Latest despatches from the birthday frontline.

[rflong]

I spent yesterday evening decorating the cake and sorting the party bags for my son's friends. It looks like we will have 17 little guests at Sea Life in Bray this afternoon (!) Here is the cake.




Do you think he likes Harry Potter?

It worked out pretty well using mini sponge rolls, a large sponge roll and two madeira cakes chopped up. I used fondant icing, which I then painted with red food colouring (I couldn't be doing with getting that dark a red through kneading the icing - it always ends up pink and my hands end up scarlet for about a week afterwards. I used a roll for the chimney as well and sweets for the remaining decoration. It's a little wobbly, but I am pleased on the whole.

Have to remember to warn the restaurant about the skewers holding it together!

Yes, it is BP-day and I don't mean British Petroleum! A little nervous. I was still getting messages from other harassed mummies last night and this morning who had only just found the invite their child had stuffed in the bottom of their bag! :D It's not just me!

On a more serious, writerly note, I got a rejection from Leading Edge for The Wolf's Sister today (sniff!) so now have to find another market for a longer piece (I think its about 14k, novelette length anyway). The rejection was very nice though 


"We would like to encourage you to continue writing stories and submitting to Leading Edge. We appreciate quality work and are always looking for talented writers "


So I am focusing on the birthday and trying not to feel sorry for myself.

Comments

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

That is adorable! My most ambitious cake was a worm cake. I had all these new small flower pots, and filled them with crumbled chocolate cake (with frosting!) and then stuck gummy worms in each one.

It was a hit!

But I think they'll swoon over this one :)

[gabriel-writes.livejournal.com]

Choo-choo.

Nice looking cake.

Can't say that I've ever been so creative with baked goods.

Enjoy the party.