Wednesday 19 May 2010

Let Them Eat Cake!

After Miss 6 had her lion birthday cake...Mr now-four put in a custom order for a tiger cake (don't mind me...I just do what I'm told ;-).


It really wasn't very hard to make and I am pleased with how he turned out. I did have some difficulty cutting out the tiger stripes. The Woman's Weekly Cookbook said to use your pinking shears...and I did. I am not sure if they will ever work on cardstock again...but the stripes looked good! I also tried the 'quick freezing of the cake' method to reduce the crumbs in the icing. It worked well.

In other news...we spent the weekend in Sydney and went out on the Harbour on Saturday to help welcome Jessica Watson back after her 210 day, solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation. It was a fabulous day...one I won't forget for some time to come.



Congratulations Jesse!






(Blogged to: Beautiful Day - U2 and Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals).

6 comments:

Jo said...

Wow, Sam how cool. The harbour looked so rough, you got some great great shots - you must have been really close.

Love the tiger cake too!

Karen said...

Absolutely FANNNNNNNTASTIC CAKE SAM! I'm tellin ya - your a jack of all trades! lol

Hey and how fabo that you went and watched Jessica come in! Me and My daughter sat and watched her come in on the tv - what an inspiration she is to all young australians! Aussie Aussie Aussie - oi oi oi!!!

Karen
x

Debbie Pamment said...

FABULOUS job with the cake Sam - my son is 12 in August and was born in the year of the Tiger - I was looking at doing this cake for him - LOL - may ask you for hints!!!
xXx

Kate Lewis said...

WOW! Sam, your Tiger cake is fabulous!!! Too good to cut into lol! Have a lovely weekend! Kate x

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

What an awesome cake! Seems a shame to cut up such a work of art! Bet Miss 6 LOVED it!
Was an amazing achievement by Jesse Watson wasn't it. So great you got to see the finish.

Sharlene said...

That is so cool! You did a fabulous job. I'm sure your son was very proud.