The Future.....
I started my week off working on a new cookie design (a ghost of a baker’s future)…adorable unicorn and rainbow cookies. Thinking of all the new items I have gotten to do, each month brings new request…it is one of the reasons I LOVE my job. With each order, from the time I take the order, until I’m in the kitchen creating it; I’m thinking about it, researching blogs, Pinterest and online magazines for inspiration. I’m always looking to the future and thinking of the where want to go and what I will create when I get there…whether it’s a week, a month or a year!
Rainbows Evey where! I love BIG parties....and this was one! When I delivered the cake, I got a sneak peak at the party set-up.....it was a colorful as the cupcakes and cookies. I love Facebook, because I sometimes get to see the birthday girl/boy enjoying their cake and other party photos! The birthday girl for this cake was so ADORABLE in her rainbow leggings and rainbow tu-tu! |
The Present....
Then towards the end of the week, I moved onto an Elsa inspired doll cake (a ghost of bakers present). There is something so comforting in knowing exactly what you are going to do and how you will accomplish it. I love doing doll cakes….to date I think I have done 9 (one for my own daughter) each of them have been different (even the 5 Elsa dolls I have done!). Now, I’ll admit, the first one was a bit of a challenge…How do I get a 16 inch doll into a 13 inch cake mold?! I soon discovered how to make the doll fit and now can look back and see how far I’ve come with this design. It was nice to know going into it this cake, knowing how to accomplish it…right down to the ombre rosette dress!
The Past...
My week ended with a wedding cake (a ghost from baker’s past). This wedding cake was designed for a family friend…my mom’s best friend! (what pressure!) Not only do I have the pressure of decorating and constructing a four tiered wedding cake, I get to do it all under my Mom’s watchful eye! My Mom has taught me the basics of cake decorating. Growing up I would sit in the kitchen late at night watching her, I practiced on cake pans while she decorated.
This weekend was like a trip down memory lane. It started by sitting up late Friday night, at my childhood home, decorating the wedding cake with my Mom. Saturday, we ate lunch at one of my favorite restaurants with my daughters…I can remember eating at this restaurant when I was a child. Then we drove the long fifteen minutes to the receptions site to deliver the cake, a spot that I haven’t been to in a few years. The last time I was there, I was taking my oldest fishing with my Dad…where I ended up slipping on the bank of the muddy fish pond! Then we drove to the ceremony site…this drive I haven’t taken since I was a teenager, where at a small church I watched my childhood friend, give her mom away…so touching. I talked to friends I haven’t seen in years (more then 10)!
Sunday, as I’m sitting in the church that I grew up in, with my Mom I started reflecting back.
It was like a rush of the three ghosts at once! I flashed back to being a teenager and where I thought I would be. I have to say, I’m pretty much there…I’m not the successful career woman I thought I would be, but a loving husband and fantastic kids (which was in my dream for the future) I HAVE! I sat and thought about the future and where I want to go….as of right now I’m on my way! And I lived in the present, smiling at familiar friends, singing favorite church hymns and listening to what the minister had to say. Who ever thought a cake would bring such emotions and memories! Another reason why I LOVE what I do…it leaves a lasting impression…when the cake is gone the memories are still there!
This weekend was like a trip down memory lane. It started by sitting up late Friday night, at my childhood home, decorating the wedding cake with my Mom. Saturday, we ate lunch at one of my favorite restaurants with my daughters…I can remember eating at this restaurant when I was a child. Then we drove the long fifteen minutes to the receptions site to deliver the cake, a spot that I haven’t been to in a few years. The last time I was there, I was taking my oldest fishing with my Dad…where I ended up slipping on the bank of the muddy fish pond! Then we drove to the ceremony site…this drive I haven’t taken since I was a teenager, where at a small church I watched my childhood friend, give her mom away…so touching. I talked to friends I haven’t seen in years (more then 10)!
Sunday, as I’m sitting in the church that I grew up in, with my Mom I started reflecting back.
It was like a rush of the three ghosts at once! I flashed back to being a teenager and where I thought I would be. I have to say, I’m pretty much there…I’m not the successful career woman I thought I would be, but a loving husband and fantastic kids (which was in my dream for the future) I HAVE! I sat and thought about the future and where I want to go….as of right now I’m on my way! And I lived in the present, smiling at familiar friends, singing favorite church hymns and listening to what the minister had to say. Who ever thought a cake would bring such emotions and memories! Another reason why I LOVE what I do…it leaves a lasting impression…when the cake is gone the memories are still there!