Confessions of a saucy chef -

Confessions of a saucy chef -

Saucy Chef

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[Feb. 19th, 2009|12:19 am]

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So, today I made a wedding cake. I couldn't prepare any of it in advance due to working thirty hours in three days due to staff cuts (which are ridiculous, as cutting the part time staff who generally get minimum wages means I work more hours and I cost more....)

Anyway, it took about twelve and a half hours including baking time. I was rather crippled by only having one tin, so had to do three seperate bakings. At least the next two cakes I am making I am hiring tins for so will be A LOT easier.

I had to roll the fondant on the dining table as my lack of bench space is considerable. We are looking into buying/building a bench in the sleepout so I can do all the decorating bits without having to turn the house upside down, and in peace (the dogs have an over-fondness for fondant, as evidenced by Monty jumping onto the dining table. Thankfully there were only fondant scraps on the table at the time).

I also scored another commission when buying the sherry to soak the fruit in, the lady at the bottlestore wants a cake for her daughter's 21st. It's a nice and simple one, and I'll have the right tin already as I am making Fi's cake in the same week.

It would also be nice to be able to store the cakes in the sleepout when they are finished as I am terrified some catastrophe will occur tonight, I keep getting up to check on it as the bench is the only place I can keep it!

The bottom tier is fruitcake, the top bananana. The roses and stem I made from fondant then painted with food colouring. The detail is chocolate buttercream, the entire cake is covered with orange buttercream and fondant.

It looks a lot better in the flesh, the shadows look awful in this pic.