tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63046391779429676602024-03-12T18:07:55.453-07:00Every Cake Has A StoryEvery Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-57517245845666467402020-10-04T23:42:00.000-07:002020-10-04T23:42:17.066-07:00The Cake Blog is back!!! Old school Lamington Giant Donut Cake .... <p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello there lovelies ... its been a few years ... literally ... but its time to bring the blog back... look out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Its exactly 10yrs ago right now when I was in the US in Chicago for the Wilton Cake course which I had aways wanted to do. That's where I started my first blog on the 2 x week adventure with all the Wiltonites from around the globe.... Quite funny reading back on the days and looking at the pics and have all the cake styles have changed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyway as this little old blog has hit 14,397 views, I thought it might be a good idea to bring it back and see what mischief I can get up to with it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So lets start off with Captain Obvious ....we all know that 2020 can just sod off, however I will begin with a positive and that's with the birth of baby Beth Einstein to Elea and Kevin in July. This little ray of sunshine has literally bought us all so much love and I adore her. Totally smitten each time I get to give her a cuddle. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">None of 2020 has been easy though. There are still way to many of my colleagues out of work, and we lost a beautiful soul who was very close to many of us, to suicide. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Am still trying to grieve and deal with losing our Ed but am just not there yet. This blog is for you Edwina who was always so positive and encouraging with my cakes and generally all aspects of life. None of us truly realised how you were feeling and the pain and for that I will always be very sorry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You've all seen my giant donut cakes that I have developed... this is just a new take on them... the old school Lamington version... and it was super yummy if I can say so myself. Not quite up to the standard of entering it in the Royal Easer Show up against all the CWA lot but maybe soon ... Enjoy the pics and until next time (which I promise will be not another few years away).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Love Fiona x </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">ps: Be kind to all. We really don't know what crap people have going on behind the scenes in their lives. Life is not all about the instagram pics and facebook posts. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lovelies - meet Ken Wood who has changed my life. My Scottish David has bought me some incredible cooking gifts over the years but Ken Wood would hands down be the best. Ken Wood and I have been through a couple of tragedies but many many triumphs together. I was hoping he would be pink as I love the colour pink. He's obviously yellow. After our first cake together though, I got over it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz9oA1WOMC-JhyphenhyphenW9nV0jUT4KqGbbV8VdJv2SJui3vnXo9kEwduWxkw2VTFOXlAiC_EkFpPCqtSDyIDIuzNlD56fBBuHry1rMOAN2pIgQn1Umcu-YX-lgUbs7likASUDflE22wRGPdaIbz/s2048/IMG_0295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz9oA1WOMC-JhyphenhyphenW9nV0jUT4KqGbbV8VdJv2SJui3vnXo9kEwduWxkw2VTFOXlAiC_EkFpPCqtSDyIDIuzNlD56fBBuHry1rMOAN2pIgQn1Umcu-YX-lgUbs7likASUDflE22wRGPdaIbz/s320/IMG_0295.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cake mixture (vanilla sponge) in the donut moulds. And yes they do look like boobs. I have a giggle each time I make a donut cake. Real mature I know.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIAxdrnFt732iPhaNGyH2GDsKOlRwH4vdHWDO6lWzzaQ4sbdUTdoztnLE6paSX03yZpHOa485X7Kpcycy8iNOdoUPm1Pdq_xQ2-gQOOaeNb-MEe8EirBNy4AyTHz424hl77zqa0UK8J4I/s2048/IMG_0297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIAxdrnFt732iPhaNGyH2GDsKOlRwH4vdHWDO6lWzzaQ4sbdUTdoztnLE6paSX03yZpHOa485X7Kpcycy8iNOdoUPm1Pdq_xQ2-gQOOaeNb-MEe8EirBNy4AyTHz424hl77zqa0UK8J4I/s320/IMG_0297.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not one to stick to a receipe... instead of strawberry jam, I made my own version. Here is the pre-cooked strawberry goo soaked in sugar and lemon juice....</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xKpGbyGI0H1NIAK6lGPSXFfQtGyVZjw-roXNWsH0aJp44I5ke3P7-hCBUxDl4jVnzMtjhVqT_vZOCgISPHPN7Bqme16ZbX8WSMGRFi3rc8VvxeGavS1GzGwVHmH1Qducuucc0tKwaCnY/s2048/IMG_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xKpGbyGI0H1NIAK6lGPSXFfQtGyVZjw-roXNWsH0aJp44I5ke3P7-hCBUxDl4jVnzMtjhVqT_vZOCgISPHPN7Bqme16ZbX8WSMGRFi3rc8VvxeGavS1GzGwVHmH1Qducuucc0tKwaCnY/s320/IMG_0298.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And here is the strawberry goo cooked... they were so sweet!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO51hymMqb9aFQsCShAm9fSw0ex3EwK_tZ02BnihNFVT13pOvlGd2Tl_EzkACXnzCSzLcvuydk1qkpnOxEZtq4OFAqxYb8aHkOoQVZCpmY7VjmsIUkvBS2wrFeBLOzonez45eKA0dylswI/s2048/IMG_0299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO51hymMqb9aFQsCShAm9fSw0ex3EwK_tZ02BnihNFVT13pOvlGd2Tl_EzkACXnzCSzLcvuydk1qkpnOxEZtq4OFAqxYb8aHkOoQVZCpmY7VjmsIUkvBS2wrFeBLOzonez45eKA0dylswI/s320/IMG_0299.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Donut cake out of the oven ... for the smart ones of you, you'll notice there is one cake when two cakes were placed in the oven to bake... one of my tragedies... I dropped one straight out of the oven as I was too cool to wear an ovenmit. I always learn life's lessons the hard way.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMQY9UOWYUzVGwlwvurpkUYjF1Mf6wFK6WwKMspSip63jHLkppxqGQj8kAYfJSX6ZJjYzzWh7L0VruKEo9ataz4ZxllrE8QtmUrkSVFpUNllYpK2gB9zmN-_ValvR9dubIm1hy2-IuNt8/s2048/IMG_0300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMQY9UOWYUzVGwlwvurpkUYjF1Mf6wFK6WwKMspSip63jHLkppxqGQj8kAYfJSX6ZJjYzzWh7L0VruKEo9ataz4ZxllrE8QtmUrkSVFpUNllYpK2gB9zmN-_ValvR9dubIm1hy2-IuNt8/s320/IMG_0300.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meet Big Knife. My Cake Friend Sam told me to buy Big Knife. He's great. He loves slicing cakes. Gets very excited.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdcsiplwr-BdvZCfhLoHm2pmiahvzFkbPKyI_1vkJ6hAA0t9vq9HWBMXhZgeA9uKVYHivbKfQp8nG64yKlVGQCko9kqlpXeB9TZqo_h6YU5LB5Vt37DN9Uz9s2etyVPiF9Tni8a_ly984/s2048/IMG_0301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdcsiplwr-BdvZCfhLoHm2pmiahvzFkbPKyI_1vkJ6hAA0t9vq9HWBMXhZgeA9uKVYHivbKfQp8nG64yKlVGQCko9kqlpXeB9TZqo_h6YU5LB5Vt37DN9Uz9s2etyVPiF9Tni8a_ly984/s320/IMG_0301.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">See... look how awesome he is. So smooth and even.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4jDPCN7FgALYG-mW6VyWS41F3CNu-JG-wcKIU54IijJHBLRwp_vL6Iq7YyF_R53Cu7xNAxpIm4ToDjqOduBY5IHKuZiYsCES62nBQLTcbyFSYvg2kMhZaCU1UuXMnD0K4oRfZGGZN5lM/s2048/IMG_0302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4jDPCN7FgALYG-mW6VyWS41F3CNu-JG-wcKIU54IijJHBLRwp_vL6Iq7YyF_R53Cu7xNAxpIm4ToDjqOduBY5IHKuZiYsCES62nBQLTcbyFSYvg2kMhZaCU1UuXMnD0K4oRfZGGZN5lM/s320/IMG_0302.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whipped cream a go go. I need to meet a French Chef though to let me know when the exact moment that the cream is whipped. This is the Fiona method... hold upside down and if it doesn't move... its ready!!!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeMVztEIxsZpvRykIqgSPBalb4mKMEkHv_LHXMcooJAgxELe7nCalKVKJ_9UE2KmqkNjEwkQ_-gKjCu8m_U4SFxt8Cn_BEJsYIFdme5dQgh32euxmgIKnZuWjRc06JwlM0Wk3ju-s9506/s2048/IMG_0303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeMVztEIxsZpvRykIqgSPBalb4mKMEkHv_LHXMcooJAgxELe7nCalKVKJ_9UE2KmqkNjEwkQ_-gKjCu8m_U4SFxt8Cn_BEJsYIFdme5dQgh32euxmgIKnZuWjRc06JwlM0Wk3ju-s9506/s320/IMG_0303.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Chocolate sauce which is the lamington specialty... which is only icing sugar, cocoa (not the cheap crap brand), milk and butter and then stir the beejeeebies out of it.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fYQTWPXhrHqBFo8KPeEH6Fr2ZolZD4lV8yeSknyJsxba9R8P8VQoPf9avbW00VnUhtrN0K5Zjzsy-tUcmasqmMvzZPMa50YI42Gss0BJZWpPBjqD2Ln7p9Pa7zaHUvxm9eG8jRfnCT-A/s2048/IMG_0305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fYQTWPXhrHqBFo8KPeEH6Fr2ZolZD4lV8yeSknyJsxba9R8P8VQoPf9avbW00VnUhtrN0K5Zjzsy-tUcmasqmMvzZPMa50YI42Gss0BJZWpPBjqD2Ln7p9Pa7zaHUvxm9eG8jRfnCT-A/s320/IMG_0305.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wasn't sure how to get the chocolate sauce on so I poured it all in a roast potato baking pan and then dipped the cakes in their and then painted with a pasty brush.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QFud-HoG5qyso0Gd43LM1BuzVPI4EvZ9gScIwTNqlWLIBwi2yJripIPkMCkJ0Ld4Cfm578aspJo1ibFLYuh2Re7k7DTctqfSM82EO4BAg8iQIIwtyp3vTn1ud6LovWDIM6bkGhKV4max/s2048/IMG_0307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QFud-HoG5qyso0Gd43LM1BuzVPI4EvZ9gScIwTNqlWLIBwi2yJripIPkMCkJ0Ld4Cfm578aspJo1ibFLYuh2Re7k7DTctqfSM82EO4BAg8iQIIwtyp3vTn1ud6LovWDIM6bkGhKV4max/s320/IMG_0307.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Piping cream. Love doing this. Very therapeutic. And the chuck some desiccated coconut all over the top tier.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE2Q_qdhQABrbc7UCVkGGZ6xRFCmk58toY6ZSRV60ed0M4RwKbKrTfhcxs1KEuG0XWIDHmk3jlUzHv9W-1f_i3SFZqb5HKtjRX7AsX5gydUmsZtD2RRaZWLRWsN1bl0FYr7MWGH_MXifC/s2048/IMG_0311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE2Q_qdhQABrbc7UCVkGGZ6xRFCmk58toY6ZSRV60ed0M4RwKbKrTfhcxs1KEuG0XWIDHmk3jlUzHv9W-1f_i3SFZqb5HKtjRX7AsX5gydUmsZtD2RRaZWLRWsN1bl0FYr7MWGH_MXifC/s320/IMG_0311.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All prettied up with the cream puffs</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9nzRpIHgKqbFVMxWJh7S7fWv-7j-M4KFpg1oo47loFeT32SXJqOktSXetP_wgjtG_y1ahMvEa4DfLREzqOYWDZW7iZQsrHyNHjT0ZhgT8OBeSC-IH2aUkeRqq4h8zHj7TtIpTMcctiYr/s2048/IMG_0312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9nzRpIHgKqbFVMxWJh7S7fWv-7j-M4KFpg1oo47loFeT32SXJqOktSXetP_wgjtG_y1ahMvEa4DfLREzqOYWDZW7iZQsrHyNHjT0ZhgT8OBeSC-IH2aUkeRqq4h8zHj7TtIpTMcctiYr/s320/IMG_0312.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I forgot to take a pic of the layer with the strawberry goo on it... got a bit excited. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxgVTuVxdVE-xVTreIMjFPFAPvIkafZhK1WvZ1Q3HSCFO6M4YpXQLkM0sPm5N0zapZE72uOkKON7gjJArU00UdopgOf3d1CBHirZp2dvTTcfICkyfpSjE1Qz-lK4XEyi0fX7Lqrnvs6h_/s2048/IMG_0314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxgVTuVxdVE-xVTreIMjFPFAPvIkafZhK1WvZ1Q3HSCFO6M4YpXQLkM0sPm5N0zapZE72uOkKON7gjJArU00UdopgOf3d1CBHirZp2dvTTcfICkyfpSjE1Qz-lK4XEyi0fX7Lqrnvs6h_/s320/IMG_0314.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And here we are with Aunt Judy slicing up at a really lovely lunch at Cousin Nat's house. I don't win awards for my photography skills as you can clearly see.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw87uO-gF_WtqvfRGcPSBc7u_x6np2tOfmeDSmCk2qisRVafKrW9PEIXnPBscU1TU1qsTxgR67aPMICdxk-3apD6G6VV5dH0h6yud7DD8aRSxjXgNOpWmmp_wwyM97tCumz_dtxnlaV47e/s2048/IMG_0316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw87uO-gF_WtqvfRGcPSBc7u_x6np2tOfmeDSmCk2qisRVafKrW9PEIXnPBscU1TU1qsTxgR67aPMICdxk-3apD6G6VV5dH0h6yud7DD8aRSxjXgNOpWmmp_wwyM97tCumz_dtxnlaV47e/s320/IMG_0316.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Was very proud when most of us when back for seconds.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IvKxXOqBr7EFIISp7eD3uVg7SwHE7XO1rOUV-6Z9-d4CDXRKw1Q6xzMZa0SzBzHFO4UOy-WgBpIdFNq4Y5AE4SxGQo1u4v8_egssboES0Nh1_fmxXXHiri0loHOm1I7FQklV-c34TBDU/s2048/IMG_0319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IvKxXOqBr7EFIISp7eD3uVg7SwHE7XO1rOUV-6Z9-d4CDXRKw1Q6xzMZa0SzBzHFO4UOy-WgBpIdFNq4Y5AE4SxGQo1u4v8_egssboES0Nh1_fmxXXHiri0loHOm1I7FQklV-c34TBDU/s320/IMG_0319.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-38740900281254452062017-04-09T01:04:00.003-07:002017-04-09T01:05:15.099-07:00Apparently the best carrot cake recipe ever....<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">At this time in the world when all there
seems to be is grimness, 2 weeks ago our family / group of friends received
some absolutely sensational news......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kevin and Elea are getting married. Kevin
proposed and of course Elea said yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come together and just have a bloody good time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there is a glaze to make… Glaze??? On a carrot cake? I have only ever made a
lemon cream cheese icing… oh well, lets give it a whirl as I listen to the best of the 90's on one of the foxtel music channels .... great songs!!! Good times. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All mixed up and ready to go in. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First up was the muffins... and please take note of the cake tester. When life sometimes gets all a bit overwhelming just be grateful that someone invented something so simple and even had to write what is on it to remind us all.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next up were the icing ingredients ... I grew the lemon too just quietly. And that gorgeous looking knife??? That belongs in a set of 5 which was a xmas present from David which has changed the way I look at knives forever. I have never owned proper knives before .... they are superb. Sharp and superb. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lemon cream cheese frosting all good go to. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the glaze making its celebrity appearance ... Still wasn't convinced at this stage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glaze poured all over the cake and ready to be turned around 3 x times and put back in the oven ... one of my little superstitions... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note to self and all. Do not touch the glaze when it comes straight out of the oven. Its really hot. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the carrot cake shared with fabulous dear friends upside down ... sorry I can't work out how to turn it around ... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cam's going in ... would love to say that little Sammy and Gus loved the cake, however they were more interested in the chocolate and lollies that I bought over for them ... oh well ... Cam, Jo and Gerbs made up for it. And I wish we had daylight in the background ... behind us is the most spectacular view of Curl Curl. Just bliss. </td></tr>
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In theory, and all the youtube clips I have watched, they said to melt chocolate in a bowl and then dip the balloon in the bowl, let it set, then pop the balloon and whammo ... you are meant to have a chocolate dome ... YEAH BLOODY RIGHT!!!! They neglect mention how many attempts it took them!!! </div>
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And this is the end result ... lovely and colourful and how I going to withhold myself by not smashing into it as there are lollies are the dome too .... time will tell.<br />
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Anyway everyone loves a lamington so this is what I have made for this week.... Can't play by the rules though so this one is a combo of reeipes to make my own. There is a special secret ingredient inside too which everyone at work tomorrow will get to try.<br />
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Enjoy the pictures and hopefully tummy rumbles.<br />
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ps: I should note that this blog should be sponsored by Woolworths ... I seem to spend half my life in there buying fresh ingredients all the time. Either that or I should take out shares in an IGA store. Imagine that, I could go back to my roots as a checkout chick who scanned 14 items a minute. Yes, yes I did. Held the record for a little while too with that speediness.<br />
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Here I am trying to squeeze the juice out whilst taking a picture. PLEASE NOTE THAT I GREW THIS LEMON!!! 1 year ago I bought a lemon and lime tree from Bunnings and now I have fruit. Miracle. I put it down to the bees doing their job well.<br />
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This punnett of raspberries was only $3.90 ... BARGAIN. Got get some. And while you are there, blueberries were only a touch more (that's a rarity).<br />
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Simmering away for 10 mins. My kitchen smelt divine. <br />
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Sifting the flour ... not once, not twice but 3 times. <br />
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Adding the Dutch cocoa (again sifted 3 x times) ... and if someone can explain the difference to me about why you have to use Dutch cocoa and not any other nation ... that would be super great. <br />
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Pour the mixture in the tins, twist them around 3 x times and then place in the oven (that's just one of my quirky things to do). <br />
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See amazing ... soft mixture goes in and cake comes out.<br />
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This was the awesome part ... the raspberry jam I made, cream and melted chocolate!!!<br />
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The spatula gets a good work out today ...<br />
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The therapy part .... pouring the chocolate and coconut over the lamington cakes <br />
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And we have the Fiona version of tripple choc raspberry lamingtons ... Enjoy.<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-37892549138762191392016-01-03T01:07:00.002-08:002016-01-03T03:15:38.698-08:00New year so a new blog post ... <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hello and welcome back to the 'Every Cake Has A Story' cake blog ... love being back here and am determined to do many more this year .... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Over the Xmas and New Year time its been all about spending time with family and good friends which is what it should all be about ... and champagne. Don't forget the champagne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The one thing I do need to mention about Xmas that is brilliant. No matter where you are around the world on Xmas night ... you can always find National Lampoons Xmas Vacation on telly ... AND if you are not too tiddled by the end you sometimes get the European Vacation thrown in too ... 'good chat Rusty ... good chat'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I forgot to take a picture of the pavlova I made for Xmas Day at the Richie Stewart family home ... it was a goodie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Also made some rocky road with secret ingredients and some of Auntie's white christmas (forgot again to take a pic).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyway last week we all stayed up at Hannah's family house in Lake Cathie and it was fab. A real family home filled with everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There were many laughs with good friends I haven't seen in way to long. Many memories shared that I with my memory like an elephant didn't remember about. Good work Doddsie!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Elea said she wanted me to show her how to make a cheese cake ... thought why not. Everyone loves a cheese cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And please note, there is a comedian in the UK named Peter Kaye. He is my absolute favourite. Best Lancashire accent and so so so funny. He is comedy gold and does a special mention to cheese cake and Els and I regularly have a giggle at the way he says cheesecake. Go on an google him ... will make you laugh out loud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here are the pics of how we made it ... all quite self explanatory. Special thanks to Google as we couldn't work out how to turn the oven on ... who would have thought that by holding down the first 2 buttons for a few seconds and then quickly press the 2nd from the last at the same time would work!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This is called the New Years Cheese Cake ... always and only to be shared with friends and family (only because you'd have a yak if you had the whole cake yourself) ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Use the biscuits called 'Nice' but pronouced 'niece' ... the crunch up quite nicely</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">That's Els patting it down to get it nice and exactly even</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just like I marvel at the fax machine ... I have a new treat. This microplane does it all ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Notice the quality street ... can't have a festive time without them. And I still chuck the menu out so no-one stands there forever trying to choose one. Its a chocolate. Make a decisions. As I said to Cousin Kylie and Dave today ... if you don't like it after you have bitten into it, give the rest to the person next to you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My superstitious ways don't change with a new year. Once you have poured the mixture in, tape the tin on the bench 3 times and spin it around 3 times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And there you have a cheese cake .... good times. xxx</span>Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-45842832204273323972014-07-19T23:42:00.001-07:002014-07-19T23:46:39.785-07:00Bringing back tradition with the wedding fruit cake ....<br />
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Hello and welcome back ..... didn't realise its been 7 months since I last updated the cake blog.<br />
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Will start with the fruit cake I am trying to get right. I am not a traditionalist in any way (expect for loving the Royal Family), however I do like the fact that the fruit cake is on the come back in relation to wedding cakes.<br />
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There are millions of recipes out there there with everyones thoughts and opinions ... so with this one below ... as usual I am using a bit of everyones thoughts and going with my own version ... I still have 4 months to get it perfect.<br />
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Have a look the glass bowl of joy that has about half a bottle of brandy in there that made my kitchen smell like a distillery ... this has been soaking for approx 48 hours to try and get the flavour right.<br />
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Right the mixture just about to go into the oven ... what the pic doesn't show is the chaos surrounding my kitchen bench which includes bit of almonds flying everywhere which I had to hammer to get in small enough pieces, dropping and smashing 2 x eggs cause a day doesn't go past without me breaking something ... and knocking over the jar of treacle which you can just imagine how nice and sticky that is ... oh well its all fixable.<br />
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The fruit cake is for a big wedding that the mother of the bride as asked me to make. I did their engagement cake back in February ... the pic is below .... it was the leaning tower of sponge cake ...<br />
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Was very worried when I dropped this cake off and set it up... it was so fresh and soft and literally straight out of the oven.... it just didn't want to settle. It did though and came down to the coolness of a marble wall which we leant it up against ... see there's always a solution.<br />
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Will try and give you a quick overview now of the world of cakes over the past 7 months in-between the world of Telly being way too chaotic for words right now ...there's been quite few banana cakes, choc hazelnut cakes with caramel sauce, cupcakes for all b'days but we would be here for a while so got a few picked out below ...<br />
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Got published in Real Weddings with one of my cakes from last year. Woohoo!!!<br />
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The below wedding cake I made for Georgina and Tom (my cake friend Kirstie did the incredible flowers) ... then a few months later they asked me to make the superman cake ..... which just quietly was made in my new home in MY CAKE STUDIO!!!! Loving it.</div>
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That's it for now, however there is a few more cakes coming up on over the next coupla weeks before we head back over to the USA for work ... stand by please callers xxxx</div>
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-6192002962309918772013-12-22T01:39:00.002-08:002013-12-22T01:39:57.788-08:00A Wiggles cake, a wedding cake and an awesome Xmas memory ....Hello Lovelies, just a couple of cakes to bring us up to this crazy time of year.<br />
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First one is a Wiggles themed cake for 1yr old Hallie (2nd generation cake as I made the parents Matt and Tammy, their 6 tierd wedding cake couple of years ago ..... and a wedding cake for a really lovely couple that I hadn't actually met until today ... they loved the look of the cake and I did too. Loved the fresh flowers.<br />
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And now we have to make mention of what is happening in a few days.<br />
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Christmas. Do you say it with a tone of excitement or tone of pure dread.<br />
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I am most of the time the latter.<br />
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I do however love the idea though of christmas lights on houses, eating ham and Bernadette's baked creamy potato until I am holding my tummy and watching someones face when they open the present you really thought they would like ...<br />
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Every family has their own stories and my entire family is no different. We have had some absolute horror Xmas days over the early years and even though I am not a girl who dwells on the past, its just this time of year that my most awesome ability to recite and remember all memories ... well you get it ... it all comes back to me.<br />
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BUT!! The last few years since I have been back living in Australia and along with my nieces and nephew being born and my friends having babies, they are all getting better and better and eventually when I have my own babies, this time of year will be perfect!!! <br />
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Someone asked me the other day, what has been your best Xmas. Hands down, didn't even have to think ... was the year 2000 going into 2001. Els, Sareybear and I were living in Linden Gardens, Chiswick W4 London.<br />
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The whole lead up to Xmas with work parties and neighbours parties and Els and I deciding to host Xmas day for friends that had no family in London. Sareybear and Marcus were having some romantic rendezvous time at Marcus's home (they then moved in together and bought their first home at Archway a few months later, their Xmas wishes came true) ....<br />
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All following pics are old school from my Year 2000 photo album ... love all these memories!!! This was me, Els and Ems at the Disney Xmas party at the Natural History Museum in London. Biggest most incredible party ever.</div>
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No black cabs would stop for us ... but Tony the Truck Driver did .... up me, Els and Ems climbed into the truck in our posh dresses and Tony drove us all home. Right to our front doors ...what a bless!!!</div>
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This was the Linden Gardens v Silver Crescent Xmas Tree competition. The orange is the boys tree and the one of the right is ours ... That's me and Sareybear below at the boys house just after we declared ourselves the winners that year .... And check out the fully stocked fridge. Best ever.</div>
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Xmas Day in the year 2000. Started off at 07:00 with all the kitchen prep and more or less finished 24 hours later ... Life long friendships were made that day ... there were Aussies, Kiwis, Brits and a Canadian ... There was so much laughing, singing, food and champagne and it snowed after midnight!!!! </div>
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Me, Ems and Diddies even went to Church cause we thought we had too ... we were late so got shuffled in the front row and when it came time to drink the wine and eat that bread thing .... the whole congregation was staring at us to make the move and start the process ... we left soon after that ... </div>
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So I will finish this blog saying Merry Xmas to everyone around the world, to you and all your families. May you watch 'Love Actually' for the 8th time and the most absolute fact I love about Xmas Day ... no matter where you are around the world, "National Lampoons Xmas Vacation' is always on in the evening ... I promise you that.<br />
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So go get yourself a glass or few of champers and from me.... lots of love and pashes under the mistletoe ... Fiona xxx<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-12433965356470632042013-11-03T00:34:00.003-07:002013-11-03T00:34:24.160-07:00Choccie cornflake cookies and a few from the last couple weeks ....Hello and welcome to Sunday ...... again ...<br />
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Just like we don't want to ask how planes stay in the sky ... lets not ask why Sunday's always come around so quick .....<br />
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This post today is going to bring us back to an old school cookie. It's a family favourite and its the easier cookie to bake.<br />
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Big round of applause to the cornflake cookie (with choc chips added).<br />
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The reason for such an easy cookie today .... we lost an incredibly close family friend on Friday to that pure evilness of cancer so I am just trying for a moment to make life not so complex and just bring at least something back to some kind of niceness from when we were little.<br />
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My friends laugh at me (quite regulary for various ongoings) but on my shelf when you walk in my front door are my special vintage awesome champagnes that I have been saving for specific reasons .... anyway the last few weeks have taught me to shove that and for the next few months I am going to crack open the bottles for various occasions we all have coming up .... that includes the good reds I have to in the kitchen ... why bother saving, got to enjoy them. Now!!!<br />
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But lets start with the last couple weeks:<br />
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Wedding cake I did for James and Amy: really lovely couple ... this was a gluten free top tier, white choc passionfruit mud for the middle tier and a dark choc peppermint mud for the bottom tier ....<br />
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I do have to give a big shout out the lovely people at Lincraft at the Hood (aka Dee Why). I had a bit of a sugar veil last minute disaster and needed something for the middle tier ....<br />
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Found myself on the Saturday morning, knocking on the door asking for an early open, they obliged and I would love to have seen the CCTV vision of me running around the shop looking at all the lace materials .... was all fine and I chose a lovely lace ..... that's given me some other cracker ideas too.<br />
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New idea that I would like to branch out into is the dessert tables .... there's just so much you can do. Coops, Teresa and I set this one up and it looked awesome!!!! Just kept having to dodge the sun so it wouldn't melt the lollies ....<br />
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Few of the glass jars, vases didn't make it there or home due to breaking ... but hey that's life ... grat quality that mum has bought Ben and I up with ... no use crying over spilt milk ...which is actually quite good as I am regular dropper and breaker .....note for you all: never hand me vintage crystal unless you want to see it on the floor ...<br />
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One of my favourite things EVER in the world is cinnamon donuts. Little hint to note .... if you ever need me to do something, can always be bribed with hot cinnamon donuts ... So I created the next best invention ... hot cinnamon donut cupcakes ... compromise for all.<br />
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Bugger buying all these new contraptions to get the most even measurement of cupcakes. Just stick to the old ice-cream scoop we all have in our 2nd drawers in the kitchen ... go on and have a look now and see if you have one ....<br />
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See look how even and round they come out of the oven ....still fascinates me the cooking process ....<br />
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While they are still warm you need to melt butter, sugar and cinnamon and then with a pastry brush, just slosh (professional cooking word I know) all over the cuppies and then eat as quick as possible ..... which helps when we had 3 hungry guys waiting .....<br />
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This one is for Tia's b'day. T has been one of my besties for years and years. One of the high school crew. There's been way too many laughs, moments, holidays, beverages etc etc to mention so will just sum up with the below cake and say the biggest THANK YOU for all the years and laughs!!!! And to many more .... especially for Alaska for the First Wives Clubs 50ths b'day .... God help the boat with all of us on it ....<br />
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Rightio, two items in every girls handbag ... along with my 7 different shades of lipgloss, handcream, purses, books etc ... there is also my favourite wooden spoon and wooden spatula .... you just never know ....<br />
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Okay to the cornflake cookies (with choc chips) .... Prep all the ingredients like so ...<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-16555525005356564702013-10-06T16:24:00.000-07:002013-10-06T16:24:01.028-07:00Cakes that travel again ... for a special surpirse 40th in Nambucca ....Hello and welcome to public holiday Monday ... not sure what we are actually acknowledging today - doesn't matter ... just nice to have a day off!!!<br />
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Bit of a history lesson to start today's blog and this will lead in to the story behind the cake ...<br />
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February 1995 - I started a year long travel and tourism / secretary course with 29 other people. I remember walking into the room, looking around at everyone and tried to find a spare seat that wasn't too close down the front so I didn't seem to nerdy. (Only time I like the front anywhere is on the plane for obvious reasons)!!!<br />
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There were 8 of us that became a very tight unit. 2 x city people and 6 x country people. We were inseparable that year in the classroom, the Jet Club in Dee Why or cant believe I saying this ..... down at the Manly Leagues Club ... (sorry Team Whelan).<br />
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Danielle was from Wingham (near Taree, don't worry I had to pretend I knew where it was too) so she didn't have any family down in Sydney so for that year she became a much valued addition to our family. We started talking from that very first day and actually still haven't stopped. Even the night before Danielle's wedding and we were having a slumber party, Pearl who is Danielle's mother had to come in 4 times to tells us to shoosh now and it as time to go to sleep ... that didn't help the giggle factor!!!<br />
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Far out we all had some good laughs at Williams ... many days out, nights out, helping eachother through the homework, exams, work experiences, practising our new found admin skills in the College office (Tim and I having to be on reception together arguing over who was NOT going to answer the phone as we were petrified at all the calls building up) .....<br />
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Anyway, Danielle eventually met the love of her life after a little time ... enter Shawn Green. From the moment we all saw them together ... we knew that was it. Shawn has been bought up in the country too so they had the same beautiful values in life and they were just meant to be .. still are!!!<br />
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So moving on a few years Danielle calls me to say that she and Shawn are getting married and they would like me to be a bridesmaid .... not a worry, easiest decision I have ever made. Best day ever!!! Amazing wedding to be apart of ... didn't know bridesmaid duties included being lifted head first into an Otto bin as someone had lost the car keys though ....<br />
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Fast forward a couple of years when I had moved back to London and Danielle calls me to say she and Shawn are having a baby. LOVE IT!!! Then once Lucy drew her first breath on the 24 September 2003, I get another call asking if I would be Lucy's god mother .... I burst into tears and said of course!!!! Proudest day ever!!!<br />
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Which brings us to October 2013. Shawns surprise 40th b'day!!! Danielle (and the kids) organised a big party which Shawn had NO IDEA about until he walked into Nambucca Golf Club the other night and saw many of his friends there. Result!!!!<br />
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I said to Danielle that I would come up for the weekend and would love to do the cake for Shawn .... so have a look at following pics .... we had to try and hide the cake and work out where I would decorate so a few more stories were told to the unsuspecting Shawn.<br />
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<b>As usual, taking far too much on the plane with me. I did manage to get a personal escort through and was first on the plane!!!</b></div>
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<b>Many hours, many drinks and many good moves on the dance floor later ...</b></div>
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<b>And the memory pics .... this was in December 1995 at the Williams Business College ball .... how fresh faced we look when the only decision we had to make in life was what time we were going out that night ....</b></div>
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<b>Danielle and Shawns wedding day on the 31 March 2002. I was so caught up in the moment and concentrating on not falling apart and just getting down that aisle that I didn't hear Danielle asking me 3 times for a tissue 'Fi I need a tissue .. Fi!!! Fiona ... I need a tissue!!! .... Cue Nan to come to the rescue!!!! </b></div>
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<b>05 October 2013 ... 18 years after we all met in the Williams Business College classroom ... the conversations and beverages are still flowing on .... (Personally I think we still look rather fresh faced!!!)</b></div>
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My competitive streak must have started from when I was 3yrs old with the family Easter Egg hunts and we had to count at the end who had the most eggs, which actually looking back now, it didn't really matter because Cousin Matthew (the oldest) and Ben (the next oldest) just took what they wanted and claimed our supply as theirs too .... </div>
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We are not one of those families who goes on a picnic and sit downs to enjoy a nice lunch. Upon arrival whomever is first, you to pick a good spot where you can set up stumps for a cricket match ... You are actually lucky to even get a sausage sandwich in your hand before Cousin Matthew calls you up to bat. </div>
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There was one incredibly memorable time when all the family came just to be together in a house we hired at Palm Beach. Ben was even over from the UK ... so of course what did we have to do ????? Set up the ping pong table, organise teams and hold a inter family competition. No prize, just the glory. </div>
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My favourite all time cupcake papers ... Size 650's incase you are interested.</div>
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Not for next time ... when the receipe says to leave the HOT caramel and popcorn for at least 5 mins ... please do .... unless you want to burn your hands and then have to do the popcorn hot hand dance and try and flick popcorn everywhere!!!! </div>
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Drizzle the chocolate!!! A little bit for the cupcakes and a little bit for me ....</div>
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And my little ones are created!!!! </div>
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Let's get straight into the world of cakes as its been a very busy time.<br />
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Amy and James are getting married in October and have asked me to do their wedding cake but first was their daughter Ruby's 2nd b'day weekend. Here is the Wiggles cake which I finished yesterday.<br />
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This cake was baked and decorated inbetween my first week back at work after 4 weeks holiday (sensational), mum being in hospital (she's OK) and Coco the 16yr old Burmese causing mayhem at the vet (just make sure her heat bag is warm, its not hard).<br />
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The one thing I am struggling with at the moment is time. Working 6 days a week plus having a very active life its hard to fit everything in. I love making the cakes so something is going to have to change next year ... stand by ...<br />
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The below wedding cake was completed 48hours after I got off QF 2 from London Heathrow on a Thursday at 05:00am. Yes agreed, I don't usually make things easy for myself.... however the bride and groom (Georgina and Tom) are very lovely people who were using all local suppliers for their wedding and I very much wanted to be a part of their big day. And besides, sleeping is overrated .. the jet lag would just have to wait until I was ready ....<br />
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For this cake the bottom tier was make with silver leaf which was awesome to work with once I worked out how to use it. Big high five to me for ordering 2 x packets of silver leaft as I went through the 1st packet in 10 mins royally stuffing it up!!!!<br />
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Kirstie, one of my fabulous colleagues from Cake Decorating Solutions made the flowers for me ... there was no way in the world I would have the time or patience and Kirstie flowering making talent is brilliant!!!!<br />
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The flavours for this cake were awesome. We had white choc hazelnut, choc mud with caramel mixed in (like a paddlepop), choc raspberry mud and then white choc with strawberries and cream.<br />
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One of the reasons I went back to the UK in July was for Sareybears (aka Sara) 40th b'day. The theme for her party was to be canapes, cocktails and cake so I wanted the cake to be extra special.<br />
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Sareybear, Els and I were flatmates in London from 1999 - 2001. Can honestly say that those years were just the best ever. We created 2 x homes where everyone was welcome and there were many many nights of everyone being at our house for all hours or just staying over. All my years in London were what the "London years' were supposed to be all about and the friends/people/work people that were introduced to me in that time have helped create the best memories ever!!!<br />
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But as we know time doesn't stand still. We all had to grow up and get half serious eventually. Sareybear married the love of her life Marcus, bought their first home, and now have 2 beautiful daughters who are just simply divine named Lucy and Marnie.<br />
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Sarey has been our kindred spirit (yes from Anne of Green Gables, cant beat it!!!) from the very first moment she rang the doorbell looking for a room to rent at Silver Crescent. Sarey is one of the closest people to me in my life and when I see her and am welcomed back each time into the Jones family home in London, you just know everything is going to be alright. Everything in their home that she and Marcus have created all just fits brilliantly and its what a home should be, especially when you have the biggest plate of Sarey's spaghetti bol in front of you ......<br />
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This was my practice cake ... to make sure the oven and I liked eachother. Was a BBC classic victoria sponge ... just take note of all raspberries and blueberries ... so lovely ....<br />
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Making the ganache for the 100's and 1000's cake ... I very rarely make ganache now cause I generally royally fark it up but I had to in this case as there wasn't anywhere to buy pre made ... crossing fingers.<br />
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And breathe ... actually turned out to be the best batch I have ever made!!!<br />
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Using proper English ingredients - Petrice you will be happy to know that the eggs were the most free rangeist organicist I could find!!!!<br />
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Kitchen envy again!!! Loved it ... and Sarey and Marcus modelled the design on Silver Crescent with the cooking area looking on to the table so everyone is in the room together ... the way it should be.<br />
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The lanterns ... they looked fab. This is getting the theme ready for the party ...<br />
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Back to the task at hand ...ganache YES ... first layer of icing ... going on ... Please be mindful that it was 34 degrees, half 6 in the evening and the party guests were arriving VERY SOON!!!<br />
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The tray of joy ... literally 100's and 1000's of sprinkles .... they went everywhere!!!<br />
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Surprise colour look ... just to spice things up ....<br />
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Great crowed of Sarey's nearest and dearest. Was brilliant to catch up with some very good friends like Charlie Brown and hear of the new adventures with her, Steve and the twin boys ... love it!!! It was still light at 9:45pm ... how could you not beverage on ...<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-52732567269435307142013-06-16T03:21:00.003-07:002013-06-16T04:58:26.447-07:00When cakes, a very worthy cause and Bunnings all combine.Okay now Lovelies<br />
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Its time to get a bit serious ... well as much as I can in my life anyway ...<br />
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Yes this blog is still about cakes ... just keep reading on for the story.<br />
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The below link will direct you to a 60km walk that a few of my friends and I are doing for an INCREDIBLE cause in November.<br />
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http://sy13.endcancer.org.au/site/TR/Events/Sydney2013?px=1008656&pg=personal&fr_id=1060<br />
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Yes you read right!!! 60kms ... over 2 days ... how hard can that be you ask????<br />
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Freaken hard!!! We did a 10km walk last week and I was ready for a sit down very soon afterwards. Mind you there was alot of hills and stairs to climb up!!!<br />
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Anyway back to the seriousness. The toxic disease of cancer no matter what type is just an evil evil evil word.<br />
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Both my parents have been touched by different forms of cancer. Very important people in my life have lost parents, siblings and friends to the evilness.<br />
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I have even had 3 foul skin cancers scooped out of my back in the last 3 months (wear suncream kids, don't argue with your parents).<br />
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And yes, there are survival stories which are sensational but we still have a long long way to go to beat the bastard.<br />
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So ... my friends and I are not going to pretend we will find the cure for cancer (that's for the scientists) but we are going to help out by doing this 60km walk and raising money for the Chris O'Brien Life House.<br />
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This is going to be for a building at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney where people can go and get treated and looked after all at the one location. This was Chris O'Briens wish. He was the very famous and hugely respected Neurosurgeon that passed away from a brain tumour.<br />
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There's not much more to say apart from each little contribution is going to help in some sort of way. Even if its just enough for a tap in a bathroom ... that's one more tap before the start of the day isnt it ...<br />
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So lovelies, here is the link again if you would like to donate. We all very much appreciate any little contribution.<br />
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http://sy13.endcancer.org.au/site/TR/Events/Sydney2013?px=1008656&pg=personal&fr_id=1060<br />
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Also have a quick look at the cake stall fundraising event we did at Artarmon Bunnings yesterday. We raised $1700 in total!!! Its a brilliant start for us!!!<br />
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You'll see everything we all prepared for the day. Lots of people helped make this day possible so thank you to all!!!! Couple of facts that we learnt yesterday too.<br />
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People are very very generous for a very worthy cause, the men are the ones that bought the melting moments and yes ALL BUNNINGS STAFF are just as nice and they appear to be on all the TV ads.<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-47398898176189699152013-06-10T01:17:00.001-07:002013-06-10T01:17:21.859-07:00When Thomas The Tank Engine and The Pyramids Meet ....We are all very lucky to have incredible friends in our lives. I have quite a few and am very appreciative of all of them.<br />
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All of them keep me laughing and most importantly answer all my questions - even the ones we don't know the answers too ... they all have learnt to just tell me something and that gives me time to ponder away.<br />
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One of my all time greatest friends is Richie ... aka as Jo or mostly ... Mrs Richie Stewart as we now call her as she is now a gorgeous wife to Cam and mum of the world to 2yr old Sam and there is a new addition baking in her stomach right now.<br />
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Richie has been watching over me since we were at Brownies together (she was Sixer of the Moora Morras. She hates me bringing this up regularly but I love it!!!!), We also played on the Mosman Netball team together, were both at Mosman High and then we were over in London at the same time for some of the years we all spent over there.<br />
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There was one time when Richie gave me her Year 11 Biology exam to study from. The day came for me to take my exam a year later and sure enough it was the exact same paper. Result. Hence to say I did very well in Biology for that year.<br />
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Richie and Cam's son Sam has turned 2 yrs old this week and Richie wanted to make a Thomas The Tank Engine cake ... it was combined team effort but please take note of the actual Thomas that Richie made - he was awesome. The polka dots were my idea ... you cant exactly put pretty ribbon on a little boys cake ....<br />
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Check out Richie and Cam's kitchen, its great!!! My dream is to have a big kitchen like theirs and more importantly a big kitchen bench and table. Each time one of my besties goes to a new house the first detail I am told about is the kitchen and how bad my kitchen envy is going to be.<br />
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One day ... I don't ask for much in life.<br />
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That's me making sure each one is perfect. See, don't I just look good in a nice big kitchen ... again ... one day .....<br />
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Getting there ... look at Thomas ... he looked fab ....<br />
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Stars going ... don't be alarmed that Thomas's face is not on .... we had to work out a way to stick him a bit more so he didn't do a faceplant ....<br />
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Now here is a just a little memory for you all. In August the year 2000 ... can't believe 13yrs ago, Richie and I went to Egypt for 16 days of superbness. It was an amazing trip full of very funny stories, great people and learning alot about an incredible part of the world. </div>
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Was a regular occurance to be having a conversation and then to turnaround and realise someone had to do the bolt to find the nearest bathroom. There was one time when we had just arrived in a hotel and we were both running up the stairs to be first in the toilet and we played paper, rock, scissors game. Not even me making new ones up like 'water' (which overrides paper and scissors) worked for this occassion. I lost, however Richie promised to leave the door open to save even 1 second of time for me to go in next.</div>
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I managed to fall off a donkey in Luxor on the way to The Valley of the Kings. Quite easy to do if I can say so. My donkey and I didn't see eye to eye so he was making every attempt to get rid of me which even included trying to nudge me off the cliff... no joke. Anyway at one moment we were trotting along nicely then in an instant he just stopped but I kept going. I still remember the feeling of going over his head!! I did land upright though so it was round 2 to Fiona.</div>
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This photo is one of my favourite ever. It was one of my dreams to get the Cairo Pyramids. Always. And we did it. Just reminds me that all things in life are achieveable. You just have to do it yourself!!!! The camel was smiling. Much nicer that the dodgy donkey. </div>
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Not 'The Cheesecake Factory Full' like when we were in Hawaii and I ate my body weight in mash potato and literally had to leave my love of shopping and go back to the hotel room for a lie down, but full enough to know better.<br />
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Today in Australia is Mothers Day, and as my family were gathering at Auntie's house, I thought I would attempt my first ever apple, cinnamon and berry pie completely made from scratch.<br />
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There was a few different recipes I was looking through and everyone was giving me their own advice too, I got to the point where I just took a bit from everyone and combined it all together.<br />
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90yr old Auntie Dawn who is a friend of our family, she gave me some perla advice. Even to the point on how to cut a cake in half with piece of cotton. So here I have spent money over the years on buying sharp knifes and special cake slicers ... and I could have just a piece of cotton and it all does the same trick.<br />
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Have a look at the pics and see what you think - personally I wasn't happy with the pastry as I had a bit of a 'My Kitchen Rule's moment as I didn't make enough pastry to actually cover the apple and berry pie. Thank Christ there are no cameras in my kitchen as there were a few choice words that came out of my mouth ... I took a moment thought ... then made some more ... crisis averted.<br />
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About a half hour later, we are there!!! Do you like the added touch of the stars? Bit of a Fiona special touch.</div>
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Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-68005580326240525222013-05-06T02:56:00.000-07:002013-05-06T02:56:00.831-07:00And sometimes, we all need a bit of caramel slice ...In Sydney the weather has turned. I suppose that's OK considering we are in May but I am one of those Sydney siders that will wear my flip flops right till the end. Must admit though that the tracky daks and uggs boots (knee high ones thank you) are on as soon a I get home ...<br />
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Anyway, when the weather turns a bit cold, I like to get in the kitchen and cook. So continuing on with my besottedness (yes this is a word in the Fiona dictionary of life) of caramel, yesterday afternoon I made a cracker caramel slice.<br />
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Just like my measurements when making a beloved vodka, lime and soda when there's a little bit of this, alot of that etc ... when making my version of caramel slice I like to do a great chunk of this, little spoonful of that and alot more of everything else. Generally this theory works!!!!<br />
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Will keep my recipe in my pink book of joy for a bit longer, just incase I enter it into the Royal Easter Show next year .. mind you am sure the hyphen hyphen judges will pick something wrong about it ... maybe cause it just tastes like PURE GOODNESS (if I can say so myself).<br />
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Go Bertie my Kitchenaid ... never lets me down!!! Mixing the base up.</div>
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This is when you are supposed to start being precise but by this point I just want to get it all together.</div>
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Yummy!!! You ca'nt go past the smell of melting butter and golden syrup. Always reminds me of being in my Grandmothers kitchen when I was little.</div>
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Ahhh the condensed milk ...always a winner in taste, smell and touch ....</div>
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Literally have to stir for 7.5 mins (whoops, that's one of my little hints)</div>
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Just take a moment again with this chocolate. This is the pure GOLD of chocolate. The one that I can't ever pronounce but its spelt like coverture ....Another little hint is my mixture of chocolate flavours</div>
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Layer 1 - biscuit base</div>
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Layer 2 - yummy caramel</div>
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Just had to add another one for effect ....</div>
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No words need to be said for this one ...</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From when I was little and we used to go to McDonalds ... actually who am I kidding, I still frequent McDonalds and I enjoy every part of it!!! The McDonalds at the top of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Champs</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Élysées in Paris is my favourite in the world. You are asking why??? Well its in one of the best avenues in the world for shopping and you can eat a cheeseburger with hot chips in it and watch the shinanigans of the traffic at the Arc De Triomphe roundabout at the same time!!! </em></span>Anyway I digress....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">McDonalds caramel sundae's, caramel milkshakes (keep them away from Auntie), caramello koalas and cobbers from the 2c lolly jars (even though they wouldn't be 2c anymore) .... I love caramel!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So today I was trying to tick something off my list that's been bothering me for a while. I can bake cakes, cupcakes, cake pops, biscuits, slices ... etc etc, however the one thing I cannot master is macarons. So this arvo I was going to attempt salted caramel macarons.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just like I can't tell you the difference between onshore and offshore in surfing terms or the offside rule in football (soccer) terms, I can't tell you why I can't master macarons. I have attempted them 7 times and each time they just looked miserable ... A watched macaron doesn't rise!!! I did learn that ....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">UNTIL TODAY MY FRIENDS!!!! I CONQUERED THEM!!!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of my favourite books is called 'Like Water For Chocolate' and its based in Mexico and its about a girl that cooks for her family and the feeling that goes into her cooking. If she was in a fouly then the food was terrible, however if she was in an awesome mood, then her cooking was fabulous. I think this counts for alot .... and I base it on alot of my cooking experiences ...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway the macarons below are for 2 of my gorgeous cousins, Melinda and Josie who b'days it is tomorrow .... however since they live a little bit far away my work team are going to benefit from them .....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And just cause its Sunday night and I can ... I made these dark choc peppermint frogs. I used real proper grown up coverture chocolate and frigg me it makes a difference in taste. Put some freckles in there too ... they taste awesome (if I can say so)</span></div>
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-19122381218708219472013-03-31T23:42:00.000-07:002013-03-31T23:42:53.713-07:00The one where our 'Kiels' gets married ....Rightio ... Happy Easter to everyone. Not matter what your religious beliefs are for this weekend, its just nice that we can all agree to eat chocolate. No more needs to be said.<br />
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When Petrice and I at work are not discussing my distaste for black biro pens (irrational I know), we are usually playing the Big Brother game and working out who in our working environment would be up for eviction. And please, we are quite fair as we have nominated ourselves some weeks too ....<br />
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One person that would never be up for nomination and I know everyone agrees with me, is one of our Producers called Kiels. Unbeknown to us we have been pronouncing his surname incorrect for the last few years but he's OK with that. We have it right at the moment.<br />
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Anyway. Kiels and his lovely new wife Viv are over here in Australia all the way from London UK. They have settled here and I hope its for a long while. I first worked with Kiels back at SBS and now we are fortunate enough to have him sometimes working with us on the 'boys on bikes'.<br />
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When we work on one of big events we have an incredible mix of personalities that need to get on in an intense time of our lives. We work long hours over many days under stressful conditions but hey we do it because we love it at the some time. You need Kiels on your production team, he just makes the atmosphere lighter and he's had the joy of sitting next to me on a couple of flights and is nice and calm when the plane wobbles a bit.<br />
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Kiels and Viv had their wedding day last week up at the Hunter Valley. The plans all sounded lovely, nice and intimate with just them and people close to them both. Its very difficult when you are across the other side of the world away from everyone you grew up with (I lived overseas for 7 years), but it sounds like they had fabulous beautiful day.<br />
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Kiels and Viv asked me to make their wedding cake, cupcakes, cookies and gingerbreads people (see pics below) a couple of months ago and typical me said of course why not, anything to help make their day super special. I just didn't realise how hectic March was going to be.....<br />
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We have had another busy time at work and in the space of 9 x nights I had slept in 5 x different places.<br />
13 March - Margaret River in the boys house<br />
14-16 March - Margaret River in the Morrison family house<br />
17 March - Row 12A on the foulness Red Eye Virgin flight from Perth to Sydney<br />
18 March - My beloved bed<br />
19-24 March - Hotel in Penrith. Yes lovelies, you did read that correct ... was Chiefly Towers in Penrith.<br />
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Was all more thanfine though and there was plenty of time for the cake prep once we had finished on the International Rowing Regatta.<br />
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This was our daily view at Margaret River for the surfing ... you never got tired of watching ...</div>
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Sun saying goodnight over the ocean not the city as we are used to in Sydney.</div>
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View outside my window at Penrith.... was a culture shock to go from beach to carpark ... and just accross from there is the original Krispy Kreme which I had to go through the drive thru for our German clients ... it was 0630am on a Sunday morning so thank god no one witnessed this ... and little did those cars know that in a few hours they will be completely covered in bird crap!!! It was quite amazing how much birds can crap out there ....</div>
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Gingerbread people with an 'I' and a 'V" (Ian and Viv)</div>
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Orange and Poppyseed cupcakes with white fondant or frosting with pink roses ..</div>
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Was one of their friend's b'day on the actual wedding cake ... so an extra cake was made as a suprise<br />
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The wedding cake - this was a 2 x tier red velvet with lemon cream cheese ganache as the filling.<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-58194208454770014412013-03-10T01:22:00.004-08:002013-03-10T01:22:34.727-08:002013 Royal Easter Show - The Very Hungry CaterpillarIt's that time of year again ... The Sydney Royal Easter Show. Time to enter my cake into the annual competition and to try not to get disqualified this year .... Again thank you Lorraine hyphen hyphen.<br />
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Anyway have a sneaky peak .... see how many of the items you can pick out from the story.</div>
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Its a 360 degree cake as he does get through quite a bit of food ...</div>
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Think back to your pre-school days .... when life was so easy and all you had to worry about was what colour play-doh you were going to eat that day or if you wanted to do finger painting or instead of learning how to cut out shapes ....<br />
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In my family I am known for my memory. I can actually tell each of you where we first met and what you first said to me and if you are lucky, what you were wearing .... I still look back through my pre-school yearly photo and can name the majority of my friends. Would still like to question my mum though on why she thought it was acceptable to dress me in a pink skivy .... please!!!!<br />
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Anyway each day when it came around to book time, without a doubt I would always go for 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. It was my favouite. I never had it at home and the cousins didn't either so I took the opportunity whenever possible to just sit quietly (rare occurance) and turn the pages slowly and each time when the double page of all the food appeared ... I was a happy girl.<br />
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The other reason I decided on this cake was because one of my colleagues from SBS named Vitor, we nicknamed him The Hungry Caterpillar as we needed to make sure he had food around him every few hours or otherwise not much was going to get done.<br />
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Picture this. It was 2009 and Vitor the Journo, Ryan the Cameraman and me the Production Manager were travelling around South Africa for The Confederations Cup which is the comp in the lead up to the World Cup.<br />
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We were in a town called Rustenburg which is about 3 hours north of Johannesburg by car. We had a few hairy scary drives back and forth but we were getting prepped for an evening game with South Africa v Spain. We went to the supermarket to buy some food as there were not very many safe places to stop and have a snack in the towns on the way up there.<br />
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The weather was cold. Very cold. About 2 degrees literally cold. I was even wearing a beanie which I never ever do. That's how cold it was. Just quietly too, I thought I was safe and no one would catch me wearing a beanie but little did I know that when I was testing the IFB for Vitor with the SBS Sydney Studio ... the feed was actually going around the world. My friends at SNTV in London had more than great delight in telling me!!!<br />
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Anyway I gave my game ticket to Ike our driver because as mentioned, it was very cold and those bloody horn things that make the most hideous sound were driving me bananas.<br />
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Was settled in the media centre and it was about halfway through the game and I felt a tap on my shoulder. A girl about 18yrs old who was one of the cleaners asked if she could sit down and watch the game with me. Sure why not ... she was only wearing flip flops too and no winter jacket so she must have been numb. I was snacking on my usual sandwich and crisps and as I was about to take my last bite ... she asked if she could have some food too.<br />
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I didn't even think twice. I handed over Vitor's food. All of it. I thought that if she had the courage to ask me for food cause she was hungry, then who was I not share out Vitors food. Must have looked like a good site with the two of us sitting together from completely different walks of life and watching the football.<br />
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The look on Vitors face too when he asked me where his food was and I had to explain ..... it was priceless!!! Don't worry though ... as it was a Saturday, just like the very hungry caterpillar, we got Vitor a hamburger, hot chips, nuggets and even a sweet to go with it .... and he was happy!!! Peace was restored.<br />
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My poor lounge room being taken over over my the world of cakes.</div>
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All the pieces set to go ...</div>
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Settled in at the Show ... they are very particular about the photos you take out there and not supposed to get anyone elses int eh back ground ... which is a shame cause the Taj Mahal behind mine, was incredible!!!<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-2637216385069040642013-02-09T22:30:00.000-08:002013-02-09T22:30:30.562-08:00When an expo and an elephant meet in the one week ...One of my friends Teresa turned to me on Thursday when we had a short lull in the cake expo and said ... so what made you get into cakes?<br />
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I have often thought about that because like most things in my life, cake decorating just sort of fell into my lap.<br />
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I was working at SBS Sport sitting in the pod and Lyddies, Zorby, Nico and I were having one of our many discussions on life. Was taking a breath and looked at one of our 57 tellys and saw a feature story on cake decorating. From that moment on I was quiet (well for at least 3.2 mins).<br />
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You gotta understand, everyone in my family has a talent and I have grown up wondering what mine was ... Mum and Auntie with their Shop were and still are very arty and crafty (they can sew, knit, paint, cook etc), our fathers were the financially ones, Matthew was the smart one, Ben was the practical one, Cousin Kylie was the all rounder and then there was me who I suppose was very good at making noise as I was always being told to be quiet from my jewellery jingling, to talking too loudly on the phone or most of all distracting people in the classroom.<br />
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So for me to discover cake decorating in 2007 was a blessing. I loved the look of the kneading of the fondant, the smoothing of the ganache, the painting of the colours, the bedazzles, ribbons etc etc.<br />
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Working on the 2007 Tour De France, I devoured hours of 'you tube' watching video after video of anything to do with cake decorating and then in Sept 2007 I booked into my first Planet Cake course and the rest as they say is history.<br />
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So last Thursday I did my annual cake expo on the Northern Beaches. We have just come off a (very successful) hugely majorly busy time in Telly World and I knew I was being too optimistic with the date of the expo and how much time I would be able to put into the cakes. I was aiming for at least 3 days prep but due to a few bumps in the road last week, I got 6.5 hours to prepare 4 cakes + cupcakes.<br />
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Suse, Darren and the whole Beyond Action Production team (you know who you all are) have just come back from 16.5 days (yes I was counting) in Adelaide for the Santos Tour Down Under cycling. What we achieved this year was incredible being LIVE for all Stages. There was alot of laughter, few tears, few dummy spits, but overall very AWESOME!! Some of the situations that Suse and I handled on a daily basis I think back now and wonder how the flip we did it but we did.<br />
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So I laugh when there is a cake I just can't get right. Seems like such a small dilemma compared to the last few weeks but I think it was my built up emotions ..... so one of the cakes didn't make it up to the bench and the whole 4 tiers went straight to the bin. Was a bit disappointed as this new design was going to be the cake of the year!!!<br />
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Anyway here are the cakes that made the selection ...<br />
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The following cake as been of my favourite to date. Kristen and Andrew asked me to make their wedding cake back in September 2011 and then their newphews bday cupcakes a few months later. Little re-cap for you below:<br />
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Now it was time for their new baby boy Boston's christening - so when Kristen asked me to design and bake a cake ... of course I was going to. I love the designing and planning aspect and took my time with this one. </div>
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Enjoy the pics ... just for something different this time .. like the Cold Play music video The Scientist when the clip goes from the finish to beginning ... so are these pics .... </div>
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Just a side note: one of my favourite movie quotes from The Castle .... ''That'll go straight to the pool room''. This cake came very close as its final resting place was the pool table. Very proud!!</div>
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-42291395864974094642013-01-13T13:56:00.001-08:002013-01-13T13:56:22.881-08:00And on the 13th Day of Xmas ....And on the 13th Day of Xmas, my true love said to me ... take that bloody Xmas tree down .. they were the famous words of my Uncle Bruce .... always made Ben my brother laugh.<br />
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Happy New Year everyone!!!! Bit behind but it has been a touch busy of late.<br />
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We all know the song ... The Twelve Days of Xmas ... well as my family are unique, when the Cousins and I were little we made up different words to The Twelve Days of Xmas which ended like this ...<br />
5 Nellie Dogs (sung really loudly so we got yelled at to be quiet)<br />
4 Kylie Birds<br />
3 Matthews<br />
2 Silly Bens<br />
And Fiona stuck up the gum tree (only cause I was the youngest I got tarnished) ....<br />
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Anyway for this Xmas we were introducing my 3 most gorgeous nieces, Abi, Eva and Thea to the song and we were trying for the new generation version, however, we all got bored and lego making took over.<br />
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I was one dessert duty so I made a trifle and my new little mini choc pav inventions (well Woolworths invented and I changed it around).<br />
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Abi and Eva loved the desserts and the photos below show Abi's hand launching in for a sneaky taster. The first photo was 3 years ago when I made a Little Mermaid cake for Abi and she was launching in for that too (don't worry, the knife was a blunt one).<br />
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Look same hand but 3 years on ....</div>
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The cupcakes below were for Mark and Natasha's engagement - or as I call them ... Team Tomo.<br />
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Team Tomo and I have been through some busy times together when we all worked on the Tour De France. Natasha and Mark are a really lovely couple and a few years ago I did Tash's 21st b'day cupcakes so it made my day when they asked me to make their engagement cupcakes.<br />
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For these ones there were 100 cupcakes .. pink, white, silver and sparkly. What more could anyone ask for hey???<br />
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This next gorgeous wedding cake was done last Friday. The Bride's name is Rebecca and we haven't met - all communications have been over email. Rebecca was a pure delight to deal with and very cool and calm.<br />
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As we are soo busy in the land of Television at the moment with prep for the Tour Down Under, the wedding cake was baked and decorated within 24 hours and which included icing at 11pm and 6am and then racing back to Mosman between meetings to pick up flowers and take the cake down to the venue.<br />
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Once again this show's none of us are super heroes as much as we think we are. Couldn't have done this cake without my mum and Coops who was head of Transport Co-ordination (and cake testing) ....<br />
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This was a whopping big 12 inch mississippi choc mud cake ... weighs a few tonnes and tastes awesome (if I can say so myself).<br />
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6 inch and 9 inch round foam cakes. As the Bride and Groom still wanted the look of a tiered wedding cake but not so much the actual cake ... very handy the foams ...<br />
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At the end of a week of a ferally hot Sydney Summer with no air con in our office (just dreadful) - I followed the sun at the end of the day and just sat by the water to take a moment ....<br />
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-25666198088952876132012-12-09T01:18:00.001-08:002012-12-09T01:18:30.301-08:00When vintage, pink 'n' pretty and a pirate meet ....It's nearly Xmas .... can you tell???<br />
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The hint might have been back in November when they were playing christmas carols in Woolworths ..... I just don't get it ...<br />
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These sorts of songs should be saved for sitting round the telly on Xmas Eve with family and friends by watching either the National Lampoons Xmas Vacation for the 19th time or Ray Martin hosting the Carols by Candlelight from the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne with one of my Cousin Matthews potent vodka punch in hand .... just watch the fruit pieces at the end ... crucial.<br />
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Anyway, for everyone its an extremely busy time of year especially in the world of cakes and television.<br />
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The following 87 vintage cupcakes + top tier I had booked in for a while and was really looking forward to making them. The Bride and Groom were a very relaxed easy going couple and let me play away with colours and ideas ... especially for the top tier .... you'll see, its a Fiona special ....<br />
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The cupcakes were half white choccie mud and half banana .... really nice combination.<br />
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This Pink 'n' Pretty cake is named after my favourite barbie doll from when I was little. Melissa and Jarred were lovely to work with and the cake toppers were 2nd choice as their original one didn't arrive in time. The colours, lace and bedazzles on the cake matched the room perfectly with all the decorations.<br />
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Once again this is when the world of cakes and television combine. Suse and I are beyond busy at the moment with prep for the Tour Down Under and anything else you would like to throw at us so while I was waiting for the ganache to set for each tier, was also sending emails and picturing us all in Adelaide in 45 degree heat.<br />
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Gave up on using a smoother and gone back to the old fashioned way of just smoothing down with my hands .... just pardon the jewellery .... takes forever taking everything off .... was a white choc mud with passionfruit for flavour.<br />
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Step 1, 2, 3 + 4 for covering a HUGE tier ... (choc mud with raspberry)<br />
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See the difference in the sizes ... was a 4 inch, 7 inch, 10 inch + 13 inch<br />
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Just please take a moment and look at the view. This is my favourite at Taronga Zoo ... you just can't stop looking .... and you can hear all the animals too.<br />
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Once constant stability I have had in my life is the McDowell family. My brother Ben and I have grown up with Nick, Mike and Shelley our whole lives.</div>
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We grew up 1 min away in our neighbourhood and formed the One Way Street gang where we would hang out generally in the street from sunrise to sunset (usually causing some sort of trouble).</div>
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Mike and I started at Wyong Road pre-school together. He was the rebel even at the age of 4yrs old, either climbing the fence and escaping down the street or just simply pulling the thread of my favourite pink ribbon until it was a pile of satin on the ground. Yes, I am a forgiver but not a forgetter!!! </div>
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Shelley and I have shared our lives for as long as I can remember. From sitting at the one way street sign for many hours contemplating life, to phone and skype conversations from all locations around the globe, there have been many laughs, tears, thoughts and just listening and giving advice. </div>
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I wanted him to look like a menacing pirate but got the complete opposite ... he got the right reaction though with Robbie very much liking him ... well worth it....</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I do laugh. </span>Each time we travel for work, the Producer
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<span lang="EN-US">This wedding cake was for Sarah and Adam’s wedding
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of those friends that you always need in your life. She had Adam are proof that
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After an amusing taxi ride with me saying to the driver 'once again, please tell me when you are going to put the breaks on'. He was a bless though and did have to carry the cake for me while I got so elegantly in and out of the car in my dress.</div>
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So while the last 3 weekends have included 2 x trips to Melbourne, 1 x trip to Adelaide for work, being at the shop and teaching one class a week, getting time to give my gorgeous niece Thea a cuddle AND having a life at the same time it was also time to prepare for the trip to Gundagai for Petrice and Mikes wedding.<br />
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Where do I start with Mike and Petrice.
Frank our boss, introduced them to eachother at the work xmas party nearly
three years ago. They had their first kiss that night and haven’t stopped
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<span lang="EN-US">Gundagai is about a 4.5 hour drive south of
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country church in the the middle of nowhere WITH BOYS IN KILTS AND A BAGPIPE PLAYING!!!
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<span lang="EN-US">I drove down with the un-iced cakes with
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need be whipped up for approx 12 mins, and when Mike’s mum presented me with a
35yr old only Kenwood Mixer, my life changed ….sorry to my beloved Kitchenaid but this was amazing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was magic and I have already been
scouring over Ebay to find one which I have but it’s a pick up only in
Adelaide. What a great coincedence that we are going to Adelaide for work next week … don't tell the Producer from the Hood yet though - he might
have to pretend its his hand luggage, will surprise him at the airport with that small fact, its often easier….</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The reception was a marquee set up on a
property by the Murrumbidgee River – perfect setting for a country
wedding. It was the most loveliest day that Mike and Petrice had been planning
for the last 12 months and every detail was perfectly thought of from the table
settings, to many guests playing cricket to learning how to do the Scottish jig
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Think back to exactly this time 2 years ago and what were you all doing? I was literally leaving on a jetplane heading for 2 weeks in Chicago for a cake decorating course that I had wanted to do for a few years..... I wrote a blog while I was over there and was reading through it tonight and just comparing what I knew then to what I know now ... look at Mike and Judy Sue .... very happy to admit my figurines have stepped up a couple of notches. </div>
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Big high five goes out to the very special group that did the course with me. We all literally came from different pockets of the world and it didn't matter if English wasn't your first language. We all still keep in touch and encourage eachother along with our lives and our cakes of course .... </div>
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Washington State in the USA selling vintage unique cake decorating items.
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asking her to tell me the history of where she collected everything from which
has been a lot of antique stores over the years. Imagine all the cakes that
these items have been used on by the Betty’s and Mabel’s of the world . The
only reason Tina was selling everything was because she and her husband are
downsizing to a Winnebago and its time to de-clutter …. Well they have found a
good home across the other side of the world …</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Baking a cake should take you back to how
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<span lang="EN-US">Wouldnt you think that by adding flour,
choc, eggs, oil, water etc into a mixing bowl and then putting the batter into
the oven, this should be fail proof … well dear readers I must not have been
listening in science class that day, (actually my close school besties can
vouch that there were many school classes I was not listening in … hence the
popular sentence .. ‘Quick Idette, give me your Italian homework to copy before
Miss Del Sal comes in’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The pics below are my 3<sup>rd</sup> TIME
LUCKY ATTEMPT at what should be easy an choccie mud cake … I was not going to
give up and was very happy Al is safely up North in Qld so he wouldn get cross
with the cakes that didn’t make the cut.</span></div>
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I took the cake to work for everyone to
eat. I was quite proud of the taste (and I very rarely eat my cakes), however
my boss walked past, picked up a slice, shoveled in his mouth and said ‘Not one
of your best Fi’. I very nearly picked up a slice and threw it at him, but
comments like that make me more determined that the perfect cake is out there
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<span lang="EN-US">The last few weeks have bought 3 very
precious babies into my life. Brand new Liam to Jen and Simon, very early Cooper
to Emmies and Brad and the most divine little Rosebud named Thea Daphne who
came along when she was good and ready for my Cousin Kylie and Dave.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">These cupcakes were my very first effort a few years ago for Jen's first baby boy Toby ..... </span></div>
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is nothing more lovely than rocking a little one after they have been fed and
just watching them sleep. Mind you I have been told by Cousin Kylie a couple
times to stop poking Thea when she is asleep. DON’T WAKE A SLEEPING
BABY!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take my role as Auntie
very seriously and have already whispered in Thea’s ear that she can never have
enough pink clothes in her tiny wardrobe and a little bit of glitter goes along
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shower which we had on a really lovely day in July. My other 2 gorgeous superb
nieces, Abi and Eva supervised the day and made sure all the cupcakes were
shared out evenly … (with themselves eating a sneaky few).</span></div>
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These next ones are for the delightful Mrs
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The high heeled shoe was a funny memory of
the good old party days. This particular pair of shoes got us chucked out of
the Megahole many years ago cause Ems took them off and somehow they went
flying across the bar and dancefloor. To this day I still maintain that we were
all fine, just a few champagnes, but we did give the bouncer a task though as
he had to chase us around the actual bar to throw us out. We thought we
outsmarted him and went to a different part of the pub but then we got the tap
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All the following cakes will tell their own stories by their pictures so just keep scrolling down and enjoy!!!<br />
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<b><i>Combining Telly World and Cake World .....</i></b><br />
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Because sometimes there just arn't enough hours in the day. This is how you combine all worlds and get everything done ....This is behind the scenes in MCR at SBS.<br />
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The event was the GIRO which is the Italian version of the Tour De France but this time its boys on bikes racing around Italy trying to win a pink jersey unlike the TDF which is the race for the yellow jersey.<br />
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Still cant believe 7 years on that the boys on bikes are a big part of my life. Just like the offside rule which I still cant explain to you - I still cant work out the strategy of the peloton v breakaways v sprints but as long as everyone is there onsite and the pictures are coming through and there is not a producer yelling to 'move the sun' (like we have the power to do that) - all is well.<br />
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<b><i>Gerb's 40th B'day Cake</i></b><br />
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Happy 40th B'day James Bushy Gerbs .....whichever name that you would like to call him, he will answer to all. Was an absolute honour to make this cake for his special day. Was very funny when Richie, Cam and I got a personal escort into the venue at Manly to get the cake into position. Literally radio escort with the Venue Manager saying 'Excuse me please, the cake is on arrival'.<br />
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Gerbs LOVES sport and he is always on his way to touch footy or soccer so thought with his cake I would combine all his passions into the one .....<br />
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The cake was 2 x 12inch square choccie muds ... weighed a ton to carry too ....<br />
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Was a fabulous night - extra special for Gerbs to have his family and friends there to celebrate with him.<br />
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<b><i>The 1.5m Wedding Cake (not for an actual wedding though)</i></b><br />
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I was asked by one of our kids production shows to make a 1.5m cake that they were going to fire a cannon ball into (as you do on a cold winters morning up at Terry Hills at half 7). <br />
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This would have been way too much time and money to actually bake the layers so I got foam tiers for the majority and covered with icing .... (2 x litres of whippin ice that got everywhere!!!) The budgie wasnt too please when I got some on his cage either ....<br />
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<b><i>Cake Pops</i></b><br />
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Now one of the reason I love baking and decorating cakes its because it teaches me patience. And nothing teaches me more about patience are these cake pops. They are fiddly and messy but alot of fun at the same time.<br />
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Its a great pity with this blog that there is no audio at the same time as I bake as there were quite a few expletives coming out of my mouth. They look as though they should be easy but for some reason the little ones just didnt want to pop out of the tin.<br />
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Before they are baked .... looking grand ....<br />
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Straight out of the oven .... still looking grand .... (Notice mum's art cushions too please that she paints!!!)<br />
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Just not wanting to come out of pan .... and what you don't see is that this 3 batches later (sorry Alan I know you hate it when I chuck them out but I was too cross) ....<br />
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<span id="goog_1860120479"></span>Everyone loves 100 and 1000's .... a nice result for the end .... they actually looked quite cute. Covered in while chocolate and the fun part is putting the sprinkles all over them. These are only really basic ones that I made for a dinner party ... am working up the courage to get more complex.<br />
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<b><i>GIBBO's 50th B'day</i></b><br />
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I don't know Gibbo - all I know that he is a Northern Beaches guy turning 50 years old and his wife requested a surfing looking van that Gibbo drove around back in the hey day.<br />
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Am not very good with vans so each time I saw on in the street I took a photo. Got a few random looks from people.... Never realised too with VW vans just how big the diameter of the logos are ... fascinating isnt it.... (you can all sleep now tonight ....)<br />
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Doesn't look it in the pictures but this cake was actually 40 cm in length and 20cm in height. That was a surfboard on top too that was too happy with the humidity of the day and yes I know surfboards don't come with sparkly blue glitter .... but you never know!!!</div>
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<b><i>I am teaching classes now!!!</i></b></div>
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The show where I work in Willoughby on a Saturday - the cake decorating shop, we have now started teaching classes and I LOVE IT!!! The below are the 6 cupcakes that we do and its awesome. </div>
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Was really nervous for the first class but you get over that pretty pronto once everyone starts walking in asking questions. There were high fives all round once we completed that first cupcake swirl.... everyone had their heads down in such concentration and I give the glass the words in my head to design the swirl ... and when I looked up to see everyone in such deep concentration mode - was brilliant!!!</div>
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I like to teach with the idea 'do not follow the rules', create your own ideas, hence the ladybug below with her tongue poking out .... I couldnt help it ...</div>
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So the plan is when I get my dream home with biggest dream kitchen and biggest ever kitchen table somewhere down at Freshwater or North Curl Curl, I am going to teach cake classes .... gotta aim for something!!!!</div>
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<br />Every Cake Has A Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01999112844360870607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304639177942967660.post-82141376651027565342012-05-14T23:45:00.003-07:002012-05-17T03:03:26.862-07:00Tanya and Wayne's Wedding Cake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I worked with Tanya and Wayne in Doha, Qatar, Middle East in 2006. And honestly if it wasn't for these 2 (and all the other awesome team out there) we would not have all survived it together. We worked with some characters that still make me laugh out loud when I think of them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would still love one of us to write memoirs of that particular time of all our lives and what we all went through and the people that we met. Way too many hours of stories.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wayne and Tanya were in my Operations Team so there were many laughs ahead of us before the seriousness of what we were all actually doing over that side of the world hit us big time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One night in particular about 4 weeks into the 8 months, a few of us were at that big shopping centre (The Big Trolley) and it started bucketing down with rain (yes in the desert in June in 45 degrees (feels like your head is in an oven).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very rarely do I spit the dummy but I had it - we couldnt find a taxi, was water everywhere (they don't have drainage in Doha), the locals drive all like learners at over 120kms per hour so you are constantly on edge that this is the last time you will ever be in a car and after Jules, Blebs and I witnessing a local step out in front of a car and not ending up a happy tale, I was already full of confidence.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, Wayne and Tanya took me to Johnny Rockets Diner on the way back and my love affair with this place began. Never have I experienced such lovely hamburgers and thick shakes (yes its the little things) ....This became a regular outing on our rare days off.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So bring it back to real time now 6 years later and when I found out that Wayne and Tanya were getting married, I put my hand up right away to make their cake.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I walked into their venue, there was such a lovely feeling about the room. Alot of love!!! I know I well up quite easily these days (especially when the baby penguins get eaten by some big animal on the David Attenborough Frozen Planet doco) but this was different .... happy tears for them both and the life that they will continue to share and build together!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gorgeous cake - classic and style and the photo doesn't do the deep violet colour justice at all!!! I very much wish Tanya and Wayne such a lovely life side by side with eachother and love it that 2006 will be with us ALWAYS!!!. Even Boofhead should get a mention too ....wouldn't be right otherwise ....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xxxxxxx</span><br />
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