Archive for June, 2008

Insanity!

Saturday, June 21st, 2008


If you’re one of my cake buddies, you likely know how much I hate piping flowers. I say this theoretically, because I haven’t piped a frosting flower since I was about 16, and my good friend Medea got married. No wait, it was before then – I’d already gotten sick of them. I remember now – I’d made calla lilies out of sheets of beeswax to adorn the top of her cake!
Anyway, my memory issues aside.. I’m much more of a fondant jockey than a traditional cake lady. I’d rather sculpt than do embroidery, too!

So, when I met up with a cool couple that I wanted to work with.. but who wanted a cake COMPLETELY covered with piped flowers, I faced a dilemma. I ended up throwing my misgivings to the wind, and signed on with them.

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Make a Wish!

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Recently, I signed on to sponsor cakes for the Make a Wish Foundation. I was debating whether or not I should blog about it. Don’t get me wrong, I think what *they* do is super cool.. I just didn’t want to come off as.. well, I don’t know. “Hey, look at me, I’m being all philanthropic here!”.

Well, I just delivered my second cake, and this time actually got to meet most of the people who work at the Minnesota office. It was after meeting all these cool people, and seeing firsthand more of what they do, that I decided I should go ahead and blog about it after all. (more…)