I also, it turns out, am a hideous cake artist. Jen, the leader, did offer me a spot in one of the kiddie classes, so maybe there's hope for me? I'm okay with rather sucking at this, because it means I can practice and get better. I certainly can't get worse.
This is my cake, pre-frosting. I had some trouble cutting in half; the slice through the middle was uneven at best.
Jen helped me smooth out the frosting, as I botched it.
Are you prepared for my genius?
No, really.
That's just the border. That's not too bad, right?
...compared to the rest.
Ta daaa!
Whee!
(The roses look much better from the top.) (I swear.)
At least I couldn't mess up the taste.
I'm so going to buy a kit for this.
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Duuuude, I'm so jealous!
Oh, since the season pass for the Sox is on NESN, I have to watch Bob's commercials. BOO!
It looks good! I don't think it's funny looking at all! I like the primary colors; pastel cakes are so passe.
Oh, snap! I totally forgot to say this:
NOMAHHHHHHHHH!
You should totally try to get pregnant! Then you'd get a fat check every month and wicked cute babies!
So, you're a cake girl and I have a cake question. I made beautiful (I hope? They're still in the oven.) vanilla cupcakes from the ubiquitous Amy Sedaris book, and I'm thinking whipped cream for frosting. My question is: to spread, or to pipe? I've never piped frosting before. Is this setting me up for an epic battle of wills?
I dunno.
(Also, in case it's unclear, this is Liz from LJ, and not some crazy cake-obsessed stalker.)
I know who you are, Liz! You require no further introduction.
I'ma point you to the cupcake blog (here: http://cupcakeblog.com/) but I think piping is the way to go for fancy. Somewhere in the archives there's an instructional bit about piping, AND, she did a compare between Amy's cupcakes and Martha's not too long ago. If you steady your piping hand with your other and just go in a circle to the middle (like pouring syrup over a sundae to the top), you get a nice little swirl. Check it out and let me know what you think!
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