My older daughter’s birthday was this weekend. Interestingly, she requested a brunch of bagels and lox, and a Sushi dinner, but not a party with lots of kids. She did spend Sunday with her Girl Scout troup, and managed to colonize their pizza dinner as another celebration of her birthday. Much fun was had by all.
Anyway, I am just proud of myself for decorating her cake.
Now, she asked for a “Car Cake.” My wife looked at the finished product and said, “that looks like a baby carriage, not a car!” I was originally planning to make the cake look like Lightenin’ McQueen, but my daughter actually provided me a sketch of what she wanted. She was blown away that her cake looked so very much like her design for it:
Note, despite the failure to capture the spirit of jauntiness, the careful matching of the stripe colors between sketch and cake.
3 responses so far ↓
Ivan // April 23, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Baby carriage — or roller skate???
Good effort, though!
Mom // April 24, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I think your rendering of E’s sketch provided for the artisan was quite true to the original.
Do you remember the “ghost with a bowling ball” cake you once requested? How did it compare to the car cake. I think I had much easier shapes to work with…
Don Quixote // April 24, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Ghost with bowling ball! Indeed I remember. Like father like daughter I guess. I think my creative baking endeavors are all inspired by you Mom!
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