Cake day

Did you know that I am currently taking a baking course? This evening after work I have the second installment of my Intro to Baking/Pastry Course. The syllabus noted that the second class will be "Cake day" and we will be making a number of different types of cakes, and learning cake related techniques. I haven't done much cake making in the past, for some reason I lean more towards tarts, pies and cookies. Perhaps after today that will all change?