Yeah I know, do I ever really stop?
Not usually no.
Anyway lots of craziness has happened in the past little while. Far too much to write about, but hey here’s some highlights:
Spider man & hello kitty in cake form: I was asked by the other bosses wife to make a hello kitty cake and a spider man cake for their 2 children. Hello kitty is easy (or so I thought) and spider man, well I did a Google search for spider man cakes and found a great website that had lots of images of a 3-d bust of spider man (sorry no pictures camera is MIA) although I was assured that I would be e-mailed some. Anyway, I was So. Ridiculously. Sick. on the day of the event that I was due to not only cater the food but finish the damn cakes.
Mission impossible?
Hell yes! Not entirely
At first glance I had my doubts about it looking like spider man, more like the victim of a tragic farming accident. Had to re-make the fondant 3 freaking times and of course it just wasn’t going red like I wanted it to. So I had to finger paint on the red. Next time I’m buying red fondant, in a pail because the cost vs effort, well there’s no comparison what so ever. In the end it wasn’t perfect but looked close enough to spider man to make the little man happy and for a first attempt in conjunction with being deathly ill I did OK. Even hello kitty fared pretty well in the end, thank God!
I also got quite the tip for my efforts which was nice. I My Visa will appreciate that 🙂
I also made a killer snow white cake, which of course the pictures are on my memory card in my camera that I can’t currently find at the moment. (keeping my fingers crossed that its in Pete’s car/Apt)
Not to mention the most bitching wedding cake ever, with the help of Pete. I honestly don’t think I could have pulled it off without him. OK I’m pretty sure I could, however I have to say that having him around made this task a lot less daunting and working with him was nothing short of pure greatness 🙂 I also made Clint a grooms/birthday cake which I do have a picture of, on my freaking camera of course!
Anyway without further ado, the most bitching wedding cake of the century!
Pete has better pictures but there’s a general idea for you. The little wee one is for Jen, she can’t have raspberry so we made her a non raspberry one just for her. The cake in case you were wondering was lemon sponge finished with a raspberry liqueur simple syrup and each layer’s filling (4 per tier) was alternating lemon curd Swiss meringue butter-cream & raspberry Swiss meringue butter-cream which was then covered in a combination of the lemon/raspberry Swiss butter cream and topped with lemon flavored fondant. Was a huge hit and everyone loved it!
Once I get the pictures from Pete I’ll post them here 🙂
In other news, I decided to volunteer for IAMAlive which requires me to be certified as a suicide prevention counselor that’s offered through Eastern Washington University. 50 hours, costs $250.00 so I will be hitting people up for sponsorship to help offset the cost. Its important to me and more importantly it will help to benefit my foundation as well. All in due time of course, for the moment I need to focus on getting better physically and feeling better emotionally. Which I seem to be getting there on both levels. Physical aliments I can deal with, working in a daycare those seem to come and go. I’m more focused on the emotional aspect of it now.
Also on a final note, I got a surprise when my best friend from ON decided to come to Montreal for this beautiful long weekend and I got to spend some awesome time with her and her lovely family including her beautiful new baby boy. OMG he IS the sweetest little thing ever! Was a good day, did lots, seen lots and had a great time. Was so good to see them!