Walk with Me, Suzy Lee

I started a cake decorating class this past week.  I knew that I had been missing school.  There is something about freshly sharpened pencils and smell of a clean notebook that makes my heart go pitter patter in a way that nothing else can evoke.  However, I did not know exactly how much I had been missing school until the lady registering me for the class handed me a sheet of paper with the words "Class Syllabus" printed at the top and tears of joy started to pool in my eyes.  I couldn't stop telling the poor Michael's employee how excited and happy I was and I left shortly after sensing that she was on the verge of calling security.

Anyway, the first class went pretty well.  I showed up a  good twenty minutes early, apron securely fastened and bookbag in place, ready to start frosting.  I had procured every item on that school supply list, even just the frivolous ones deemed "optional"  (Yeah, that's not happening again now that I know I'll have a new list of supplies to obtain for each and every week.  Clearly Wilton is feeling the recession and is targeting unsuspecting fools like myself.).  The instructor had set little name cards around the table and it felt like walking into a grade school classroom.  However, instead of the walls being adorned with over-sized alphabets and bright colored animals exclaiming things like, "Learning is fun!" there were multi-layered cakes and cupcakes.  It was perfect and I felt completely in my element.

There are eight of us in the class - some could be grandmothers, a couple probably too young to know about pogs or slap bracelets, and a few scattered in the middle.  Somehow, despite there being girls significantly younger than me, I was "mi hija" to the instructor and the class now thinks my name is Mia.  Oh well.  Definitely not the first time this has happened.

So tomorrow I shall practice my newfound skills a bit.  As you can see from the picture below, we just went over the very very basics on cookies and I am in need of lots of practice.  Hopefully the cupcakes I'll be making tomorrow will provide me with enough miniature practice canvases to wow my teacher once I go back to class on Wednesday.  Either way, I am excited to try out a new recipe: lemon cupcakes with a blueberry basil filling. Happy Sunday, happy baking :)