Course 2 was all about flowers. For the past 3 weeks we have been making royal icing flowers and drying them in flower formers to save for our final cake. In the first class we learned a few more buttercream flowers - rosettes, chrysanthemums, and rosebuds - but we didn't save any of those for the final cake. In the second class we started the royal icing flowers - apple blossoms and violets - and we also made those cute color flow icing birds. The color flow objects are very simiple to create but they are very fragile to store and transport. In the third class we learned the last batch of royal icing flowers - a variation on the Wilton rose (the Victorian rose), daisies, daffodils, pansies, and primroses. I have to say the flowers were intimidating at first, but after a little practice (each flower uses the same basic petal technique with slight variations) they became a lot easier. Finally, in the last class we brought all of our dried flowers together and after learning the do the basketweave and a new rope border for the cake, put everything together. It came out pretty nice I think.
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