testing my resolve
June 20, 2009
today i assembled the cake for edmund’s third birthday party. it did not go as planned. in fact, as you are about to see, it had some serious structural and artistic difficulties. nevertheless, since i am dedicated to bringing you an authentic version of my life (smirk), i have recorded the various foibles and mishaps in a timelapse. fortunately, there is no voiceover (i hope you like the track i chose instead). though, if you look carefully, you might notice the air turning slightly blue at certain junctures in the protracted procedure. to jaegen, i have offered several apologies for my foul mood as i wrangled with the fondant behemoth. however, enough with the inelegant preamble. i give you: ChocolateFondantCastleCake2009
(you’ll note that, despite my whinging, edmund and his cousins were quite pleased with the result. this, i suspect, has much more to do with the liberal helpings of jello, and sprinklings of candy, than with the structure itself.)
Question o’ the day: what is your favourite kind of birthday cake (or treat)?
Chocolate Money Cake.
Sorry to have missed the party. We hope it was a joyous occasion. The cake looked very impressive in the end.
Holy cow. That is one impressive cake making session. I watched it twice. The music made me laugh. You are brilliant.
That looked SO fun!! I’m getting all excited about Reesa’s birthday cake and it’s over a month away! You are certainly inspiring, Jenn!
Favourite cake? Something chocolatey with cream cheese icing. Or ice cream cake.
Tonight I was back in one of my old favourite haunts, the Market Place shopping center in Long Beach, California. My two best high school friends and I were late for a movie, so we hoped against hope that the Creative Cakery would be still open at 9 pm. Alas, it was not, but I gotta tell ya, they have the most awesome cakes I’ve ever had. They’re all the same, with different silly cake toppers. It’s a dense, moist chocolate chip bundt cake that for some reason is so rich (but not too rich) and satisfying, that I often wish for one when I’m at home in Vancouver. I may have to blow my diet and just go there for lunch some day while I’m here. We ended up at the Golden Spoon getting nonfat, sugar free frozen yogurt, which was good, for froyo, but not something I’ll dream about for years.