Austin, TX

Is it really only Tuesday? I’ve been so busy lately I expect my head to start spinning like Linda Blair in the Exorcist. All that and I have a cold. I really hate being sick. I’m not one of those people who gets sick and wastes away to nothing. Oh no, I’m one of those people who eats everything in sight.

I’ve been a cake making fool this past two weeks. First off I made an adorable Pikachu cake for my friend Nicole’s son, Zack. I completely forgot to take a picture so I’m waiting to get one back from her. Next I did a cake for a woman who was the catalyst for getting me back into cake decorating. I was a professional cake decorator many years ago. I quit about 15 years ago. I was sick of cake. Sick of the smell of cake. Sick of the taste of cake. Instead I concentrated on my IT career which was a wise choice as it netted me a much higher income and a lot less dishes.

Getting back to the cake, it was a just over a year ago that my friend, Gloria was assigned the task of organizing her bosses baby shower. Gloria was having a tough month. It was fiscal year end and she deals with procurement for a large computer manufacturer here in Austin. Her plate was full and she was tearing her hair out. I offered to help by taking the cake off her hands. She told me her boss was doing the baby room in soft green and bumblebees and I came up with this cake:

They loved the cake, of course. Who wouldn’t? That picture makes it look yellowish but it was a pastel green. I was thrilled when the recipient emailed me last week to ask if I’d do her daughters 1st birthday cake! They named the baby Olivia and she wanted a chocolate cake to match the napkins and plates for the birthday party. This is what I came up with:

I was pretty happy with the way it turned out and she was very happy with it, too. In addition, I made an individual cake for Olivia. Nothing special, just a little butterfly so she could make a mess out of it as all kids should!

On top of those cakes I also did a going away cake for Gloria’s current boss (she sure is going through them!). They ordered my famous Chai cake and Gloria told me that her favourite colour is peach so I spent an inordinate amount of time making gumpaste roses which came out quite lovely.

As if that weren’t enough, I also made 100 mini cupcakes for my friend Nicole’s birthday. She had a joint birthday party with two co-workers. The party was a blast but man am I exhausted!

So that’s my week so far, what have you been up to?

And by the way, if you enjoy cake decorating and sugar artistry, you should consider joining our local cake club! We have a big cake decorating and sugar art competition and show coming up in February and we’ve already started planning. I’m on the vendor committee. Because y’know, I don’t have enough to do. Heh.

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