Adventures in Baking

With enough butter, anything is good. -Julia Child

I found that quote the other day, and I'm toying with putting it up on some shelves I have over my kitchen table. It just makes me laugh.

But, onto the main idea of this post:

I made buttercream icing this afternoon.

From scratch.

And I'll admit it, I'm pretty darn proud of myself. I definitely understood the need for an apron after totally covering myself in powdered sugar. And, I didn't use the clear vanilla that the recipe called for because I live in the boonies, and I couldn't find it anywhere. But, it tasted like buttercream, and it looks like buttercream to me, so hopefully it'll pass. Now, we'll just have to see how my first cake decorating class goes this week...

I have to say that I am so ridiculously excited about this class that I could just explode. I have wanted to learn how to decorate with all those fantastic tips for so long. Secretly, I wish I could open up some great bakery and do nothing but create yummyness with butter and sugar and flour all day long. Oh, and chocolate. That would be quite important, too.

Unfortunately, I'm not exactly the kind of baker that can just come up with amazing things on her own. So, my own shop with exquisite and unique creations probably won't happen anytime soon. I need to steal the genius of others that are more talented than I. But, there are so many wonderful things out there to make!

That's why combined with starting my class and anticipating this coming in the mail, my life will be happy and sugar-filled this week. I might just have to learn how to put pictures up here so that I can show you my creations once I know what I'm doing.

Now, I just need more people to bake for so that Mike and I don't eat it all. Any volunteers?

P.S. Sorry for the long lapse in posting (Lauren and Mike, you're the only ones who read this, so sorry to you specifically). I'll try to be better from now on. :)