It came together really well in the end! :o)
Spidey was climbing out of a hole, just in front of the cake. I couldn't get him climbing the side of it... his legs kept breaking! LOL!!
Customer was really pleased when she collected it. I sent her a message today to ask if she's got an email address (so I could send a link to the cake on my website) and when she replied she said "Cake was amazing. Everyone loved the cake!"
Currently got an 8" round choc cake and a 6" heart vanilla cake in the oven. I rather filled the tins a bit more than usual, plus the extra pinch of baking powder in the choc cake... they're MONSTERS!! LOL!!! Huge. Really deep!
I want to order some new cake tins. I want the range of heart shape tins (5" - 12" inclusive.. except the 10", which I already have), plus the 3 sizes of rectangular tins. I can't believe how expensive they are!!!! Not sure if I'm going to order them. Will have to think about that one. I wonder if people take into account that sort of expense, when they order cakes. I've got round and square tins from 4"-13" inclusive. They cost a fortune. Plus all the equipment I've got for the decoration of cakes. All this sort of thing has to be factored in. So it's not JUST butter, sugar, eggs and flour that you're paying for. It's all the equipment, too. And the electricity to bake the cakes (I like to cook them for a longer time on a low heat... I just prefer the results that way). And then my time to decorate them. And the cake board and the box... and foil for when I wrap the cakes overnight before they're decorated. And sillicone baking parchment to line the tins. And all the other bits and bobs I've probably forgotten. It all adds up.
Monday 21 July 2008
Saturday 19 July 2008
Favourite Things
I CAN'T FIT THEM ALL ON!!!
I've still got to make Spiderman and a drill.
I've done the CD covers... remember, art was never my strong point! They're representations. Promise you'll remember that. I mean, actually, they're not bad. I'm not as happy with the bottle of Leffe lager, though. It's trickier than it looks.
Seeing as I can't fit Spidey on the cake, I thought I might have him climbing up the side of it, instead! :o)
Anyway, I'm going to clear down, tidy up, feed my family, then start work again.
I've still got to make Spiderman and a drill.
I've done the CD covers... remember, art was never my strong point! They're representations. Promise you'll remember that. I mean, actually, they're not bad. I'm not as happy with the bottle of Leffe lager, though. It's trickier than it looks.
Seeing as I can't fit Spidey on the cake, I thought I might have him climbing up the side of it, instead! :o)
Anyway, I'm going to clear down, tidy up, feed my family, then start work again.
Friday 18 July 2008
Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens...
....Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things! So the song goes, anyway.
But on the cake I'm doing for Sunday, the 30 year old birthday boy's favourite things include:
But on the cake I'm doing for Sunday, the 30 year old birthday boy's favourite things include:
- Spiderman
- CDs
- a Power drill
- a Bottle of Leffe beer
- Dumb bells
- a Crown with 'Princess Katie' (that's his girlfriend, who ordered the cake!)
- a Playstation
- a Lawnmower
And all of these things are going on the cake!!! I'm making little models representing them all. As usual, not scale models - but things that are a representation! I've done the dumb bells, crown and lawnmower. I've done the beer bottle, but need to do the lables for it.
The cake is baked, filled and marzipanned. The cake board is covered. It's being picked up on Sunday morning, so I've all tomorrow to work on it (well, all tomorrow except for when I'm out from 9.30am - 11.30am for the boys' swimming lessons and then out from about 1.20pm - 2.15pm for Matthew's piano lesson!!) I'm out tonight so that's one whole evening I wont' have.
Tuesday 15 July 2008
Football Shirt Cake
I did a football shirt cake for this Saturday just gone.
I presume that the customer was pleased with it, because I got a phonecall yesterday from someone who was at the party, requesting the same cake for her son's surprise 21st birthday party in November.
I did the football shirt ever so slightly differently from the last time. Last time, I did the name on the back with an edible print. This time, I did order an edible print with the name, but I forgot to put it on a red background. The letters were too small to cut around and it wouldn't hae looked right with a big white band on the cake, with the name on it. So I abandoned that and just did the name in white paste, using my letter cutters. They looked just fine! :o) I'm now looking for some large number cutters (I'll have to see how much detail cookie cutters have) for the number on the back! Then, I'll only need a very small edible print of the club logo. I could order 1 sheet with lots of small logos of different clubs! As long as they're kept cool and dry and out of direct sunlight, they keep and keep!
I've got a cake with lots of different models on it for this weekend - lots of the birthday boy's favourite things! Then I've got a 2 tier cake for Wednedsay (nice to have a mid-week cake for a change!).
I presume that the customer was pleased with it, because I got a phonecall yesterday from someone who was at the party, requesting the same cake for her son's surprise 21st birthday party in November.
I did the football shirt ever so slightly differently from the last time. Last time, I did the name on the back with an edible print. This time, I did order an edible print with the name, but I forgot to put it on a red background. The letters were too small to cut around and it wouldn't hae looked right with a big white band on the cake, with the name on it. So I abandoned that and just did the name in white paste, using my letter cutters. They looked just fine! :o) I'm now looking for some large number cutters (I'll have to see how much detail cookie cutters have) for the number on the back! Then, I'll only need a very small edible print of the club logo. I could order 1 sheet with lots of small logos of different clubs! As long as they're kept cool and dry and out of direct sunlight, they keep and keep!
I've got a cake with lots of different models on it for this weekend - lots of the birthday boy's favourite things! Then I've got a 2 tier cake for Wednedsay (nice to have a mid-week cake for a change!).
Friday 4 July 2008
2 Cakes
Firstly, I can't believe I didn't make a blog diary entry about last week's wedding cake.
I must do that. But not tonight... I'm tired.
Late Wednesday night, I baked the cakes for this weekend; an 'In The Night Garden' cake and a 'Deal or No Deal Box' cake.
The ITNG cake is a 10" round chocolate cake. The DOND cake was supposed to be a 9" square vanilla sponge. However, for some reason that totally escapes me now, I decided that the box wasn't quite square - that it was wider than it was deep. I've actually no idea why I thought that. But I did. So to ensure the customer still go the right number of portions, I baked a 10" square and just cake a bit off of the front. Still with me so far? However, I then decided that the cake was nowhere near tall enough... it was the 3" that my cakes usually are (and that's about a third taller than supermarket cakes!!) . But it wasn't in proportion to the box. SO yesterday, I baked another 10" squre and stacked it on top of the first cake. So at no extra cost, the customer has ended up with double the amount of cake she ordered!!! (wonder if can drop that into conversation, LOL?!)
I did the DOND box in a completely different way to the last time I made one. This time, I covered each face of the box seperately. Whereas last time, the edges were all very rounded, this has lovely crisp corners. If you look, then, yes, you can see where they join. But it really is waaaaaaaay better. I'm going to photograph it tomorrow morning. I'm really happy with it.
I've had to put a little thingy on my website saying I'm fully booked for July & August. I'm getting enquiries on a daily basis now and I'm turning away so many orders. It busts me to have to do that, LOL! But it's unbelievable the amount of enquiries I'm getting.
Anyway, before I sign off, I thought I'd post this link that Steve forwarded to me:
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/inpictures/2008/07/04/8
Wonder if the oven was big enough to do it in one go?? LOLOL!!!!
I must do that. But not tonight... I'm tired.
Late Wednesday night, I baked the cakes for this weekend; an 'In The Night Garden' cake and a 'Deal or No Deal Box' cake.
The ITNG cake is a 10" round chocolate cake. The DOND cake was supposed to be a 9" square vanilla sponge. However, for some reason that totally escapes me now, I decided that the box wasn't quite square - that it was wider than it was deep. I've actually no idea why I thought that. But I did. So to ensure the customer still go the right number of portions, I baked a 10" square and just cake a bit off of the front. Still with me so far? However, I then decided that the cake was nowhere near tall enough... it was the 3" that my cakes usually are (and that's about a third taller than supermarket cakes!!) . But it wasn't in proportion to the box. SO yesterday, I baked another 10" squre and stacked it on top of the first cake. So at no extra cost, the customer has ended up with double the amount of cake she ordered!!! (wonder if can drop that into conversation, LOL?!)
I did the DOND box in a completely different way to the last time I made one. This time, I covered each face of the box seperately. Whereas last time, the edges were all very rounded, this has lovely crisp corners. If you look, then, yes, you can see where they join. But it really is waaaaaaaay better. I'm going to photograph it tomorrow morning. I'm really happy with it.
I've had to put a little thingy on my website saying I'm fully booked for July & August. I'm getting enquiries on a daily basis now and I'm turning away so many orders. It busts me to have to do that, LOL! But it's unbelievable the amount of enquiries I'm getting.
Anyway, before I sign off, I thought I'd post this link that Steve forwarded to me:
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/inpictures/2008/07/04/8
Wonder if the oven was big enough to do it in one go?? LOLOL!!!!
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