The New Cake Boss?

My senior year of high school I became obsessed with TLC's show Cake Boss. After watching the 1st season, I decided to take cake decorating classes for fun. This activity was a great way for me to relieve stress and be creative without any pressure. I learned how to make multi-tiered cakes using new techniques that involve fondant, a hard sugary cover that is basically an edible play-doh. This new covering has changed the way bakeries make cakes. Fondant has many pros to using it versus buttercream icing. If the fondant tears all the baker has to do is mold it back together. In comparison, buttercream is very difficult to smooth out completely so therefore it is nearly impossible to make it look perfect. Fondant hides nearly any mistake. It can actually erase royal icing mistakes if you rub a drop of vodka over the imperfection. My favorite thing to mold using fondant is bows. Since I was a little girl my mom has put ridiculously oversized bows in my hair and being a cheerleader all through high school I never game them up. Lucky for me bows look great on cakes so I can put them on almost any cake I make. This picture is a cake I made in October for one of my friends. College is so busy, but I hope I will have some spare time this semester to take more classes and improve.