SShhh… I really shouldn’t be saying this, but I have a weakness. Two weeks ago, I spent absolute ages decorating a cake that should’ve been done in just one hour. The cake was priced at $300, but with the amount of time I put in, it was worth at least $400. And I was mad happy doing it too. Why? Because the friend who ordered it said these magic words: “I’ll leave the design to you.”
Now, whenever I hear these 6 words, my world turns a brighter colour as I skip my way to my sketchbook to see which design I wanna do next. So while my customer-friendly official line is: I will give you whatever you want, what really gets me going, the thing that will evoke my undying commitment and servitude to your cake, is to let me do what I want. (Told you I shouldn’t be writing this!)
The story is quite a funny one. J, who is a very funny lady by the way, wanted a cake for her son’s teachers. Apparently, her 12-year-old is an absolute horror in school, a right disaster-wreaking tornado, and so she wanted to send them a cake as a form of apology and as a “bribe” (her word) to them to not give up on him just yet.
So I decided to make a yellow cake because I’ve never done it before. Besides, it’s a bright, cheery colour that will hopefully do the trick in buying off those poor, beleaguered teachers. So the end result of spending about 3 hours cutting out those daisies and sticking them on neatly was a happy camper J, who on the same night after picking up the cake ordered another cake. This time, she wanted a pink birthday cake for her maid. Again, she left the design to me. Happy maid, happy me.
I had a yellow cake with daisies on it for my wedding! Carrot cake with raspberry filling, with a yellow marizpan fondant and sugar daisies. It was absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for the happy reminder.
i’m happy this brought back happy memories! and your cake sounds delicious
Both cakes are beautiful!!!! I love your clean style
hi alison, i checked out your blog and your style is beautiful too! too good to eat