Late night hello!
I made a cake today to take to dinner w/my sorority sisters--it's a reunion weekend for our chapter. It was a hit and our 2 servers nabbed the last piece.
Baking again tomorrow for my hubby's pilot group. It's their monthly meeting on Sunday. Trying to come up w/something super simple w/an aviation theme. Not really the sort of group that will appreciate elaborate decorations.
Kristy
actually, i don't think that last part about the pilot group to be true! The would probably marvel in some very precise detailed design 
i found that when I made my recent Air Force Uniform cake the recipient couldn't get over the detail I had on the buttons and his ribbons
I have a six tier (all dummies) wedding cake 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28", with a real section on the lowest tier, and 475 servings of real cake to go back into the kitchen. Top of cake has a big fondant bow sprayed a beautiful metalic gold. Cake is all ivory, white and gold. A 2 tier , sports themed groomscake with four dozen tuxedo strawberries, and two birthdays for tomorrow. Everything is finished except the berries, which I will do just prior to delivery. This was actually a very light easy weekend. Now I just have to put up with a 95 degree day tomorrow!
The dummy wedding cakes with real cake in the kitchen seems to be a growing trend in our area. I do them all the time.
Late night hello!
I made a cake today to take to dinner w/my sorority sisters--it's a reunion weekend for our chapter. It was a hit and our 2 servers nabbed the last piece.
Baking again tomorrow for my hubby's pilot group. It's their monthly meeting on Sunday. Trying to come up w/something super simple w/an aviation theme. Not really the sort of group that will appreciate elaborate decorations.
Kristy
actually, i don't think that last part about the pilot group to be true! The would probably marvel in some very precise detailed design
i found that when I made my recent Air Force Uniform cake the recipient couldn't get over the detail I had on the buttons and his ribbons
This is for his private pilots' group. I think they will mostly be shocked/happy to have someone bring any sort of cake to the meeting.
I'm probably doing a 2-layer 10in round. Pale blue maybe some clouds and a fondant cut-out airplane.
No cakes for me tonight, but I'm working on a quilted table runner for my friend's wedding gift. The wedding is at 1 PM--only twelve hours from now! I think I have about an hour and a half worth of sewing left, then I can go to bed and sleep in, in the morning.
--Piano Diva
[quote="cheatize"]Tonight, I'm eating instead of decorating. Red velvet with cream cheese icing.
Leah, how far are you from Cincy time-wise?[/quote]
We generally say 2 hours to allow for traffic and allowing for hitting the city center or having to go around to the North end.
[quote="lorieleann"]
??? on the SPS? does the cake go into the tubes, or is it displaced into the rest of the cake? Should I cut the fondant (dark chocolate ) before i push it in?[/quote]
Yes, cake goes inside the legs, and yes, I do cut an X in the fondant so the legs go into the cake easier.
I made a cake today to take to dinner w/my sorority sisters--it's a reunion weekend for our chapter. It was a hit and our 2 servers nabbed the last piece.
Kristy
KJ, what sorority? I'm ZTA.
Kappa Alpha Theta.
my SPS legs went in very well. (how scary is doing that first PUSH 
) and I didn't have any problems with the fondant. (i hardly had to work the dark choco SI--seems like a completely different product than the white. That and I had 5/1 mixture of fondariffic chocolate in there. Long story: i wanted a darker chocolate than the fondariffic chocolate came in)
ready to box and go!
I have a six tier (all dummies) wedding cake 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28", with a real section on the lowest tier, and 475 servings of real cake to go back into the kitchen. Top of cake has a big fondant bow sprayed a beautiful metalic gold. Cake is all ivory, white and gold. A 2 tier , sports themed groomscake with four dozen tuxedo strawberries, and two birthdays for tomorrow. Everything is finished except the berries, which I will do just prior to delivery. This was actually a very light easy weekend. Now I just have to put up with a 95 degree day tomorrow!
The dummy wedding cakes with real cake in the kitchen seems to be a growing trend in our area. I do them all the time.
Holy Cow..I'm tired just reading this! Good for you that you got it all done! I know lots of people bake this much but I'm still a part timer and that would have killed me! LOL!
Curious...why did the bride choose to only do one real tier and have the rest fake with sheet cakes for service? It couldn't have saved her any money and probably cost her more, right? Curiousity...you know..I am a Cat...LOL!
Cat
I'm guessing she wanted a section of "real" cake for the cutting of the cake pics and feeding it to each other. Just my two-cents.
Tonight, I'm eating instead of decorating. Red velvet with cream cheese icing.
Leah, how far are you from Cincy time-wise?
We generally say 2 hours to allow for traffic and allowing for hitting the city center or having to go around to the North end.
That was my guess. We're heading to Cincy for an overnight play date away from the college kids loafing in the house and I wondered if I could talk hubby into driving a couple of hours to you for a second night away. However, plans have changed, once again. It looks like it will be just Cincy. Thanks for letting me know!
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