Sick and Lazy

Hello. I have been M.I.A lately because of serveral reasons, I have been sick and I have been procrastinating.

I really need a new laptop, this pc laptop is just not doing it for me. What can I say? Once you've had mac you never go back! How is that for an ad campaign?!

I need to get my act together.

Cupcakes @ 3am (but really 2am, thanks to the clocks going back)

Just finished piping. Next up... the washing up...

I wish I had a bigger kitchen/house. The living room doubles up as my decorating area with the ironing board set up for extra surface space. My bakeware and decorating boxes are spread everywhere and frosting is such a bitch to get off the carpet. Yes, I know I should do the piping in the kitchen but then I can't watch X Factor...

Ah well. Beggars can't be choosers.

Chocolate Cupcakes @ 1am

As soon as I got home at just past midnight, I was straight in the kitchen baking cupcakes for tomorrow's order. I said it before, and work and next day orders DO NOT MIX.

Annnnnnd I ran out of eggs! Can you believe that?! I bought some today thinking I had more at home... but no... so I have to complete the second part of the cake order EARLY tomorrow morning :/ Ready to be picked up at 10am.

Right, I'm gonna go and do some piping while watching X Factor.

First Attempt on a Purse Cake

Woke up feeling creative and wanted to take on a challenge. What could be more challenging than a cake replica of something like say, a bag?

Like real life, before you get a fancy bag you start with a more affordable purse, right?



The 'Sarah' purse from the L.V range.


Okay, so the final product is nothing to write home about... but we all have to start somewhere right?

There were many problems to begin with. Mainly my lack of patience, having the wrong size brush and not enough fondant, the middle of the cake being a... little under baked AND choosing a highly difficult style of purse... all added to the final product being rather... bootleg.

(I chose L.V because I had left over chocolate fondant, and it was similar colour to the L.V leather)


Stitching.

Well. Practice makes perfect.

I am nervous about taking the decorating class. I have never been to a cake decorating class before and am self taught, so this will hopefully be a revelation.

Come in to my Domain!

I just bought bakebake.co.uk!

Now for the tricky part... the website.

I am still set on using the apricot font and so may end up having to buy it... My head gets in a spin whenever I think about all this jargon, its certainly a learning curve if anything.

Baby steps...

Marvel Comic Theme Cupcakes

We have, X Men, Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and a personailsed logo with his initials, for the birthday boy.

Apparently, Superman and Batman aren't part of Marvel. Who knew?!

7AM

Urgh. To wake up at 7 in the morning on a Saturday just isn't right. Completed the order of cupcakes. Did half yesterday night (or early this morning, 2AM!) and finished the rest just a moment ago.

Working nights and having cake orders the next day is so not working out.

You get complacent, and become unfocused. You're tired and you make do because you just want it to be over with... thats not why I started baking. It was fun, and an outlet for the stress I accumulated throughout the week. Now its beginning to really feel like work.

Still. Its probably the lack of sleep talking. I know if I really started to hate it, I would stop. It's just that when youre in that state of mind, you'll never be entirely happy with the end product. And I want it to be PERFECT every time.

Anyway, the order was for 22 Marvel comic theme cupcakes. Half were vanilla sponge and the other half was carrot cake. It was an order put in from my friend, she wanted to pay me but I said I'll do them as a present for the birthday boy.

Will update with pictures once I can crawl out of bed to get the USB cable.