Yup, I got called ‘that cake lady’ in the weekend. Granted it was a kid who has seen a number of my cakes but never my face. And to be perfectly honest, he seemed kind of excited to meet me. A fancy cake is a mystical and fabulous thing to a child. Colourful and beautiful (hopefully) and filled with the promise of sugary goodness. It just makes me think of Willy Wonka and what a magical land I thought it was when I will little… albeit a little scary too.
I don’t think I mind being known as ‘that cake lady’… I think. Maybe if I started a business one day that’s what I would call it? Regardless, it was a first.
It was a fairly mammoth week of cakes actually. Even Stuart has agreed that I was remarkably calm and laid back about it all. It is quite possible it was the day off I had on Friday while our heat pump was installed and then the subsequent bliss of being completely cozy and warm that made it all the more manageable.
You may (or may not) have noticed that I have been rather absent lately. Its not just been from the lack of cakes to show off but the fact that our laptop has died and has not yet been revived. I have been doing some exciting cooking lately though…. And have even taken some pictures of the finished products…. Tarte Tatin, Homemade Ramen noodles and more breads to name a few
That’s another thing actually, I have become extremely remiss at taking ‘in progress’ photos of my cakes or any other food things. Either I just completely forget, or I do take pictures and then decide that they’re just not exciting looking enough or ‘blog-worthy’. But that’s what I said I was going to do…. Document the behind the scenes stuff, show the process… the good and the bad. I will do better…. I promise.
So the three cakes I made this week….
The first was a birthday cake for one of my workmates. It did turn out to be a much taller cake than I had expected…. A result of wanting to make sure it was a big cake without putting enough thought into it. It was an orange cake with a whiskey chocolate ganache and apparently it tasted good.
Next was a first for me…. Fruit cake! I have a much healthier respect for fruit cake than I ever used to. I have never exactly been a fan of the stuff, but I actually think I would enjoy it now after making one myself (with a fabulous recipe of course). So this one was for a friends mother (hence the fruit cake) and it was an interesting challenge to make something that would be a bit more traditional but still my style.
Last but not least was a baby shower cake. A lemon cake with white chocolate and vanilla bean butter cream icing. This was my first time making daisies and I’m stoked with how this one looked…. The bees are my favourite.
