So let me just say, today was amazing! A friend of mine called last week to ask if I would mind baking a few small cakes so that her daughter could decorate them with friends at her birthday party. I of course said yes! I told her I have the perfect cake pan and had actually been thinking of having a few friends with their daughters come over and try this out as several had asked if their daughters could decorate one. So after a few messages back and forth I asked if she would be interested in me showing the girls a few techniques? I could bring a cake for myself and demonstrate some ideas and then they could make their own cakes. She was so excited and said of course!
So today was the party and I wasn't sure how it would really work, how much icing we would need, could the girls pick up the techniques, would I be able to teach them....well, it was AMAZING!!!
I brought 10 pre-iced
cakes with a crumb coat only and refrigerated to provide a great base to start decorating. I then demonstrated how to add another layer of icing to their cake and showed them their first technique I've used on a few wedding cakes to just put lines in the icing. I then showed them my button technique where you pull the icing and all of the girls gasped and said "it's like a mermaid"! Then they were totally hooked! They asked great questions and then took off decorating!
It was such a great way for to show their personalities and creativity and believe it or not they got the techniques! They were so amazing and so creative I couldn't believe it.
So thus begins a new add on to my "side" business...Birthday Cake Decorating Parties! How much fun would it be to have your son or daughter have a tailored birthday party where they get to take their creations home and then share with their family. Let me know if you are interested. #businessevolving #cakedecoratingparties
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