One of my many activities that I enjoy (and like all of them I rarely find time to do) is cake decorating. I love to make cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc. My favorite types of cakes to decorate are unique cakes, where there is no mold or design to go by. I have made cakes that look like buckets of popcorn, pizza, plates of spaghetti, and treasure chests. I made a giant nose cake for my sons "Gross" themed birthday party, complete with nose hairs and filled with green ooze. For Christmas I was fortunate enough to get the Cricut Cake machine *exciting*. Although I have yet to use it I longed for it for several years. This week I am making a tree trunk with mushrooms and fairies on it for my niece's first birthday. I love making cakes with uncommon flavor’s and fillings. My husband’s favorite is a cake I made him for his birthday one year and it was a mocha cake filled with alternating layers cappuccino mousse and mascarpone cheese. It is delicious but a little pricey to make for just any occasion. My sister in laws favorite cake I make is Cherry Limeade cupcakes, I think I am rambling quite a bit in this blog for some reason.
Two years ago my husband put a ban on cake making for anyone other than our children, it only lasted a year thank goodness. I can understand his frustrations; between 15 birthdays a year, anniversaries, and weddings; I spent all year making cakes. I don't know if I would fill my spare time with cake decorating if I had extra time. There are so many things that I enjoy doing and rarely get to do, that it would be hard to choose. You would think that being a stay at home mom I would have tons of free time, it is the exact opposite unfortunately. My time is filled with sports, school, kids, cleaning, and cooking.
I think if I had extra time to do anything I wanted it would be spent with my kids. But in a quality way, I am with my kids all day every day. Yet I feel like I never spend any time with them, I would like to spend individual time with each of them. I would like to take my sons on a date separately and have more tea parties with my daughter. This blog seems extremely unorganized and filled with random thoughts, oh well!
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I am deliriously happy to leave all the culinary details to people like you. It is wonderful to me that there are people who love to do the things I abhor. My personal kitchen motto is: Cook Once - Reheat Twice.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see some pictures of your cakes. I also am the cake maker of the family, but have given up hope on novelty cakes. I make a spongebob, squidword, and patrick starfish cake for my son's 2nd birthday. They looked alright but you could tell an amateur made it. Now I just try to stick to incredible flavor instead of shapes and such. I admire you for your patience!
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