This past summer, just before Wilton announced their completely refreshed Wilton Method cake decorating class program, I had a chance to visit their headquarters just outside of Chicago. Even though I was pregnant and mostly feeling miserable, I had a blast and not only got to learn the Wilton decorating basics, but I also got a crash course in flowers and cake design. Even though I had been decorating cakes for years, without any official training as an adult, I learned so much!
Of course, the best part of the trip was the amazing people that I got to meet and spend time with while there! One of these talented and fun people was Angie, a Celebration Expert for Wilton. Here she is in the video below, in fact, to tell you all about how Wilton Method instructors can help you experience the thrill of creating cakes and treats that will delight your friends and family—even if you’ve never decorated before…
Wilton is offering a fabulous prize package for one very lucky From Dates to Diapers’ reader – a free Wilton decorating class for the winner AND a friend, the course kit, and selected supplies! (Transportation is not included.) What a fun gift these classes would be!
How to enter::
Leave a comment, here on this post, before 9pm (pst) on November 27th, telling me about the cake design you most look forward to learning how to create and why. One winner will be chosen and notified by email, on or around November 28th… Just in time for Christmas!
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I would love to take a gum paste/ fondant class to try my hand at a fondant birthday cake for my little girl.
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I would love to learn their flower technique but also try a fondant class for my little guy.
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I made 30 goals for my 30th year and one of them is to take the Wilton Cake decorating class so I can make my kiddos nice birthday cupcakes in the Spring. My husband was recently laid off due to the economy so winning this prize would be huge in helping me accomplish my goals!
I’d love to learn how to make flowers!!!
I’d really love the Flowers and Cake Design class. I’ve tried many times to create flowers & just can’t get the hang of it. Would love to make a beautiful cake using flowers.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
like to make a Princess Merry-Go-Round Cake Birthday Cake for my granddaughters
mverno@roadrunner.com
I am looking forward to learning the basics. My cake decorating stinks.
I would love to learn the basics, like making flowers. I’m not very crafty but love to make homemade cakes/cupcakes.
I would really like to learn how to make fondant icing and roll it over cakes. My last cake creation was a disaster and I was embarrased to deliver it to the birthday girl.
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I’d love to take this class with my daughter. She is 16 and loves to bake. Learning to frost would be alot of fun for both of us. It would be great if they could teach us how to frost cakes to look like turtles or bunnies since those seem to be her younger brothers cakes of choice.
Christine
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I would love to take a fondant class. I took a cake decorating class many many years ago with my mom. I really enjoyed it. However, fondant was not something that we learned and I would love to be able to work with that medium. This is especially important to me because my nephew is getting married next year and I am supposed to help make his wedding cake. I would love to wow them with a fondant creation.
Button Flower design sounds like an easier design to try.
Decorating basics for me! I have been itching to try my hand at cake decorating
i would love to learn how to use fondant…we tried making our sons birthday train cake this year..and poor henry looked like he had fallen off the tracks
nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net
oops..so i could make him a good cake next year!
I must confess, I’d have to go with the basics. I can’t do basic flowers, which are always a hit on cakes! I can’t see me taking the fondant and gumpaste class, since I feel that fondant is something you afflict on people rather than joyfully surprise them with.
I would love to start with the basics and move on from there.
I would love, love , love to learn to use fondant !!!!! Every cake I see with it is gorgeous!!!!!!
Thanks,
Danyel Lieberman
A Yule log cake! I love rolled cakes with jelly in them!
I would love to learn about fondant — I am pretty good with frostings, but haven’t ever tried fondant
I would like to learn how to do fondant. I’d take my best friend to the class!
I’ve always wanted to try decorating cakes. I think that roses are some of the hardest things to learn and would love to make them. I’m not exactly sure what type of cake I would like to make – probably something for my son’s birthday. Even though it falls close to Thanksgiving, I’d like to do a cake that is NOT turkey related.
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l I would love to learn how to make flowers.
I would need the basics because it will help to re-learn a lot of things.
I would love to learn how to make a duck cake for my daugther’s birthday
I’d love to learn to make floral cakes!
nancymeyer1 at gmail dot com
I would love to learn how to create flowers and use fondant!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh, I would love to take the gum paste/fondant class with my sister. December is a tough month for us and it would be fun to do this sister activity together – I can’t decorate a cake worth anything so I need HELP!
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I have no idea how to use fondant so I’d love to learn how, it makes the cake look so nice!
I’d love to learn to make Pompom Flowers & Leaves so I can make and decorate my daughter’s next birthday cake!
Honestly, learning how to decorate cakes has been on my “bucket list” for years! I watch “Amazing Wedding Cakes” all the time and love to see how wonderful these cakes turn out. I would love to hit the Decorating basics but am dying to try out the Gum Paste and Fondant class as well!
I can bake a tasty cake but it doesn’t look good…..I need help. The basics or a fondant class might be a good start for me.
I want to take the flower and cake designs class so I can learn how to properly decorate cakes, I would also love to learn fondant though! Would love to make my daughter a awesome cake for her birthday rather then order. If I won I would be taking my friend!
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I would love to learn some decorating techniques I could decorate my kids’ birthday cakes with – like the teddy bear cake, that was adorable!
I really want to learn to make flowers.
I want to learn it all!
But I would most like to learn how to make that cute little cottage…it would be such a versitile creation and could be tweaked for any ocassion. Thank you.
I would love to learn fondant–so many uses but I’ve always wanted to learn flowers also.
I just started baking cakes last year and would love to take this class.
I would love to take this class with my daughter and we want to learn to work with the fondant for Ian’s cakes
My hubby and I have talked about taking a Wilton class together. I have made several birthday cakes for my kids, but I would love to learn some techniques that make it look more professional. And i’d love to learn about fondant.
juliesweeps@hotmail.com
I really want to be able to do the roses they have on so many of their cakes. I just can’t get mine to look like that!
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