This blog will follow my journey of learning how to decorate cakes and other pastry foods. I decided on  cake decorating because it is something I have never done before. Decorating with icing can be a creative outlet and it taste good too! My family has always been very food conscience and it seems as if there is not a moment when the cooking stops. However, even though the kitchen is always moving baking is rare to find unless it's the occasional batch of cookies, so I thought that cake decorating would allow me to expand my experiences with food. Because I have almost no experience with pastry goods I know that this is going to be an ambitious and challenging project. I am looking forward to being able to taste the final product each week and sharing it with others around me, hopefully it will bring them some joy. This weekend, a friend of mine had a birthday and her mom taught me how to make a simple poppyseed cake with cream cheese frosting. The cake was a good way for a beginner to start with and it did not take much time to prepare, not to mention it is my friends favorite! I hope now that I have gotten my start that I can continue to use more difficult recipes and techniques as the weeks go on.