Panic setting in

I'm starting to really worry about the cakes for next weekend. (Have you noticed this is probably a continual theme in my diary?)

I know, in theory, what I'm going to do. There are just a couple of things I'm not sure about. Like, I'm going to raise the Mystery Machine cake slightly to give it a better appearance. You do that by putting some wood underneath it (making sure the cake is on a piece of food grade card!) and then cover the wood in black sugarpaste. Well, I MUST make sure it's going to be stable, so I'm not sure what size bit of wood to use. The cake is going to be very approximately 12" long and 6" wide, by 6" tall. So I thought if I use a bit of wood that's 10" long by 4" wide and about 1" high. Or should it be taller? It's hard to get an idea of the scale/perspective of it, until it's in front of you. But I don't have a saw, so I'm going to have to go and get some wood cut! Also, when I cut the 12" square cake in half and then stack it, will I need to dowel the bottom of the cake, or will it be OK without? It's these things that can make the difference between success and failure.

Plus, delivery has changed on the Barbie doll cake. The order form said the cake was for Saturday 3rd. So, I thought that I'd have the Scooby van cake finished on Thursday night (again, probably at stupid o'clock) and then I'd decorate the Barbie cake all day and all evening Friday, ready for delivery on Saturday.

Well, the party planner e-mailed me and said 'the cake is going to be delivered on the Friday, isn't it?' And I had to reply and say that, no, it wasn't! It was going to be delivered on Saturday morning, as per the order form! I'm already doing a cake order for their company for the Friday. She replied 'ok'. Then she replied again and said the customer is having a complete panic and if there is any chance whatsoever that it could be with them on the Friday..... So I said that I will do my very best, but can't guarantee. And if so, it won't be until about 8pm or so. It's being delivered to Tunbridge Wells, Kent. I'm not doing it. My brother works for a car service, so I asked him for a quote. As it happens, it was the cheapest of the quotes I had. And he is going to deliver it himself - not get one of the other drivers to do it.

So, in theory, I should be able to do it. As long as the cake is baked on Thursday, ready to start decorating first thing on Friday, then I should be OK. It's just my procrastinating!!!!! I'm going to cover both of the cake boards on Monday or Tuesday so they're nice and set for when I start to do the cakes.

Wish me luck. ;o)