A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon this fantastic competition. I browsed through the pictures and ummmmmmed and aaaaaahed before I decided to go for it...... What could I lose? And it would be fun anyway.
Then I did nothing about!
When the baking bug bites, it bites hard. I had been sitting at the office all day dying to get stuck in in the kitchen. Needless to say, I got home and, driven by the baking frenzy I was in, decided on a theme (based on a Threadless t-shirt) and baked the cake in one night.
Paulie was a bit curious about what I was doing!
I made a basic vanilla cake and smothered it in caramel treat. The icing is a basic rolled fondant (which took forever to mix and get all the colours right).
By the time I was done, 5 hours later, everyone else in the house had gone to bed, so I had to wait until the next evening before we could actually sample the cake. It was pretty good (if I may say so myself).
By the time I was done, 5 hours later, everyone else in the house had gone to bed, so I had to wait until the next evening before we could actually sample the cake. It was pretty good (if I may say so myself).
Even little Paulie enjoyed the cake.
The cake ended up being so big that some of the neighbours got a piece too. Aside from saying how great the cake looked, almost everyone commented that they loved how the caramel and the underside of the fondant had gone a little marshmallowy and gooey.
In short, I had a GREAT time baking and eating this cake, and YES! I'll definitely enter again so that I have an excuse to create something this fun again.
You can view my entry at http://www.threadcakes.com/entries/view/448
Let me know if you've also entered, I'd love to see your wonderful creations!
Happy Baking!
just found your blog, what kind of bird?? it looks like my patagonia parrot, anyway cute blog, come on over to mine and get in on my giveaway of nutella!!
ReplyDeletePaulie is a dusky headed conure. He's made a great addition to the family!
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