Rose and Beaded Wire

Sugar Rose and Beaded Wire
Sugar rose and hand-made beaded wire.

Beaded Wire

Yeah, I know... HOW LONG? Let's not go there....

But I'm SO EXCITED! I've made my first ever beaded wire for a wedding cake next week. It's SO pretty!!! The photos really don't do it justice, unfortunately.

I can't wait to see it in situ!

Just a quckie...

I thought I'd pop in and say hello. I haven't been very good at keeping this diary, have I?

I have a couple of cakes this weekend.... a Pikachu cake and a designer handbag cake. Pikachu is marzipanned. The board is covered. I'm going to cover the cake in sugarpaste and place it on the board tonight, then go to bed.

The handbag cake is baked. I'm going to turn it out of the tin in a minute.

I had hoped to finish Pikachu tonight, but best laid plans and all that.....

Tired

I'm tired. Really, really tired.

I've finished the HUGE number 1 cake. I've finished the 20 cupcakes with fairies.

Now I'm just having a cuppa before I tidy up and crash into bed.

Dh is going to deliver the number 1 cake tomorrow. I don't usually offer to deliver cakes, but a) it's only in the next road to me! and b) it's really, really, REALLY heavy. And big. Because we've got room in the car, I think it will just be a lot easier if we take the cake to her. I really hope she likes it. It's quite something, in the size it is. And I've done something on it I haven't done before - as part of the picnic is a tea pot and each of the characters had a cup and saucer! 'ikkle teeny-weeny ones! LOL!!

My friend (and customer) Jennie is coming to collect the fairy cupcakes at about 9am tomorrow. So another early start.

Sunday is Mother's Day. And as my treat, we're all going here:

http://www.squires-exhibition.co.uk/home/

I'm really looking forward to it.

OK, off to clean and tidy up now, so I can go to bed.

MONSTER number 1 cake

Phew! I'm just taking 5 minutes to sit down before I cover the monster number 1 cake that I've torted, filled and carved.

It started off as a 13" square. But a cut here and there and it's now 13" wide and about 18" from top to bottom!

It's too big to cover and then place on the board, so I've secured it to the board and now I'm about to marzipan and sugarpaste it. Not a problem - I just need to be especially careful not to mark the board (which, incidentally, is 18" x 24" - 12mm MDF which I covered with silver paper before sugarpasting).

It all weighs an absolute ton - and I haven't even covered it yet!

Right... better get on.

Hello???

Anybody here?

Crikey! I can't believe how long it is since I've made an posting to this blog. And I'll bet the posting before this says pretty much the same thing.

I'll try and post more. But, fortunately, I've been really busy.

This week, I have a handbag cake and a fairy castle cake (although only a single tier... ) I'm on track, having baked both cakes, covered both boards and made the sugar towers for the castle.

Tomorrow I think I'll fill and cover both cakes (or at least get one completely covered and the other one at least marzipanned) although I think I'll concentrate more on the handbag. That's the plan, anyway.

Rest of this month is booked up (each weekend, that is). And I have one order and a few enquiries for April.

Nothing To Do With Cakes!

My husband just found out today that not only did he pass his master's degree (in criminology, at Cambridge University), but he got a distinction! He got over 70% for his dissertation and so it will be published in the Cambridge University library!!!!!!!

I'm so proud of him!

Mr C, MSt (Cantab)