Ok so I pulled off a no-cake Friday & Saturday and really had a good time with my kids (well, aside from screaming like a banchee every few mintues because that's the only time they listen!) so Sunday was super busy! I made a custom Police cruiser cake with front end damage just like the client requested (it's for one of his work buddy's who apparently rear-ended someone while driving a brand new cruiser - oops!). I would do a few things differently like crank my AC!! It was hot in the kitchen and towards the end of the day, the car really did look like it had been in a crash. I guess that was the point, but I'm particular about my work so hopefully it made it to the party in the shape that it was supposed to be in!! THANK YOU Mirko! I hope your friend appreciated the joke!
And now I'm in the kitchen frantically baking for this week's cakes - one of which needs to be done for Tuesday! Yikes! I'm using my super-fabulous french vanilla pound cake recipe and thought I had everything going smoothly. Kitchen Aid doing it's thing, butter in microwave melting, pans prepped with parchment and oven pre-heated. Next thing I know, the 3 cakes are in the oven and I'm cleaning up when I notice the microwave scrolling banner that says "Enjoy your meal..." Huh? OH NO!! The melted butter!! I made this mistake once before, but prior to putting the pans in the oven so I was able to incorporate the butter into the batter. Not this time!! Here's hoping that the whipping cream and eggs in the cake will somehow provide it with enough fat that it will bind and turn out as a "light" french vanilla sponge. ????? Guess we'll see!!
So this week ahead: Tuesday is a bridal shower cake for a bride (& her fiance) who are into Crossfit (I think they might actually own a Crossfit gym) so I'm thinking kettle bells instead of wedding bells!! Thursday is a Grease Lightning car cake for Greaser #1!! Saturday is a special 40th birthday custom-made to suit the birthday boy's love of cooking, reading, fishing, Boston Bruins, Bobby Orr, WWII, hockey card collecting and being a super dad & husband! Still waiting for the vision on that one!!
If I can pull off all of this, I'd love to still make cake pops for my school's Athletic Banquet which is on Tuesday night. Here's hoping! But first I must rest!
Good night y'all!! I'll let you know how the butter-free pound cakes turn out! Geesh!!
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