I started the first Wilton course last night and I'm pretty excited. I found a few things I wish the teacher did differently (like letting you pick whether you wanna do a rainbow cake or a character cake!) but I'm looking forward to the hands on part. Because I dont know how good (or bad) the Wilton buttercream recipe tastes, I'm wondering if it worth it to good scratch cakes for the classes or just bake box mix ones.
Also, she insisted the cakes had to be at least 9inches but the book says 8 inches. Whey don't they follow the course book??? I don't wanna make a 9 inch cake because there is not enough of us to eat it! Is it really gonna make a difference if I bake a 9 or 8 in cake? A difference for the class that is.
June
I have found that in almost all instances, the instructor knows best. In this case, she is probably trying to give you a few more square inches of space to work with.
After taking many classes over the past few years, I have witnessed several people who, while in the classroom, decided that they have their "own method," and disregard what the instructor is saying. Those are the same people who, later, ask me questions while I am trying to work on my project. I got to the point where I raise my hand and say to the instructor, "Excuse me, but So-and-So has a question." They are getting paid to answer questions, not I.
My advice to you is to stay on the same page as the instructor, and give half the cake to a neighbor.
Theresa 
When the Wilton class buttercream has flavoring in it, like butter, vanilla, lemon, or almond (or a comination of all these), there are plenty of people who like it just fine. Box or scratch cake is up to you, whatever you're most comfortable with.
Theresa is right, do as the instructor asks In my Wilton classes there were always a few who would bring in the totally wrong thing - like in Wilton 3 we're supposed to have an 8" square cake that is 4" tall to cover in fondant for the package cake. Well, a couple of people brought in one-layer 8" rounds. Their cakes didn't look good, and they also didn't get the learning experience that covering a tall, square cake would have given them.
My instructor when I took that course said is was to be used like a workmat to keep your things organized and not mixed up with someone elses. There were only two of us in the course she said we didn't need it.
I didn't like the Wilton buttercream recipie(wasn't sweet enough for me).My instructor gave me the Wilton Snow White Buttercream recipie instead. I like that 1 soo much better & so did everyone that tasted my cakes made with it. You could try it, you might like it better also!
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