A Cake Workshop

I held my first cake decorating workshop last month which was a fun-filled frosting affair. The workshop started out with a lesson on how to make Italian meringue buttercream followed by a tutorial in assembling, filling, and crumb-coating a layer cake. September marks the transition from summer to fall so I decided to make a bright lemon curd to represent summer and black currant jam to lead us into fall. I invited Swiss-based photographer and friend Carolina Caruso to photograph the workshop and here is what she captured…

Assuring Olivia that yes indeed that is the correct amount of butter.

Explaining my love for Nielsen Massey vanilla to the class.

After the decorating tutorial students are given free reign to style their very own cake creations followed by a tea and champagne goûter!