Posted in The Wedding Cake on May 11, 2008 | 36 Comments »
After a whole week of brilliant sunshine and high temperatures, the heavens opened on Genna’s wedding day. It rained and thundered throughout the entire wedding! But no-one cared a jot. The day could not have been more beautiful.
Way too tired to give details. The pictures say everything. :)
An enormous thank you to the owner and staff [...]
Posted in The Wedding Cake on May 1, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Last night I made the final practice cake. The wedding is only eight days away - eeeeeeek! - and, though the last sponge was a resounding success, I felt one more trial was necessary for peace of mind. Again, the cake turned out very well. So well in fact that when I returned to the [...]
Posted in The Wedding Cake on April 11, 2008 | 45 Comments »
At last. I made a cake. It didn’t fall apart. It looked respectable. I fed it to my colleagues and they thought it tasted fab.
I’m more than a wee bit happy. :)
Posted in The Wedding Cake on April 6, 2008 | 26 Comments »
And the award for the World’s Worst Baker goes to…
Posted in Food, The Wedding Cake on April 5, 2008 | 29 Comments »
As many of you know, I (Wendy-the-non-cake-maker) am presently trying to master the science of baking in order to make my best friend’s wedding cake next month (eeeek!). Despite having purchased the aptly named Cake Bible and having read it cover to cover, all is not going smoothly. In what way? you ask. In many [...]
Posted in Food, The Wedding Cake on March 16, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Firstly, can I say an enormous thank you to everyone who has given me baking advice in the last few days. It has been greatly appreciated and will, undoubtably, come in very useful in the next couple of months. I’ve made a wee bit of progress this weekend in that I’ve become more organised and have [...]
Posted in Food, Recipes, The Wedding Cake on March 12, 2008 | 25 Comments »
If your name is Genna and you are getting married in a couple of months and you have asked your only bridesmaid and oldest friend to bake your wedding cake, then read no further. The contents of the following paragraphs are of absolutely no interest to you whatsoever.
Go away.
I said, go away, Gen.
Jeez, you’re so [...]
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