tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post5366922574536406486..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: The Cake of DoomGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-71598282750757485192016-05-21T20:14:23.999+01:002016-05-21T20:14:23.999+01:00This reminds me of when my OH and I first lived to...This reminds me of when my OH and I first lived together - the first christmas, I happily made a christmas cake and you'd have needed a hammer and chisel to get through the royal icing! <br />I enrolled in a cake decorating course shortly afterwards......<br />(If you do fancy doing something similar to the design above ever again, google flooded royal icing - it would work really well, and is much simpler than it sounds)Two Wednesdayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449253668356026962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-85469402167826824812016-03-30T22:27:58.967+01:002016-03-30T22:27:58.967+01:00What I absolutely love about this post is your dog...What I absolutely love about this post is your dogged determination not to be defeated by a bit of sponge! In the battle of woman v cake, you win :)Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08883395595132394064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-13229090142134823052016-03-28T08:13:22.171+01:002016-03-28T08:13:22.171+01:00The magical art of 'birthday cakes'! I thi...The magical art of 'birthday cakes'! I think your cake looked fine, such a shame the black icing beat you in the end. I have beautiful birthday cake creations in my head!!! Unfortunately as they become real life creations something is lost in translation. Sarah5 Ladybird Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830440472115844877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-66788607658517091852016-03-27T20:44:29.169+01:002016-03-27T20:44:29.169+01:00I too laughed like a drain. It reminded me of the ...I too laughed like a drain. It reminded me of the request for Mavis the diesel. Also black icing....she sagged a bit and wouldn't have made it out the shed let alone onto sodor. The following year I let my mother in law do the cake. Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-73275880920476066122016-03-27T15:24:37.733+01:002016-03-27T15:24:37.733+01:00Cake decorating is scary and definitely bad for th...Cake decorating is scary and definitely bad for the blood-pressure! Marzipan, chocolate or cream cover a multitude of mistakes in my case.Lynda (Granny K)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00769451312708886145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-92207375267078108132016-03-26T23:35:27.445+00:002016-03-26T23:35:27.445+00:00That's about how my baking efforts would go. ...That's about how my baking efforts would go. I see wonderful things being baked on other blogs, but it's not happening here.<br />You have my sympathy and understanding.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-69855724173474491752016-03-26T21:19:54.365+00:002016-03-26T21:19:54.365+00:00You made a valiant effort on this project, which i...You made a valiant effort on this project, which is more than what most others would have done. Frankly, I've come to the conclusion (after repeated disasters trying to sew my own clothes, as it happens) that if I don't do it well, I derive no joy from it and I can get someone else to do it for me, I'd rather drop it and pursue something else.<br /><br />So you don't make designer cakes. You're a fantastic artist and needle-felter, you make a mean fruitcake, you write expressively and with passion, and you're a true and loyal friend. Let someone else be the cake boss.Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-4867631673408862432016-03-26T19:15:08.976+00:002016-03-26T19:15:08.976+00:00Gretel, I laughed like a drain at this! Not out of...Gretel, I laughed like a drain at this! Not out of derision but because I empathise so much. Two years running I struggled in a very similar fashion to make a Tardis cake for Stacie. Neither attempt ended well. This year I bought a Minion cake from Morrisons and saved a lot of grief. These people that can produce works of art from icing and sugar deserve respect!Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-22577431407591046592016-03-26T19:14:52.062+00:002016-03-26T19:14:52.062+00:00Gretel, I laughed like a drain at this! Not out of...Gretel, I laughed like a drain at this! Not out of derision but because I empathise so much. Two years running I struggled in a very similar fashion to make a Tardis cake for Stacie. Neither attempt ended well. This year I bought a Minion cake from Morrisons and saved a lot of grief. These people that can produce works of art from icing and sugar deserve respect!Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.com