Man, lots of things for me to have an opinion about today. I was watching Oprah today and she had Alexis Stewart on (daughter of Martha Stewart). She was talking about her infertility and how she was trying to get pregnant (she is 42 and divorced). In her quest she is spending approximately $28,000/month on treatments. As I sat here, I thought about what you could do with that money a month that relates to a child.... adoption? open and run a few foster homes? open a home for unwed mothers? I don't know - I don't have that burning desire to have my own biological child, so I know that I am not completely impartial to the argument.... just something to think about.
What type of cake do you give a graduating accountant? Why an adding machine/printing calculator cake of course! A friend of mine text me asking me to make one for her husband's graduation party and I accepted the challenge! I was very nervous, as this was my first sculpted cake! The night before I started working on the cake I cut the keys out of fondant. Because I wanted to make it to scale, I used a photo of an actually printing calculator. And then used the algebra my momma taught me! :) The width of almost all of my keys is 5/8 of an inch. I then cut a 2" wide strip of gum paste approximately 6" long and laid it over a quart jar overnight to dry. The next day I started by making 2 9"x13" cakes and placing one on top of the other and shaping the top one (actually only using about 1/3 of it) to make the top of the calculator! I apologize I have no photos, this was a pre-blog cake. Then came butter cream in between the layers and covering the cake! I rolled o
Comments