woman (love her!), a camo-inspired cake and this other image of a cake from Sugar.

Hunting Camo Cake

My messy and tiny kitchen

Final Product

Not sure how it tastes, but I'll follow-up with another post after this weekend.