This week 3 different people in the entertainment industry passed away. Know how I heard about it? Facebook! The first two (Ed McMahon & Farrah Fawcett) were mentioned on just a few status updates. But last night somehow between the time I left work and got home (a mere 45 minutes) my feed was FULL of news about Michael Jackson. I got a call from bp and was relaying how I heard the news on Facebook and had to go looking for a reputable source to see if it was true. And all of it was ironic to me: to think that I am now getting my "world" news from my Facebook feed (to be fair and balanced, I do have a friend who is updating on what is going on in Honduras right now)
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
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