When my daughter, Nora, and her friends wanted to make a chocolate
birthday cake for their friend, Alana, they had big ideas. They wanted
to copy a picture of all of them together and emblazon it on the cake,
like a bakery might do.
That's way beyond my scope. I suggested an alternative: Let's cut out pictures of all the girls' faces and mount each one on a skewer, then we'll stick the skewers all over the cake.
As you can see in the picture, it was adorable -- and I'm happy to report it was the hit of the party.
Best of all, for me: No futzing with pastry bags and decorating tips, no huge mess to clean up. We just baked our favorite chocolate cake, frosted it and embellished it.
Sometimes mother is the necessity of invention.
That's way beyond my scope. I suggested an alternative: Let's cut out pictures of all the girls' faces and mount each one on a skewer, then we'll stick the skewers all over the cake.
As you can see in the picture, it was adorable -- and I'm happy to report it was the hit of the party.
Best of all, for me: No futzing with pastry bags and decorating tips, no huge mess to clean up. We just baked our favorite chocolate cake, frosted it and embellished it.
Sometimes mother is the necessity of invention.
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