Baking Baking Baking. I do like it and wish I had more time to do it. I also loathe that most of my baking now takes place after 9pm. It's not relaxing. Well, not as much as it should be. It's either feast or famine with the baking for me. This week I'm making a triple batch of sugar cookies (aka cut-out cookies) for Imagina's graduation.
The graduation cookies are fun. Hopefully Ruth will want to help me on Tuesday. It's a lot more work baking with a small child. You either have to be a martinet or you have to be ready to get really filthy and enjoy a small flour covered finger in your ear (at the very least....)
Nope. This isn't the stress. The stress is always the task that you set for yourself. A birthday cake for a birthday girl who really wants a princess cake. Of course. She also said that she wanted Mama to make it. This is cool and awesome. It's also chilling. What if she doesn't like it. Is there a cake that a 4-year-old doesn't like?! What if she cries because it's not right? I'm paralyzed with more than fear and wearing adult pampers. I still don't have a perfect butter cream recipe.
So I have her convinced that she wants a princess castle. And I'm making a castle. The castle will take 2 cakes and 1 batch of cupcakes. A mix of yellow cake (do people really need a flavor for this? butter?) and chocolate (probably devil's food--hmmm I should probably make sure that I have all the ingredients.) But, what is my big surprise? An actual princess cake. Yep. Probably make 2 of those as well. So that's one other cake. She likes yellow. Yellow cake with white frosting hopefully colored to match the princess topper that I've bought. Which princess? Well, I bought them all. Yep. Seriously. Well, all that I could find. And I accidentally ended up with 2 Tianas....
There are so many ways for this to go wrong: 1. She hates both (all three) cakes. 2. She only hates one. 3. It's the wrong princess (I am so not making five princess cakes.) 4. She complains at all about any of it and I haven't had a drink. 5. The other kids make fun of her obviously homemade cake. 6. Did I mention trying to color match a plastic cake topper and create a "skirt" for the princess. 7. What if I make the wrong princess. 8. Did I mention my fear of humiliation.
I know I had a bigger list of fears. Oh, what if the cakes taste horrible? It could happen. What if the edible glitter really isn't?
Well, I think I'll post a place for you to vote which princess that I should make. It's not going to make a difference because I think that I know who she wants, BUT I'm curious.
I'll take pictures. It should be interesting.
The graduation cookies are fun. Hopefully Ruth will want to help me on Tuesday. It's a lot more work baking with a small child. You either have to be a martinet or you have to be ready to get really filthy and enjoy a small flour covered finger in your ear (at the very least....)
Nope. This isn't the stress. The stress is always the task that you set for yourself. A birthday cake for a birthday girl who really wants a princess cake. Of course. She also said that she wanted Mama to make it. This is cool and awesome. It's also chilling. What if she doesn't like it. Is there a cake that a 4-year-old doesn't like?! What if she cries because it's not right? I'm paralyzed with more than fear and wearing adult pampers. I still don't have a perfect butter cream recipe.
So I have her convinced that she wants a princess castle. And I'm making a castle. The castle will take 2 cakes and 1 batch of cupcakes. A mix of yellow cake (do people really need a flavor for this? butter?) and chocolate (probably devil's food--hmmm I should probably make sure that I have all the ingredients.) But, what is my big surprise? An actual princess cake. Yep. Probably make 2 of those as well. So that's one other cake. She likes yellow. Yellow cake with white frosting hopefully colored to match the princess topper that I've bought. Which princess? Well, I bought them all. Yep. Seriously. Well, all that I could find. And I accidentally ended up with 2 Tianas....
There are so many ways for this to go wrong: 1. She hates both (all three) cakes. 2. She only hates one. 3. It's the wrong princess (I am so not making five princess cakes.) 4. She complains at all about any of it and I haven't had a drink. 5. The other kids make fun of her obviously homemade cake. 6. Did I mention trying to color match a plastic cake topper and create a "skirt" for the princess. 7. What if I make the wrong princess. 8. Did I mention my fear of humiliation.
I know I had a bigger list of fears. Oh, what if the cakes taste horrible? It could happen. What if the edible glitter really isn't?
Well, I think I'll post a place for you to vote which princess that I should make. It's not going to make a difference because I think that I know who she wants, BUT I'm curious.
I'll take pictures. It should be interesting.
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