Just Icing on the Cake, Part Two*
The assignment for the third and final class required baking another cake, striving to apply a smoother coat of frosting this time. This would be impossible for one of my classmates; her homework for last week was flawless. The rest of us had plenty of room for varying degrees of improvement.
I’m thankful that our instructor, Lori, wasn’t required to grade students on skill. As long as the required class fee was paid, success wasn’t a big issue. I take that back. She wanted us to be successful enough that we would enjoy it and register for many future classes!
Lori had strongly encouraged us to practice making roses at home. Each of us possessed an instruction booklet with photographs and had seen her demonstrate the process. If you’re a good at balancing an icing nail with a mound of soft frosting in one hand and aiming a bag of frosting with a mind of its own in the other hand, while reading a book on the proper angles for each rose petal, you would be on the road to success. Oh, don’t forget that twirling the icing nail at the proper speed as you squeeze the frosting bag is beneficial.
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