Thursday, 18 October 2007

D'oh!

When I make edible models, I use a piece of dried spaghetti. It goes right through their body (often right down into the cake for extra stability) and up into the head.

I have to make Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet. But I used the last of the spaghetti for dinner tonight! D'oh! Anyway, all is not lost. I've filled and covered the cake, so tomorrow I only need to do the modelling and inscription. "Only"? Ha!!

I baked the cake this morning and it was still ever-so-very slightly warm in the middle this evening! I levelled the top, then cut it through twice and let each layer air for a few minutes to finish cooling down. It should be lovely for the party on Saturday.

That reminds me... When I went to the cake supply shop a little while ago, someone came in asking about them making a cake for an 18th birthday party the following Saturday (it was a Friday that I was there... the cake wasn't for the next day, it was for the following Saturday). The customer was told they could only have a fruit cake, as they'd just finished baking the cakes for next week. That's an entire week. I don't know if they freeze them? But for a Saturday, I bake on a Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the cake. If it was something like a wedding cake with a lot of decoration, I'd probably bake Wednesday morning, possibly make a start on covering the cakes on Wednesday night, so that I have all day Thursday and all day Friday to decorate. Personally, I never freeze cakes, either. But different strokes for different folks.

Right, I'm going to clear the kitchen then go to bed!

Suzanne x

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