Catch Up

I have been so busy, I haven't had a chance to sit down and update.

I did the Teletubby cake last week. Let's leave it at that. TinkyWinky is an ugly thing!

Then, I made Daniel's birthday cake. It was his birthday on Thursday, but we went out to celebrate on the Friday and so I took his cake to the restaurant with us. He had a 3D football. I suggested it, as I'd wanted to try one out. It was OK, but I made a mistake, which fortunately I managed to hide. Basically, you bake two semi-spheres of cake and then sandwich them together to make the football. However, I torted each half of the cake and filled with buttercream, then sandwiched them together. It just wasn't stable enough and so it started to go... like the Leaning Tower of Pizza! From the front, it looked OK. But from the side... uh-oh! So I made a football scarf to go around it, and that helped to hide it. I know better for next time and I wouldn't object to making one as an order. When Daniel saw the cake he said "I know you worked very hard mummy, but I really wanted a man sitting on top. But I know you tried hard". Bless him. What could I say? So I made a footballer. Red top, white shorts and white socks, as per Daniel's instructions! Pic over on my blog, here: http://patacake-parties.blogspot.com/

I'm currently making Winnie & friends for a cake for Saturday morning.

I also have a cake for my mother-in-law's birthday party this weekend. And I'm making food for the party, too.

I have to finish the 28 fairies for the cupcakes for the beginning of next week. And I also need to make the stand (which I hideously under-quoted for!)

My dad's cake shouldn't be too taxing.

Then there's just Christmas!

Oh, and I've got an order for 4th and 6th January! More about that later.

Suzanne x