Well it is birthday week in my house. Wonderful hubby had his earlier this week; although he is working the yucky hours still, he only slept , woke up, looked at the cake I made him, and left for work again. Happy birthday! My birthday is next and I will be so busy taking one kid to school and picking up, then getting another kid from after school band to THEN quickly feeding said kids a quick dinner to run over to the high school for orientation for the next up and coming high schooler on our list. My day wont end till probably 10 p.m. Happy birthday to me! Honestly I am not complaining though. Wonderful hubby always works on our birthdays (its just the way his company schedules yearly work), so I have never expected anything on my birthday....not that I have ever expected anything anyway, but you know what I am saying.
I did make hubby a birthday cake, as I always do. Lets just say, if I am going to do cake decorating as a profession, I better get to practicing. Somehow I allowed this house to run out of butter. How in the world did I allow that to happen? Strike 1. The cake I wanted to make I did not have the proper cake pan. Strike 2. Made Royal Icing and beat it for a bit too long and it was like squishing cement thru the piping tube. Strike 3. But I did not give up. I scrounged up just enough butter to make a small amount of frosting to put on the cake that ended up being made in a bundt pan. And I was able to squeeze out just enough royal icing to put a few rosettes and a colorful base on this cake to show a little creativity. And of course my little helper had to add her little touches of colored sugar and such. Suffice it to say, its not the prettiest cake, but I made the attempt.
Kid #2 has a birthday coming up later in the month so I will have yet another chance to practice. I really am enjoying it....it will just be tweaking and practicing that needs to happen. Also Kid#1 will be coming home for spring break, so there will be yet another opportunity to make something beautiful. Practice makes perfect!!
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