oh, for pete’s sake!
Let me bring you up to date:
We did have a fun April Fool’s dinner. Megan loved using the funny utensils and insisted that we did too. It was very cute to watch her carefully lay noodles down in her ice cream scoop, then try to dump it into her mouth. Even Mike was fooled by the Jell-o sodas and the cinnamon “garlic bread” tasted great. (Has it really been this long since I blogged?)
Last week I enjoyed mixing the sinus thing with a GI thing–probably what the girls had the week before. Enough said. Now this week is almost over and I feel like I am running to try and catch up on things. Most importantly, finish a sparkling proposal for my book so that there might be a ray of hope in building my (very moderate) dream house while conditions are still good for construction. I will post something a little better next week. Until then Please to enjoy (or marvel if you feel so moved) one of my fun projects of late: Grandma Verna’s 95th Birthday cake. My Grandma Verna (okay, really Mike’s, but I claim her fully) is so cool, she deserved an 18 tier cake! This did the job though, and it tasted so great! Thanks to marshmallow fondant, you can get a great looking cake that doesn’t taste like plastic. (It is pretty user-friendly, just a bit of work/time. Give it a try!) The flowers on top are made with traditional fondant (which you can work into a thinner, more elaborate shape; but it tastes-well-you’ve all had wedding cakes.) Everything on the cake was edible. Now some pictures:
Isn’t she so cute?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Finally! That cake was beautiful.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I give you an A+++. You are sooooo talented! One day I will live closer so some of your talent will rub off on me, or I can learn from you in person.
Sorry we missed you guys, again. Mike liked seeing your Mike and the boys had some good Guitar Hero time. I think it is high time for some good girl time though. Next time, when ever that will be.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Hey, I’m so glad to find that fondant recipe - how fun! And your cake is GORGEOUS. What a neat person you are, Keersten.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Yes, Yes, Yes - that’s exactly what you need to do. Write a book compiling all of these great holiday art ideas so I remember them next year, etc…
Where do you plan on building this dream house??
I will buy it!! The cake is beautiful - it’s a pity that I can’t tell you in the same breath that it tasted awesome, but I am sure that it did!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
you are amazing! I really do need to take lessons from you! I am so glad you found the recipe. I am sorry about not emailing it to you I couldnt ever find your address. I am glad it turned out good though!
April 11th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I love the cover of your book it will be a hit…New york times best sellers list for sure!!! I am proud of you for keeping your word about your book . I really need to do more of that…on to getting something posted on my own blog. Looking forward to seeing you real soon! Love ya
April 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
That is the cutest cake ever! I will have to try out the Marshmallow frosting, it sounds yummy. Did it taste pretty good? Where are you going to build this nice house? When’s your book coming out?
April 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Seriously, Keersten what can’t you do? You’re so cute though, it makes me love you, instead of want to hurt you. Oh it’s late. That probably didn’t come out like the compliment I meant it to be. Oh well, I think you’re Fabulous! The cake looked great too!
April 13th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Oh my gosh, that’s GORGEOUS!! I love the detail on the side of the bottom layer, it reminds me of a tux, but is much more elegant. BRAVO!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hey you are so talented, it really makes me jealous, the cake is beautiful, I might have to hire you. I’m glad I read your blog so I can learn more about you. Way to go on writing a book, you really are too cool! Good Luck with that! And on a side note lets get together next week, really plan something and do it. Sometime we should go to Koyo, either on a date with our husbands (if you guys would like that), or if we can ditch our kids, do lunch there or something. I wish we would have discovered the place when we lived over there, but it’s still not too far away Hopefully we’ll see you Thursday, Izac is sick today!!!