Forthcoming Work

So, at the moment, my month looks like this:

9th - 50th wedding anniversary cake.
15th - Pirate ship cake.
25th - 70th wedding anniversary cake.
27th - my mummy's birthday.
29th - 2 cakes for 1 year old twins.
29th - well, a few days before, actually, 210 cookies.

So, no pressure then. Eeek!

Here's how I'm planning it.

The 50th wedding anniversary cake is rich fruit and so has already been baked. I've decided how I'm decorating it. The cake is a 5 and a 0. In the middle of the 0 I am getting a small edible print of the couple on their wedding day. I shall pipe around it and around the edge of the entire cake and then paint it with edible gold luster. I think I'll also put some lace (edible) around the bottom of the cake and I'll either paint it gold, or just edge it in gold. And I think two or three roses, too. It's for next Sunday, so I'll start the cake Wednesday or Thursday, I think.

I'm hoping the pirate ship cake will be collected on the Saturday and not the Friday. That means I will be able to bake it on Wednesday night (12th) , decorate Thursday and Friday, ready for collection on Saturday.

The 70th wedding anniversary cake I'll bake on Sunday 23rd, decorate on the Monday, reading for collection on the Tuesday.

My mum's birthday cake is already baked (it's a rich fruit cake). I have no idea how I'm going to decorate it, yet. But I'll do that all day Tuesday and Wednesday, ready for our meal in a nice local restaurant on the Thursday.

The cookies for the 29th (well, 28th at the latest, I suppose)... I made the cookie dough today and have frozen it. I suppose I will start making those on Thursday 20th. I can spend a couple of days solidly rolling out cookie dough, cutting out the cookies, then baking them. Then I'll spend a couple of days covering them. Then I need to bag them all up. Actually, once they're decorated, I'll need to bag them up - otherwise I have no hygienic storage for them. I think I'll enlist the help of my sister and my brother-in-law. I've mentioned it in passing to them! ;o)

The two cakes for the 29th... well, I don't know for sure what I'm doing yet. The mum has paid me a deposit. But we haven't properly discussed what she wants. All I know is that she wants two cakes on one cake board. At one point she mentioned Winnie-the-Pooh characters. I've seen some gorgeous designs which are two seperate cakes, but they're joined by a rainbow! I'd love to do that! I'll see if I can sell her on the idea?!

So, that's my month and how I plan it. Let's see if everything goes to plan.

Suzanne x