Hi,

I am going to do a little cake decorating class for my daughters girl scout troop. Any suggestions on how it should be done? I was wondering if I should let them frost the cake and decorate it or should I frost them and let them do just the decorating? Time is not an issue because we are doing it on a Friday when there is no school. Thanks for any suggestions.

Mich

How old are the girls? I am working with the Daisies this year (5 and 6 year olds). For that age, I would definitely frost the cakes first. My six year old is pretty good with decorating bags but I have to twist the top of the bag and place a clothespin on top since her hand isn't big enough to prevent the frosting from oozing out the top.
Great idea by the way.

Got anymore girl scout craft ideas you'd like to share??

Kos

That sounds like a great idea...The Wilton Instructor that I took classes from this summer did several cake classes for kids. I think she had them bring in an iced cake, but they were dealing with a time frame....I bet your girls are going to love this project. Have fun!!

I think even daisies are old enough to frost their own cakes. My daughter is only 3 and she does a pretty good job....and that is such fun for them. Why don't you have your cake in front and show them how to frost. Give them each a mini cake and let them go to it!

If wilton stills has it on thier site, they have a Section that is Called something like Kids Cakes or Cakes for kids, you will have to search. It has little lesson plans and templates. I would suggest using that. Their ideas could be used for small cakes, CC or cookies..

http://www.wilton.com/recipes/icingfunkidsproject/

I found what cakeconfections is talking about. Thanks for the heads-up on that.
It's based for 9 years-olds and up for 90 minutes. Includes certificates you can print up.

When I did this for my DD girl scouts troop , I brought in large sugar cookies for them to decorate. They all loved it.

Thank you everyone for the wonderful ideas. I think the girls will have lots of fun with this project.

Thank you for this post!! I checked out the Wilton site w/ the Icing Fun information! I am printing out all the info and will bring it to my DD's Brownie troop leader! This will be so much fun for the girls!!


Jay

I say let them frost and decorate! That's all the fun!!

Thank you for this post!! I checked out the Wilton site w/ the Icing Fun information! I am printing out all the info and will bring it to my DD's Brownie troop leader! This will be so much fun for the girls!!


Jay