I love to cook. But I do not love to bake. I don't even like it.
Frankly, I detest it.
I'm not exactly sure why, it has something to do with not liking to measure things. It's pretty easy to make soup or whatever by estimating, but cake doesn't come out so well that way.
I'm not crazy about the preciseness involved in it either. My cakes tend to come out lopsided, and I've tried the freezing the cake/cupcake thing multiple times and it doesn't make a difference, I cannot frost something without crumbling the cake too.
Yet, for their birthdays, I let my children choose what cake they want, and then I make it for them.
Maureen turns five on Tuesday and her party was this weekend. She chose her cake two months ago, from a cookbook with all Princessy type stuff in it. And my mom spotted crown candy molds and bought them for cupcakes. I stayed up for hours on Friday night, melting chocolate wafers and piping them into the molds. I cursed a lot in my head, attempting to decorate the princess cake (which I still think is lopsided).
Because Maureen asked for it, and I love her, so I did it.
Happy fifth birthday angel, you're worth it.
Frankly, I detest it.
I'm not exactly sure why, it has something to do with not liking to measure things. It's pretty easy to make soup or whatever by estimating, but cake doesn't come out so well that way.
I'm not crazy about the preciseness involved in it either. My cakes tend to come out lopsided, and I've tried the freezing the cake/cupcake thing multiple times and it doesn't make a difference, I cannot frost something without crumbling the cake too.
Yet, for their birthdays, I let my children choose what cake they want, and then I make it for them.
Maureen turns five on Tuesday and her party was this weekend. She chose her cake two months ago, from a cookbook with all Princessy type stuff in it. And my mom spotted crown candy molds and bought them for cupcakes. I stayed up for hours on Friday night, melting chocolate wafers and piping them into the molds. I cursed a lot in my head, attempting to decorate the princess cake (which I still think is lopsided).
Because Maureen asked for it, and I love her, so I did it.
Happy fifth birthday angel, you're worth it.
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Hope Maureen had a wonderful celebration!
I learned to bake before I could cook and I still love baking. Decorating cakes, however, is an entirely different animal. I'm much more concerned with the way my baked goods taste than how they look (plus I don't really like icing!).
I love it! I know she did too!
All my sympathy! But you did a stellar job.
I used to have major cake crumb problems icing cakes until I found a simple icing recipe that really works. My recipe takes 6 tbsp of maple syrup and doesn't dye well, but I can get it on without destroying the cake.
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