I was very interested in this story when I first read about it. A woman - who works for an Ambassador to the US and lives in Maryland - becomes King of Otuam, Ghana.
The story is about her struggle to balance her life in the US with her duties, dreams & desires for her village. There is corruption, disappointment and redemption....ah a perfect story! ;-)
I'll admit, there were parts that I skimmed over as the story got a bit long. But overall it was very interesting and enlightening to see how things are handled in a different world. Also how Peggy balanced the traditions of her village with wanting to bring them more "up to date".
A very interesting read indeed!
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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