MIL phoned today to say her friend received the cookies in the post. She thinks they're gorgeous and will take them to the committee meeting on Monday.
Oh my! How am I going to make and decorate between 300 and 400 cookies?????
Saturday, 30 June 2007
30 Cake with Me To You Teddies - Finished!
It's finished!!
It's on my 'proper' website and on my blog. I'm really pleased with it, actually. And the customer was really happy, too - which is the main thing.
The teddies came out quite well, although I didn't manage to texture them. I tried various things on the sugarpaste, but it just wouldn't take. It was a bit like a sponge or something.... as soon as I texturised it, it just went smooth again. That's because it wasn't just sugarpaste - it's half sugarpaste and half pastillage (which gives it a bit more 'body' and strength). And I decided piping wasn't the way to go with it (not when I'm tired, working late at night and don't have the energy to make another one if it all went horribly wrong!).
But I think you can tell what they're supposed to be. The patch on the head is a giveaway, LOL. And I like the bouquet and the balloon - it really finishes them off!
Suzanne x
It's on my 'proper' website and on my blog. I'm really pleased with it, actually. And the customer was really happy, too - which is the main thing.
The teddies came out quite well, although I didn't manage to texture them. I tried various things on the sugarpaste, but it just wouldn't take. It was a bit like a sponge or something.... as soon as I texturised it, it just went smooth again. That's because it wasn't just sugarpaste - it's half sugarpaste and half pastillage (which gives it a bit more 'body' and strength). And I decided piping wasn't the way to go with it (not when I'm tired, working late at night and don't have the energy to make another one if it all went horribly wrong!).
But I think you can tell what they're supposed to be. The patch on the head is a giveaway, LOL. And I like the bouquet and the balloon - it really finishes them off!
Suzanne x
Friday, 29 June 2007
30 Cake - work in progress
It isn't finished, but I'm so relieved to have got this far with it. Some numbers are really, really difficult to cover. I can do a number 1 without any problem. And I think I've done a number 2 and a number 6, too. But this number 3 - grrrrr!Right. Off to have a tidy up and then I'll get on with the 'Me To You' teddies. I can do teddies, no problem. But the 'Me To You' teddies need to look especially fluffy. So I'm not yet sure if I'm going to just somehow texture the sugarpaste or whether I'll actually try piping onto the teddy. Hmmmmm. I'll have to give it some thought.
By the way, I tasted some of the off-cuts of this cake yesterday. Gorgeous, if I do say so myself! LOL!!
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
I've Done It Again
I've opened my big fat gob without really thinking about the words that pouring out.
There's a charity that is very close to my heart - CWAC (Children With AIDS Charity). It was co-founded by a family friend, Rebecca Handel. Please, do visit their website: http://www.cwac.org/
Anyway, in September, CWAC are hosting a ball. Very posh. Tickets are out of my price range. MIL is a trustee, so she's going. Her best friends are patrons, so they're going. Lots and lots of famous people are going. Anyway, without really thinking it through, I phoned my MIL today and offered to make a cookie for each place setting at the ball... I have a cookie cutter that is the shape of the AIDS awareness ribbon (or, if you decorate it in pink, it could be for breast cancer awareness... but you know the shape I mean).
Then I found out there will be between 350 and 400 place settings.
Eeeek. OMG!!!! What have I done?
MIL's friend was over the moon with the offer, but she has to put it to the committee and also get the OK from The Dorchester, where the ball is being held (they may object to 'outside food' being brought in). She asked if I can have a sample with her by Monday, when she'll be at the next meeting. Hubby is seeing his mum on Wednesday, so I'll have it ready by then.
If I do do them, because of time constraints, I will sugarpaste them. Royal icing looks SO, SO much nicer, but I don't think I'll be able to do that many. Shame.
There's a charity that is very close to my heart - CWAC (Children With AIDS Charity). It was co-founded by a family friend, Rebecca Handel. Please, do visit their website: http://www.cwac.org/
Anyway, in September, CWAC are hosting a ball. Very posh. Tickets are out of my price range. MIL is a trustee, so she's going. Her best friends are patrons, so they're going. Lots and lots of famous people are going. Anyway, without really thinking it through, I phoned my MIL today and offered to make a cookie for each place setting at the ball... I have a cookie cutter that is the shape of the AIDS awareness ribbon (or, if you decorate it in pink, it could be for breast cancer awareness... but you know the shape I mean).
Then I found out there will be between 350 and 400 place settings.
Eeeek. OMG!!!! What have I done?
MIL's friend was over the moon with the offer, but she has to put it to the committee and also get the OK from The Dorchester, where the ball is being held (they may object to 'outside food' being brought in). She asked if I can have a sample with her by Monday, when she'll be at the next meeting. Hubby is seeing his mum on Wednesday, so I'll have it ready by then.
If I do do them, because of time constraints, I will sugarpaste them. Royal icing looks SO, SO much nicer, but I don't think I'll be able to do that many. Shame.
Monday, 18 June 2007
Edible Football Photo Cake
I had a photo cake last week.
Easy-peasy. I thought.
They are easy... Usually. However, when the photo and the backing paper won't sperate then it's a complately nightmare. No matter how I tried, the edible print just kept disintergrating. I phoned Sharon - who did the print for me - and she said to put it in the fridge for at least half an hour. It still didn't work.
In the end, I had to apologise profousely to the customer and explain that although it is an edible print, it still has the plastic/paper backing on it! Luckily for me, she was fine about it.
I saw her the day after the party and she said her son was thrilled with the cake and everyone said how lovely it tasted.
All's well that ends well.
Easy-peasy. I thought.
They are easy... Usually. However, when the photo and the backing paper won't sperate then it's a complately nightmare. No matter how I tried, the edible print just kept disintergrating. I phoned Sharon - who did the print for me - and she said to put it in the fridge for at least half an hour. It still didn't work.
In the end, I had to apologise profousely to the customer and explain that although it is an edible print, it still has the plastic/paper backing on it! Luckily for me, she was fine about it.
I saw her the day after the party and she said her son was thrilled with the cake and everyone said how lovely it tasted.
All's well that ends well.
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Ham Salad Sandwich Collection
The chap came to collect the cake and he said it was perfect! Just what he wanted.
I said to him 'I have to ask... why a sandwich for a birthday cake?'
He said 'My dad likes sandwiches and it's a bit of an on-going joke'.
So, now we know!
I said to him 'I have to ask... why a sandwich for a birthday cake?'
He said 'My dad likes sandwiches and it's a bit of an on-going joke'.
So, now we know!
Friday, 8 June 2007
Sandwich Cake - Finished!
Yay! The sandwich cake is all done!! I'm really happy with it.
You can see it here: www.patacake-parties.blogspot.com
It was hard to photograph so that you saw the shape of the bread and the lettuce, tomato and cucumber... there is a slice of 'ham' in there, but you can't see it unless you're lower down.
It's something of a 'door step' - my cakes do tend to be quite deep - but there wasn't any point making a cake and then only using half of it....
Yesterday, I wrote that I was worried the filling would be hard to do, but it wasn't difficult at all.
I've added a pic of the cake from another angle, so that you can see the filling a little better.
Suzanne x
ps: went out with my friends for a long, leisurely breakfast this morning and had a lovely time. And shortly I'm off out for dinner with Steve and the boys! :o)
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