Cake Decorator

I think I can be a cake decorator because I have an excellent cake vocabulary. These words all pertain to cakes and I can define them:

• Ombre

• Naked

• Fondant

• Piping

• Buttercream flowers

• That kind of cake that has candy inside.

Also, growing up, I used to make all our birthday cakes. There were 5 of us, so yearly that was a lot of cakes. Sure, they were basically the same cake and the most I ever decorated was to add sprinkles on top. (oooh! Vocabulary: sprinkles!) But it was baking!

I don’t want to brag, but I can also do cupcakes. Every time my mom’s school had a bake sale (she was a teacher), I would make 2 dozen cupcakes. We were never allowed to eat any, which was entirely unfair. I did learn the secret to successful selling of bake-sale cupcakes. You guessed it: sprinkles! The more the better! Sure sell out.

By the way, back in the day, you didn’t have an equal amount of frosting to cupcake. What is it with the frosting ratio these days?! Also: get off my lawn.

There are some areas where I would have to improve. Again, I don’t want to brag, but I did make those cake letters that are the picture for this blog. I learned a couple of things from that. For example, if you are going to make something meant to be displayed as a word rather than a mixture of Scrabble tiles, it would be good to have a platter large enough to do so. (Sorry, Ashley.) 

Also, technically, I’ve never actually made an ombre cake, naked cake, or any cake with fondant, piping, buttercream flowers, or candy in the middle. My initial fees would be quite low. 

As a retirement occupation, however, I feel this is an area I would actually be willing to put some work and practice into. But I’m pretty sure the key to ultimate success is sprinkles.