Gage’s graduation party and cake were a huge success! He plays the piano and his mom gave him her piano as a graduation gift so that was the inspiration for his cake.
Gage with his cake and awards
Me with the cake
Dan worked so hard on the backyard I had to throw in a few photos of that! He got all this done in a week.
So I’ve complete just stopped making cakes, as you can tell from the tumble weeds blowing around on the blog. The first part of this year has been emotionally hard for me. Coming to terms with the fact that I wasn’t going to open up a cake shop was really harder than I thought and I just stopped making cakes. Some people reading this I’m sure are grinning with pleas. I know that if there is one thing people love more than success, it is seeing other people fail. Failure or not, I’ve survived and I’ve got a cake in the oven right now!
There have been some positives to not making cakes. First, I’ve lost over ten pounds and going strong. I never learned how to make cake and not eat it. Also cake is so time consuming when I was busy with cakes, I wouldn’t exercise and I would eat crap because I really didn’t feel like cooking. As I come out of retirement, that’s something that I have to work on. That being said, “Fat Friday’s” are officially dead. I’m going to try to focus cake business posts and practicing skills on smaller cakes (that I can take to work for other people to eat). Hopefully that strategy will help keep the pounds coming off. Second, I put all of my energy into getting a job and I landed a great one! I’m working at Georgia State University as the Social Media Ninja. It is a new position and there is lots of work to be done!
Actually, I was so burnt out on cakes that I made cakes last fall that I didn’t even post to the blog! Hopefully over the next few weeks I can get my act together and edit the videos of some of those cakes. As for the cake I’m making right, it is a graduation cake for Dan’s nephew Gage. We are having a graduation party for him this weekend. Dan has really gone all out fixing up our backyard. It looks awesome! We have a nice little oasis out there to relax in now.
So I’m back! Hopefully for a long time and I’ll you’ll be getting more cake related post!
Better late than never right? At least I’m posting it before Valentines day! 🙂
Things have been pretty slow on the cake front…I’ve been itching to make another cake soon, but I haven’t had an occasion to do so. Maybe next week for Valentine’s Day I’ll make a small one.
Enjoy the Christmas Cake and the Cakeisode.
Here is our dessert feast from Thanksgiving! We tried some new techniques on this cake. Some worked and some didn’t…see it all in the video!
The flavors are:
Ginger Snap Cake with Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling
Lemon yogurt Cake with Apple Compote Filling
Pecan Pound Cake with Pecan Pie Filling
Tonight is the night! If you’ve been reading the blog for a while you’ll remember that last spring we made a cake for a Cornell Frat who was hosting Bob Saget as part of his new show. The show Strange Days with Bob Saget airs tonight on A&E. Check it out! Hopefully our cake makes an appearance.
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