Bye-bye Tumble Tots Cookies

I got a fairly stroppy email this morning, telling me either remove the Tumble Tots cookies from my website, or pay royalties for using the image.

So they've gone :o(

I did reply apologising, and pointed out that I'd actually made them as a 'thank you' for the Tumbletots staff, when my son left (couldn't continue going, as he started school).

I was proud of those cookies - they were lovely. And I have such wonderful memories of taking first Matthew, then Daniel to Tumble Tots.

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I've just had a lovely phonecall from the Bat-Mitzvah girl's mum about the cake.

She was absolutely thrilled with it. She said that everyone commented about how beautiful it was and how absolutely delicious it was... she said it was 'so scrummy and moist' and that she would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending me to people.

Now, her younger daughter is in the same class as my older son, so she could have just told me at school tomorrow. But she made a point of phoning me to say 'thank you'. And things like that really do mean a lot.

:o)

Cake Photo Options

So, here are the options.

1. leave the photo as it is.

2. have my website strategically placed.

3. as above, but a bit more substantial.

The thing is, this is as risque as I'm prepared to do. Boobs, ok. But I won't do "men's parts" or, G-d forbid, other "female parts" (gross as it sounds, I've seen those types of cakes!)

This is only a quick photo... I'll take a proper one tomorrow, when there's better light.

Perfectionism?

I'd almost finished the 'boobs' cake.

But 1) the cake board was grubby from where some black powder had spilt and found its way onto the board and 2) there was a crack in the icing, in the cleavage!

I briefly toyed with the idea of putting glitter all over the cake board. But that wouldn't have solve the cracked cleavage problem! And I just felt sick thinking about knowingly letting a cake go out that I was unhappy with.

So I completely removed ALL the icing and ALL the marzipan and started again.

*sigh*

Better get on and finish it! I've baked the two cakes for the BatMitzvah cake for Sunday and I'd been hoping to start that tonight. Probably won't now.

To post, or not to post? THAT is the question!

I'm doing a cake for Saturday. Boobies.

Do I put the photo on my blog and - more importantly - my 'proper' website?

I don't know.

Opinions, please?!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Look at this gorgeous cake that Steve, Matthew & Daniel made for me. Aren't I the luckiest wife and mummy in the world? Because there's not just icing on this cake. Nope. There's lots and lots of love. And that's what makes it special. I baked the cake in a tin I haven't used before - a domed heart. Despite greasing it really well, the top layer of cake stuck to the tin!!! So it was rather an uneven cake for them to decorate. But I think they did a wonderful job!!

And look at this piping around the bottom (that Daniel insisted it had ot have!) I made up the royal icing, made up the piping bag, put the nozzle in and then showed Steve just ONCE how to do it. I think he did an amazing job for his first time. Maybe with some practice, I could have an assistant???

Back to the Drawing Board

I made my nephew's cake yesterday....

I needed something that would a) be very quick and easy to do ('cause of my other cake commitments) and b) would still be appropriate.

Well, Alex eats more than anyone else I know. He's going to be 14 tomorrow, is skinny as a rake, yet can eat my 16½ stone husband under the table... and then still ask for more! It's just not fair! LOL!!

Anyway, I decided I'd do a cake depicting food. A spaghetti and meatballs cake came to mind. I don't know why, but it did.

So that's what I made. I used Ferrero Rocher chocolates for the meatballs, pale yellow royal icing for the spaghetti (piped using a number 3 nozzle) and a pouch of raspberry coulis for the tomato sauce.

It looked fantastic... Until about 20 seconds after I took a photo of the cake. The sauce started to dissolve the royal icing.

By the time I got the cake to Alex's house last night, it looked more like someone had thrown up on a plate, rather than spaghetti and meatballs.

Poor Alex. This is the first time I'd made him a cake (I haven't made one before - our birthdays are on the same day, so I don't usually fancy baking on my birthday, LOL!!)

Now, I admit, I did rush this cake. I was so short of time. I don't know if I'd been able to leave the royal icing to set, whether it would have made a difference? Somehow, I don't think it would. Maybe, if there's a next time, modelling paste would be better than royal icing? A heck of a lot more work though, using the sugar shaper gun! Or someone else suggested colouring some piping gel and using that instead of the raspberry coulis. Maybe that's the way to go??

Anyway, pic of the cake is on my blog, and on my website. And on Facebook, LOL!!!!

Suzanne x

Which is Which?

Would the real Roberts Radio please step forward!!! Customer was really pleased with it... and, I have to say, so was I! :o)