I can't believe that 2 people from Wilton are coming over tomorrow for 3 hours and are giving me a $250 Visa gift card!! They're going to watch me decorate, and they're bringing the cake, frosting, fondant and all of the tools. It's for research and development -- they want to see if the instructions in their yearbooks are easy to follow. It sounds like fun and, honestly, I would've done it for free.
But, I'll certainly take the $250!!! I already earmarked $100 of it for a GelPro mat for my kitchen, and I'll use the rest as butter and egg money for Cakes for a Cause (my charitable baking mission.)
I'm so excited!!!
Oh how exciting -
one question - what is this mat you speak of
Bluehue
A GelPro mat keeps your legs from feeling fatigued after hours of standing in front of the mixer/sink/counter. http://www.gelpro.com/shop/gelpro-gel-mats
Oh how exciting -
one question - what is this mat you speak of
Bluehue
A GelPro mat keeps your legs from feeling fatigued after hours of standing in front of the mixer/sink/counter. http://www.gelpro.com/shop/gelpro-gel-mats
Thank you so much for that link - i just Googled for them here in Australia and i have found a place in the next State over from me...
http://www.imagemats.com.au/go/mat-products/domestic-mats/im-gel-pro
(incase any other Australian wants to check them out)
I am goimg to phone them tomorrow and see if they have a distributor in my State - otherwise i can order one on line....
What a brillante product -
Many thanks...
Oh and come back and tell us how your Wilton day goes...
Bluehue
Well, they were actually here for 4 1/2 hours, but it was so much fun!!! As promised, they brought all of the supplies, including cakes and frosting. I was to make the cake from pg 100 of the 2013 Yearbook, with no help from them. As I worked, they asked me questions and we chatted about other things.
As you can probably tell, this only my 2nd time attempting fondant -- I'm usually strictly a buttercream girl!
They did give me the $250 Visa giftcard, but also one of those new Wilton totes just chock full of stuff:
2013 yearbook
pkg of 13x19 cake boards
Jewelry design fondant mold
Fabric design fondant mold
4.5 lbs of buttercream frosting
10 lbs of fondant
1 btl lemon extract
3 vials silver luster dust
Orange, rose and lemon yellow gel colors
1 pkg dowel rods
Roll-n-cut mat
20" fondant roller
9" fondant roller
4-piece circle cookie cutter set
1 roll silver fancifoil wrap
7-piece pack deluxe brush set
So, it was definitely a great experience, even if the cake is REALLY ugly!!
Your cake looks great, even though I don't know what it is... is it supposed to be Steampunk? Or something? Some kind of luggage? I'm so sorry, I'm not insulting your work at all - you did a great job, it's very clean work.
That's a great experience, and a nice bag of swag and $$$ to boot!
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