Cooking class

[sprint180]

3 hours ago, jvteach77 said:

I've done several of the classes via the carnival kitchen on the Mardi Gras and Celebration.  The Cake Workshop is the only class where I left feeling like I made a mistake doing it.  It was not nearly enough to justify the price IMO.  If I knew what it would be like I would not have done it.  All of the other classes I have done have been top notch though. I hope you like the class more than I did. 

Why did you think it was worth it?

[jvteach77]

16 hours ago, RCmommy said:

Ah man. That stinks.  I had hoped to learn about cake decorating and fondant flowers like it mentions.  
 

What left you feeling underwhelmed? Do you actually get to taste the cake you make/decorate?  If it it the type of stuff I could just learn from YouTube I would rather spend my money on another class.

The cake was already baked.  We trimmed it flat to stack, then filled 3 piping bags with different color icing.  They taught us how to make a single flower and then we decorated the cake with the one design over the entire thing.  I would have liked to learn several different shapes to create different looks but they didn't do that. n They did share about putting some sugar water between each layer to keep the cake moist inside, but that was the extent of the knowledge gained there.  You are allowed to eat your cake you made, but I've never found the cake deserts to be very good.  They look outstanding, but most taste blah with little flavor to me.  

 

I would recommend any of the following:

BBQ, Italian/Pasta making, Ice cream (but not for the ice cream.  Making the bananas foster was worth the class to me.) Pizza class and the bakeshop/pie town class.

 

For the pie town, they take the pie you make and bake it, then have it in the dining room for you to have as desert that night.  

 

[jvteach77]

14 hours ago, sprint180 said:

Why did you think it was worth it?

I would not pay to do the class. All of the other classes I've done have been worth it.  This one was not.  

[RCmommy]

10 hours ago, jvteach77 said:

The cake was already baked.  We trimmed it flat to stack, then filled 3 piping bags with different color icing.  They taught us how to make a single flower and then we decorated the cake with the one design over the entire thing.  I would have liked to learn several different shapes to create different looks but they didn't do that. n They did share about putting some sugar water between each layer to keep the cake moist inside, but that was the extent of the knowledge gained there.  You are allowed to eat your cake you made, but I've never found the cake deserts to be very good.  They look outstanding, but most taste blah with little flavor to me.  

 

I would recommend any of the following:

BBQ, Italian/Pasta making, Ice cream (but not for the ice cream.  Making the bananas foster was worth the class to me.) Pizza class and the bakeshop/pie town class.

 

For the pie town, they take the pie you make and bake it, then have it in the dining room for you to have as desert that night.  

 

I appreciate your feedback. Thank you.