Cookie Cake - A Learning Experience

I’ve been toying with the the thought/practice of candy and cake making for a couple of months now. I consider cooking to be a craft in and of itself and, as far as crafting goes, it seems to be a practical one. Projects are done in (typically) a relatively short amount of time. Supplies (can be) relatively cheap and people are almost always are willing to take the finished product off your hands.

This, a cookie cake for a work friend’s graduation, was a first attempt at many different things: baking a cookie cake (from scratch), making buttercream icing (from scratch) and cake decorating. As you see, it was a major learning experience. Obviously the cookie didn’t spread out as I anticipated, which made the cake… more unattractive than I had hoped. I still need to get a lot of practice with the decorating tips, but I thought it was pretty decent for having never tried it before. And the icing tasted pretty good, I thought. I got compliments on the cookie, although next time I think I’d try a different recipe b/c I wasn’t a huge fan. All in all, I was happy with my first experience. And hey, the great thing about cooking is even if it comes out ugly, it’s gone in a few days one way or another!