Last Tuesday for Young Women we learned about cake decorating. Sister Ericksen was a great teacher for the class. She showed us how to make fondant out of marshmallows and powder sugar. I was amazed at how easy it was.Since decorating a whole cake would take too much time we just did sugar cookies. Each girl and leader was given a cookie and a ball of fondant. Then it was up to us to decorate our cookie. I had a blast as I chatted with one of the girls and we worked on our cookies. I heard Sister Ericksen talk about doing small balls to look like pearls so that is what I decided to do. I just didn't know how long it would take to do the whole border of the cookie.
I have a new appreciation and respect for cake decorators. My Aunt Bobbi has decorated cakes for as long as I can remember. She did my wedding cake. Because of her I have had the desire to learn how to decorate cakes. Aunt Bobbi does the more traditional butter cream frosting. That is even more difficult than fondant. My goal for this year is to take a cake decorating class. They offer them at Roberts. I just have to sign up for a class.
Some of our young women had a party this week. For desert they made a cake; they decorated it themselves with fondant they made. I was so excited to hear that. To me that meant that the activity was a success because the girls used the skill they learned later. The two girls who made the cake showed some interest in taking the class with me. That would be so much fun. We could all use it for our value project in Knowledge.
I love being in Young Women!
