Cake Decorating Classes
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Lindsay's Description:
Amalia is a Hall of Fame Wilton Method Instructor, which means she has been recognised for the high number of students enrolled to her Wilton cake decorating classes. This award means her name has been engraved at the Hall of Fame Plaque at Wilton headquarters, quite a feat. In her blog Amalia talks about her classes, experiences with her pupils and shows off some of their creations.
Amalia Montano's Description:
I am a Hall of Fame Wilton Method Instructor and have taught over 1000 students over the past 9 years. I have met some wonderful people and learned so much myself as an Instructor. This blog will be about the classes I teach, the students I meet and any lessons I may learn along the way.
Recent Updates at Cake Decorating Classes
Thanksgiving Cornucopia Cake Class
25 October 2009
Once a year I offer a special project class in November, the week before the Thanksgiving Holiday. I call it a Cornucopia but is also know as a Horn of Plenty. In this class we use a cupcake or a muffin as the base to create the horn shaped basket that holds the overflowing bounty of the fall ...
Back to classes!
14 September 2009
Cake classes have started up again for the fall and my oven is ready for baking season! "Course III, Fondant and Tiered Cakes" started on Wednesday with a great group of ladies of all differrent skill levels. Here on the left, is a picture of Edith's cake from a CIII in the Spring. Aren't her ...
Cupcakes-o-plenty!
05 June 2009
I had a cupcake lesson the other night and my students did a great job making beautiful cupcakes. Here are just a few from Connie, Paula and Regina. It seems cupcakes are all the rage now-a-days. I mean everybody’s into making cupcakes and hey, why not! They are perfect pint size treats that can ...
Monkeying around with cakes
23 May 2009
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! It's amazing what you can find on the internet. It's even more amazing how creative a person can be when it comes to cake. Here is one I found without a description on how it was made but it looks like a round cake was iced and covered with chocolate rice crispies. The ...
The Right Tool for the Right Job: The $ of Taking Classes
11 May 2009
Howdie, Cake Friends! When I took my cake decorating classes I was unemployed. I bought the student kit the first week and each week I bought more supplies and not everything all at once. I used what I had at home until I could buy some of the tools that made things easier to work. For example, I ...
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04 May 2009
I had a Candy Making for Mother’s Day class today. Candy is a lot of fun to work with, it can get a little messy but the clean up is easy. We made the maraschino mice I mentioned in my first blog post as well as chocolate dipped pretzels rods, dipped strawberries and well let’s just say, we did ...
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25 April 2009
Hello Cakesters! A recent discussion with some fellow cake decorating instructors inspired me to tell you about my experience with kids in my classes. My cake decorating classes are for adults; anyone sixteen years old and under requires an adult to take the class with them. While the classes are ...
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20 April 2009
Hi there Cakesters! This is my very first blog post ever! OMG! Well, after a few much needed weeks off from teaching I am about to get back on schedule. I have an advanced class starting end of April, which reminds me... I need to confirm with that group! I have a Candy Making class scheduled for ...
