Work Woes
Dreading dreading dreading an incoming call after 3PM today. It’s the only thing standing between me and a 4 day weekend, but it’s going to be rough. Wish me luck!
Tracks
The SAME WEEKEND as the two cakes were being made, I also had cupcake club. Like book club, but eating cupcakes instead of promoting literacy. These are Margarita Cupcakes. They’re tequila cupcakes, with tequila-lime frosting, and filled with white-chocolate margarita ganche (ganache is the best). Sadly, this marked the last Cupcake Club with Best Man Michael, as he’s moving to California, but a good time was had by all. B+ for Margarita cupcakes, as they were a little hard to eat(super gooey ganache).
Sisterling also had a birthday this month, and her cake demand of “peanut butter” was as loud as it’s ever been. So she got this cake. I took the extra step of adding crushed Reese’s to the icing(it was a great idea, it deserved repeating). This cake is amazing. Even Wifey, who’s no fan of peanut butter, said it’s one of the better ones she’s had. Delicious and moist, this Peanut Butter cake gets an A+.
So this is Vengelet’s best friend, A-V:
(That was last Halloween. This year they’ll be going as Link and Zelda.)
A-V is two months older than Vengelet, and her birthday was a few weeks ago, so she got a Minnie Mouse cake(that’s her favorite).
This was the first cake I’d done entirely and stars, and let me tell you those suckers will cramp up your hand like nobody’s business. I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out, even though the stars aren’t as tight as I’d like. You can still see the crumb coat at some places, but I was running out of icing and time, so it ended up like this. Honestly, the longest part of this cake was trying to get that bow the right shade of pink. Coloring fondant is the WOOOOOORSSSTTTT!!!! The cake ended up being delicious. I used my standard dark chocolate recipe, but put peanut butter chips in the cake, and crushed Reese’s in the icing, and it ended up being AMAZING. A fun time was had by all at the party, even if Wifey and I got sunburned. I’ve got a couple other things to share, I’ll try to get them out today.
The thrilling conclusion.
Vengelet’s naptime. This is what it’s like to wake up Wifey on school days.
“Let’s get ready to look….SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOODDD!”
I owe you guys stuff. It’s coming.
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Video Games Live is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time played by a live symphony orchestra.
Everyone should go to Video Games Live. They were here 4 years back, and the show was AMAZING. I’m going in July at Wolf Trap, and you should go to if they show up near you. It is a seriously great time.
I don’t talk about my job a lot, but sometimes I have to share. My customers are the best customers.
Two in one day, but come on she’s pretty cute.
This is seriously just the cutest. I love how commanding she is - “MAH-MAH! DAH-DAH!” Sound off, minions! And then she leads you with her doot-doot reveille.
Normal Doot-Doots are just the cylindrical blocks. She was SO EXCITED when she found this cardboard tube, until she bit it in half.
