The Turntable

How many of you remember what a turntable looks like? Or even know what is call an LP or a 45? When April emailed me a picture of a turntable cake and asked if I could make one as a surprise for her husband’s birthday, I was up to the challenge. As usual, she wanted the now famous, Almond Cream Cheese Pound cake to make this special surprise.

Well, the cake was made and the birthday party was on. Last week I got a call from one of the family member who was at the birthday party telling me how lovely the cake was, only wish she could taste it. I ask why she could not taste it? She said Aubrey did not let anyone cut his cake. He took it home to have it shellac!

I am reminded of the Saturn TV ad regarding the new look of the Saturn. The two Saturn employees told the very surprised and baffled, prospective customer when he was not sure if he was really in a Saturn dealership, that ‘they get that all the time’. Yes, I hear it all the time too, especially when I do sculptured cakes: ”Jeannie the cake was so pretty, no one wants to cut the cake!”

Happy caking and walk good ‘till next time.

Jeannie

A Friend – Sugar Character

Last week I got one of Lorraine McKay’s “The Icing on the Cake – Tutorial” to make the female character and was so excited I could hardly wait to download the file. I had to print it three times because my inkjet printer kept on jamming. Spent most of the night doing it and the picture here is what it looks like.  I even made the coffee and toast, plus painted the cup and plate! The hardest part of doing the figure was getting the facial features just right.

I have looked at so many of Lorraine’s tutorial and is just amazed at how talented she is. Her sharing what she knows is such a blessing, because I believe that’s how she gets better at what she does. Aine2, I’m a big fan!

Well, I did not stop with this figure. I made the snowman and Christmas trees! Saturday I made a bunch of carrot cakes and one especially for a friend using another figure I made.  As you will notice, her mouth was not as ladylike as I would have like. The cake I made as a sofa and placed it on a tiled surface (fondant and used a brick impression mat.

My girlfriend loves to invite me over to have tea and crackers and cheese. Here I placed the toast I made, plus a pot of roses because she is an avid gardener. The cake is a carrot cake covered with Swiss Meringue buttercream and white chocolate fondant.

A Fruit Cake In May?

In May of this year, Henry and I had occasion to visit his sister in Hagerstown, in Maryland for a graduation ceremony. We had an extra "passanger" with us...a fruit cake for our niece graduation dinner. Yes; a fruit cake, in May! It was a question of that sort the TSA personnel at the airport asked me when I put the box containing the cake through the x-ray machine.

"Madam, what type of pie is that?", he asked.

Pie? I thought to myself. I did know there was not a pie in my "cake box", but a decadent fruit cake covered with almond paste and fondant. Maybe this is a trick question to see if I was taking something more than a cake.

I replied with all honesty in my voice, "That's not a pie, but a fruit cake."

"A fruit cake? Isn't too early for fruit cakes?" he said to me with a frown on his face.

"Special request" I said as I jolly gather my stuff and proceeded to explain to my husband what that was all about.
This is the cake that made the journey from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Hagerstown, Maryland. Oh! I put the decorations on when I got to Maryland...and I could not get the "s" to fit. It's also another cake they did not want to cut.

Walk good. Jeannie