Cake Decorating.

It's been very mild today with a little drizzle in the air. I don't think we've had more in the way of rain but I've spent the day in the kitchen with the door firmly bolted against those 2 thieves of mine. Squeaky has been content to stay inside on her own all day though yesterday evening she did voice her disapproval of the fact that I haven't been sitting at my pc or in other words providing her with a lap to sit on. Speedy spent most of the last 2 days sitting on the outside of the kitchen window trying to catch my attention so I would let him in. 

My morning was spent getting the fondant icing on the 2 big cakes and the Red Velvet cupcakes. There was one scary moment when I thought that the icing on the biggest cake was going to tear at the edge but I managed to squish it together before doing lots of smoothing with a small straight sided glass vase. At that point I decided to take a break as too much standing hurts my back and I needed my full concentration for the actual decoration of the cake. It's just a shame that I poked my finger with the point of a sharp knife while cutting some cheese for lunch. So I ended up with a plaster on that finger as well as one on the other hand where a finger had split by the nail.

Then it was time for decorating the big cake. It's not too bad and I'll be taking along leaves, roses, fondant and a tube of white icing for repairs when we get there. If nothing else I'll need to tidy up the join where the smaller cake sits on the big cake once I put the 2 together. I've already put cake dowels in to stop the top tier sinking down in to bottom tier. These cakes will be a testament to the fact that you can do most things if you have the time and YouTube videos to watch.

Peter has just returned home with 3 empty cake carriers and the message that his work mates are happy to eat my rejects any time.