Hello all.

Am new and wanted to introduce myself since I have found this site to be pretty informative and will be sticking around for a while.

Just a few things about myself. I love cooking. I especially love eating what I cook. About a year and a half ago I lost my job and became a stay-at-home dad. I would cook everyday for my wife and send her food for lunch and if they had parties at the office. One of her co-workers requested a cake for a birthday party, so it began. Turning something I love doing into something I love to do and get paid for it. So with the holidays coming up, am working up getting some more work from co-workers, friends, family, etc..

I am going through the site now, looking over things. Any practical advice or tips would be appreciated.

Welcome Chapetta You will find alot of useful information here. Enjoy !

Hi and Welcome to CC Chapetta.

Everything you need to know to make, decorate and assemble tiered/stacked/layer cakes:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-605188-.html

The above super thread has popular CC recipes for American buttercreams, several types of fondant and doctored cake mix (WASC with flavor variations) - and so much more!

HTH

Welcome to CC! You will soon find that this site is addictive!

Welcome to the fun! This is an amazing community...hope you enjoy your time here!

Welcome! Have fun.

I am new as well and I would suggest atleast taking the Wilton's classes offered through local craft stores like Michaels. I really wanted to learn how to work with fondnat and was a little put off that I had to take the buttercream class first, but you learn a ton of tricks and techniques I never would have been able to figure out on my own. Good luck.