wordful wednesday - C is for clutz, not cupcakes

so i went to my cupcake class last night. we made our own frosting and iced pre-made cupcakes.tamara (who owns tempt) showed us how to make a batter and cooked them. we weren't able to ice them because they have to be dead cold, so they were just for eating!

light as air. i swear.

we learned how to make frosting and how to apply it. around and around and off. don't flatten the frosting, and if you're left handed, well, just do it the other way!!! i then spent (i swear) about an hour making EACH of these roses.

ok, that's an exaggeration (the class was only 2 hours total!) but those babies are fiddly! if you don't use enough cornflour, the paste sticks to your hands, but if you use TOO much cornflour, well then you need to use a little water. use too MUCH water, you just end up with a handful of goo. we were given 4 cupcakes to ice and decorate. i only manged to decorate 2, but they ain't bad, don't you think? nothing in nature is exact y'know.

at the end of the night we were given purpose-made cupcake boxes to take home our booty. as i was putting my arm in the sleeve of my coat, i failed to see one of my table buddies standing too close behind me...

[anyone guess what happened next?]

i SLAPPED the box of beautifully decorated cupcakes OUT of her hands. they went flying into the air...and

[you know they did]

landed upside down on the floor. i just wanted to DIE. i almost burst into tears in front of this room full of strangers right there and then.

nic (whose cupcakes i had sent into the stratosphere) was more worried that I was upset, and while she was rubbing my back to calm me down, tamara (our cupcake tutor) replaced the damaged cupcakes with spares (there are always spares!) and placed the undamaged hand-made roses on top.

can i hear you say CLUTZ?

do you think she'll wanna be my table buddy next week?

(this photo was obviously taken BEFORE i embarrassed myself in front of the entire class)
the lighting was awful

as i was kneeling on the floor looking at the smoosh of cupcakes, one of the first thoughts that went through my mind, was this is SO going on my blog!

i have no shame!

for more wordful wednesday, go see angie @ seven clown circus