How You Know You Are A Cake Decorator...
Decorating By Kitagrl Updated 5 Aug 2006 , 4:59pm by chefdot
I don't know if any of you are Napoleon Dynamite fans, but I know I'm a cake decorator when I'm up to my elbows in buttercream and the family asks what's for dinner, and I reply,
"Fix yourself a dang quesadilla!"
YES!!!!!!!!!!! We do that here too!
This is all so hilarious! The only one I haven't tried is practicing with toothpaste!!
It's funny because I used to love going to weddings and showers for the food....now I'm more interested in the cakes!!!! 
My thing is always finding a little BC somewhere in my kitchen that I missed cleaning up....wall, cabinet, etc. Who knows which cake it came from!!!
When your husband complains that he never gets a plain cake.
When icing and crackers is a snack for your kids.
When you send more pictures of you cakes to your mom than of your kids.
When your 3 year old knows what ingedients you need to make frosting.
When the running joke in the house is "We need more oil for the frosting"
DF was helping me make cakes, and (thankfully) follows my recipe for BC when making frosting. He was getting out ingredients, and knew I always had oil out when mixing things. He thought the oil was for the frosting, until he remembered oil was used to mix the CAKE BATTER! Coulda been a disaster...
I had to chuckle when I read each of these!! I only got the fever for cake decorating this past December, but I can definitely relate to many of these things. The funniest one I can add is: You have cake mixes, marshmallows, powdered sugar, and other supplies in empty bedroom dresser drawers!! My husband had to laugh when he made this discovery!
My husband is actually sick of cakes! I guess all the practice cakes have gotten to him. But the kids still want cakes and cupcakes.
Also my co-workers hate to see me empty handed when I come to work on the weekends. ( I am hospital nurse)
I actually gave a cake as a gift yesterday to a neighbor for watching the house while away on the trip. And they were thrilled!!
Silly!![/b]
here are 3 more of mine...
the pizza cutter is not for pizza
the turkey baster is great for fondant curls
and you have to tell your family which papertowels they are allowed to use
and thanks ksue
Apparently, we think alike!!! My DH was looking for the pizza cutter the other day...it was in my cake box. I have 2 kinds of papertowels on the counter--Viva and the other one. Everybody knows to get the one with prints on it or a "monster" evolves as I grab the Viva out of their hands.
.... I have to chime in on this one.
....when your DH refuses to take ANYTHING from the kitchen for fear of receiving a beating with an offset spatula (or how about the fact that he knows what an offset spatula is?).
....or when your cabinets are bare, refrigerator is empty and you come home from the grocery store (after spending $150!) with nothing but cake mixes and powdered sugar and wonder why DH is upset.
....or when all you get for your birthday and Christmas is gift cards to Hobby Lobby or Michaels
.... or when the girl at the local bakery asks YOU where she can find a decorating tool. (actually happened to me.)
or when people don't tell you about an event by saying "Hey I'm pregnant" or "Hey I'm getting married", they tell you "Got any ideas for a baby shower cake?"
...or when you have a bruise on your arm and your doctor asks "So what cake did that come from" because he assumes its coloring.
....when other people when showing you thier or a relative's wedding photos, know to skip right to the pictures of the wedding and grooms cakes and forget the rest of the wedding pictures and tell you all about the flavors/taste/texture.
....when the only books out on shelves and not in boxes are all cake books
....a trip to home depot/lowes includes looking for interesting things to use as cake stands
....you have your own "tools" -- the cake dowel hammer, the cake dowel saw/pruner, the board cutter, etc. -- all either bought new or more likely "permanently borrowed" (whadda mean have I seen the rose pruner!?!?!)
Yes, my 2yo says "cake?!?!!!!" whenever I step close to the mixer or anything resembling a pan. ALL 4 children love the cake top "desert" and my husband gets sick of cake quite frequently. Lucky for me, our WalMart keeps full shelves of pwdr sugar and marshmallows!
Wearing a different hairstyle, and different pair of sunglasses each time you snoop "stake out" the prices in the bakery section of the supermarket so the bakery staff isnt shooting you evil looks for being there AGAIN.
When your face and kitchen is covered with so much confectioners sugar from baking all day that you begin resemble scenes from the movie Scarface.
My turn!!!
You know you are a cake decorator when you see a picture of some inate object and think "that would make a fantastic cake!"
or when your kid comes home from a birthday party and says "Mom, you should have seen that cake! It didn't taste as good as yours!" (gotta love 'em!)
My 4yo is actually in love with my mixer. He finds his stepping stool (the one he uses to reach the bathroom sink to brush his teeth) and stands next to the mixer asking if he can help...it's just lovely!
My husband actually lost all hope...he now helps me finding things that could be useful and shows up sometimes with toys and tools he found for me to use.
ROFL! You girls are great!
Here's some more...
You know you are a cake decorator when...
Your 6 yr old is offended that anyone would actually get a plain round cake for their birthday.
Your clothing all has at least one grease stain on every article.
You have pink stains on the countertop where you spilled red or black coloring.
You print a non-cake picture of something from the computer and your 4 yr old asks you if that's the cake you are making next.
Your husband knows which ACMoore gives out the free coupons in the checkout. 
AND you never get a cake for your own birthday!
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