Cake Day

[poliphilo]

I know the rule is "i before e except after c", but it never looks right does it? The word niece for example, what a monster that is.

Anyway, that's just the preamble. The thing is our niece Nicola is getting married and my sister-in-law, in a moment of madness, volunteered herself and Ailz to make the cake. 

Do you know what it costs to get one of those things made by a professional?  £600-£700.

Mind you, this won't be your conventional cake. Nic has a very specific vision. Firstly it's going to be chocolate, secondly it's going to have four tiers, thirdly the tiers aren't going to be supported on nice, little neoclassical columns, but will rest on one another- like it was the step pyramid of Sakkara,  fourthly the whole, huge monument is going to to be coated- evenly- in white chocolate, fifthly it's going to be decorated with chocolate curls (whatever they are) and have real roses on top. 

Do Ruth and Ailz have experience of making enormous cakes?

Erm..........

But they have picked up some useful tips. Apparently all the professionals use Betty Crocker cake mixes. Yes, really. 

Well, the wedding is less than a month away now and today is Cake Day.  Ailz is going to bake a trial cake and so is Ruth and then they're getting together to learn from their mistakes. 

I'm glad I'm just an innocent bystander.

Comments

[silversmoke.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I rushed to the comments to make the same desperate "no, stop, wait!" plea. Once you've seen an absolutely beautiful cake sinking into itself like a otherwise pretty girl with horrible posture...

The only other suggestion I had was regarding the center support -- if Aliz wishes, she can cut a smallish round in the cardboard supports, and the center (all the way through the whole cake from top to bottom) support can be a tube for holding a few long-stemmed roses.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Now that's a good idea. I'd don't know how they plan to fix the roses, but I'll suggest they try this. Thanks.