1st Lesson in Cake Decorating

Last Wednesday we had a cake decorating lesson for the Young Women's activity. I was suppose to teach the girls what I learned from my cake decorating classes. I didn't think I needed to prepare or practice but I was wrong. I took the classes 5 years ago and haven't used the skills I learned in a couple years which was apparent when I tried to make some basic flowers. The decorating lesson was a flop, but it was still fun to be creative and experiment.

When I was baking the cake for the activity I made one for Ava. I knew there would be left over frosting and thought she might enjoy decorating too. She was excited and ready to go. At first she squeezed some of the frosting onto the cake, but she liked spinning the lazy susan while I squeezed the frosting out. We made a good team. When the frosting was gone we let her sample her work. Of course Ava loved it and for the rest of the week she would try and pull the cake off the counter to get a piece.

This is Ava's new smile. We will ask her to show us her teeth and this is the face we get. It cracks us up.