The gardening cake is done. I'm really, really pleased with it. The customer ordered a 7" square, but I actually made her an 8", because it was going to be too tight a squeeze to get everything on!
The handbag cake is also done. Phew! What a to-do. I baked the cake, then carved it and covered with marzipan. But I was desperately unhappy with the shape. So I quickly whipped up another one, baked it, let it cool (learnt a handy tip today... if you need to cool a cake quickly, once it's started to cool down, you can cut it into layers and then seperate them and allow them to cool seperately. It really does speed things up a lot!) and then I re-did the cake. It's not quite in the same proportions as the picture of the bag I was copying, but the cake is a representation, not a scale copy! It's turned out well. The customer sent me a text message this evening to say she'll be with me by 10am. Gulp! So not only am I going to bed at stupid o'clock (you should see the state of my kitchen! It's going to take at least half an hour to clear up!) but I've got to be up early, to ensure I've got time to photograph the cakes, too.
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