32 posts tagged “cakes”
We had time to make extra cakes yesterday for the cake case and to put in the freezer to save for the weekend. I'm on a roll making holiday cakes for some reason. But what else are you going to do this time of year? Here's a few of my examples from yesterday.
I rarely have a Monday off from work. Don't know how I managed it this week. I called the eye doctor first things 'cause I need to get my eye pressure checked. He was supposed to call me right back, so I was a good girl. I stayed off the phone and the internet all morning waiting for him to call. After lunch, I gave up and did a little computer work. Never did hear from him. I did get some laundry done, and some cleaning. Also got the carcass from the 24 pound turkey we had at our daughter's on Saturday broken up into two soup pots so I could get all the meat off the bones. Working up the turkey took most of the afternoon, but I got 8 cups of nice chucks of turkey to use later. I also made another cheesecake like the one I took to our daughter's on Saturday.
Tonight was our church women's group's annual Christmas dinner. We left half an hour earlier than we needed to so we could check out the new Walmart store in our home town. I'm glad I stayed at the one where I work. I could have transfered. I did get started on some of my Christmas shopping. A ring for myself, some gift wrap and tags, tape, tumblers for our Christmas dinner, etc. It's nice to have a few things out of the way.
The dinner was nice, especially after being sick for a week. I had eaten a plate of plain spaghetti for lunch and didn't have any complains, so I felt that it was safe to eat a small plate of food. I skipped the salad and the dessert, but I did eat a piece of my own cheesecake as soon as I got home. No cramps so far. This is good.
Sunday was an absolutely crazy day at work. I should have gone in at 7:00 because I was working for L who had worked for me on Saturday, but I wanted to go to 8:00 Mass so it was 9:00 before I got there. Then I had forgotten to take my work shoes, so I had to buy a pair of shoes just to go to work. I had a 10:00 order. No problem, even though it was a freebie. Then I couldn't find the 11:00 order, or the next one, or the next one. I was about to loose my mind! I called management and ask for someone to please come and help me figure out what was going on. All's well that ends well, as they say. Someone had pushed a cart of cakes into a corner of the cooler where we never put our cakes. I hadn't even looked there! The rest of the day wasn't bad, just weird. It was 2:30 before I got to go to lunch. I had tried to take a break earlier, but they had paged me to come back to the bakery. Phew! This was the last cake of the day. You can tell I was tired; the edges are sloppy. Plus the icing was so stiff that it was hard to do anything with.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with our family on Saturday. It was such a nice day. And a wonderful celebration. Everyone got to come, even my daughter's husband. The food was delicious, even though there was enough to feed an army, except for the stuffing and the turkey. We ran out of stuffing and I had used 20 cups of bread. I used French bread this year and it was really good. I'll post the recipe. I should have taken a picture. It is pretty.
I took my camera with me, but didn't take any pictures. I was having too much fun talking to everyone and playing with the kids, especially our new little great grandson. He is almost 3 months old now, and he is adorable. He is just about the happiest, chubbiest, most laid back baby I've ever seen. I'm sure I'm not prejudiced at all. LOL
I'm glad I get to sleep in in the morning. I do have to work, but I go in late. Hope I have a better day than I did on Sunday. It was nice and sunny today, but it sounds like the weather is going to change. Is tonight a full moon? It was nice and bright tonight. I was afraid there would be a lot of deer out, but I only saw one.
I really will get around to getting some recipes posted. I work tomorrow, but then I'm off for a couple of days. Posting recipes will be on my list!
Here's a cake I decorated yesterday just to have something to go out in the case. I think it was gone by the time I got to work this morning. At least I didn't see it. We got some new tips with very small openings that make it easy to make the "strings", as we call them.
We had more orders to do today than we usually do on Monday. We had one order for 10:30 that I didn't find until 11:00, so I made it right away. Then when I came back from lunch I found out that I had made it the wrong size, so I had to start over!
I don't think anyone makes pies or rolls anymore. I can't believe all the pies and rolls that we have sold already.
Since I went in to work early this morning, I got home in time to cook dinner. I made potato soup, and while the potatoes were cooking, I made a pumpkin pie. Of course it is still cooling, but hubby will probably have a piece before he goes to bed tonight. If I don't have room to put pies and such in the frig, I just stick them out in the BBQ grill. That only works when the weather is cool, of course. Right now, it is perfect, in the 40s.
I was busy all day today, but don't remember a lot of it. I did get a call late this afternoon that was interesting. The customer called to order a cake with Tinkerbell for a guy. It was a joke of some sort. So this is what I came up with. Hope they like it!
Hubby is into the pie already! Think I may go have a piece, too, then watch a little football.
I actually took this photo on Monday. It's a take off on the other tye dyed cakes I've made, but with a little twist.
We weren't too busy today, which is nice. I unpacked our orders from our suppliers, placed new orders, and made cakes to go out in the cake case. I made up three of our new kits: Nemo, Pooh, and iCarly. I took a photo of the Pooh cake but I forgot to bring my camera home.
The sun was shining when I left for work this morning, but sometime this afternoon I realized that it was cloudy. We work close to the front doors, but we have to make an effort to look outside.
I'm working again tomorrow. I don't think we will be too busy. It's nice to have time to make extra cakes for the cake case. It was full when I left today, but we didn't have any extras in the freezer.
It's bedtime already, but that's what happens on days that I work. Oh, well. I am thankful that I have a job, especially one that I enjoy.
I took time to make a cake this morning using one of the new kits we received yesterday. This is one of the kits for Princess Tiana. Our store is in a culturally diverse area, so it will be interesting to see how well these kits sell.
I usually try to avoid doing cakes in whipped icing, especially chocolate whipped. This order called for lots of flowers. I didn't leave too much open space!
Here's a close-up of the border of flowers.
I thought we had most of the Friday cakes done when I went home yesterday, but I spent most of the day today working on cakes for today. I only had time to make two cakes for tomorrow. We really needed a third person doing cakes today.
I left work an hour early today because I had already worked four days this week. I got home before the sun went down for the first time in ages!
I made homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner. I hit hubby's with the blender. Worked great. Much healthier than the creamy soups I have been making. This whole soft food diet is going to take some getting used to.
I go to work late tomorrow and Sunday. I'll have to try to get something else made before I leave in the morning. I baked a custard pie tonight while the soup was cooking.
We will have lots of deer hunters here tomorrow. May not be able to get to the computer!
I worked today, so no time for pictures. I did make a unique cake this afternoon, but I had forgotten to take my camera with me today. I'll have to make another one tomorrow. We received three new kits in today for new Disney designs. I'll have to try them out to see if I like them or not. One of them is iCarly which we have gotten several requests for.
No real news on the medical front, but it looks like my hubby is leaning toward keeping the quality of life that he has now and taking a chance on living for at least a few more years. He read a lot of information today that our daughter had given him, and all of it regarding the operation was depressing.
Since I didn't take any photos today, I decided to go back to this time last year and see what I was doing. In addition to making pot holders and table runners, I was still outside taking pictures. This is an edited version of a spider's egg sack. Last year I took lots of pictures of spiders and praying mantis, but I hardly saw any of them this year.
It's in to work early again tomorrow morning, so I'd best get myself off to bed. 5:30 comes early for me. There should be three of us, but I think someone is going to have to help the donut people, so that will slow us down. We made most of the Friday cakes today, so we should be able to make a big dent in the Saturday orders tomorrow. I'll still try to get a couple of pictures. Toodles!
This my my version of a cake with teal, lime green, and brown flowers. It didn't get picked up before I left on Monday so I'm not sure if this is really what they wanted or not. But I'm happy with it. Brown flowers are hard, but I like the way these turned out.
This is my favorite cake from Monday. My directions on this one was yellow and peach roses. I made another one almost exactly like this one to put out in the cake case.
We had a cloudy, cool, windy day today. I didn't go outside except to water the dogs.
I spent most of the day today cooking. I did take a nap and wash a couple of loads of clothes, and catch up on some computer stuff. I finally took time to check my iStock account, and was happy to note that I had sold another photo. It was one of the tomato worm from last year. I haven't uploaded any photos in a long time. Too time consuming. I should go down to my sewing room and do some sewing tonight, but I don't know if I will make it. I will more than likely go to bed early. There is always tomorrow!
I took this shot of Lady on Saturday before I left for work. I had to take it through the glass in the back door to keep from waking her up. I was supposed to have Monday off, but they ask me to work anyway. It wasn't too bad. We got the orders done and several cakes for the cake case, too. I worked by myself today. I had a lot more orders than we usually do on Monday. Today I felt really good about every cake I decorated. I felt like I had done the best I could do. Everyone seemed really happy when they picked up their cake, so that was nice, too. I did make a couple of unique cakes that I took pictures of, but I will wait until tomorrow to post the pictures. I want to go watch Monday night football!
I worked by myself on Monday and Tuesday of this week, but didn't have time to be very creative. I did do this cake, which I was rather proud of.
I'm finally digging out from under the pile of paperwork that has accumulated on my desk. I still have a way to go, but at least it is all on my desk now and not spilling over onto the floor. I think I have most of the bills paid. Still need to check my bank balances. I had received an Etsy order back in October, but didn't have time to get it shipped until today. I was totally out of practice. I hadn't received any orders in some time. I've been too busy to make any new things and get them listed. I'm still working on dresses for my granddaughter.
I'm also sending a lot more time fixing food than I usually do. I haven't found much good information on the web about soft food diets, but I did find a good site today about making homemade baby food. I've been afraid to try anything with meat in it. I'm going to give it a try today and see how it goes. My handheld blender has been a big help. I'm going to try to add a little ham to some navy bean soup. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for all your prayers. If you think of any good ideas for soft food, let me know. If we can keep body and soul together without surgery, that is the way we are leaning now. He will still have a test on Monday, and a consult with his doctor on Wednesday.
I worked by myself today, and only had two orders, so I got to play the rest of the day. I made a few more cupcakes, and a case of cookies, then I finished decorating a rack of cakes that were already iced. I decided to do some experimenting with new ideas that I hadn't tried yet. See what you think.
This isn't a new design, but I realized today that I didn't have a picture of one of these in our idea book. This has turned into my "signature" cake. Each of us has a design that we like to do that can be adapted with different colors, etc., looks good in the case, doesn't take too long to make, and sell really well. This one fits the bill perfectly. We sold 5 or 6 of them on Saturday. I call it Sprinkles and Strings.
I have been thinking about this design all week, but hadn't had a chance to try it until today. The little spider is part of our Halloween cupcake decorations. I'll probably try a few more variations before I get one that I really like.
I really like doing paintball designs with one color for Halloween. I also like the fact that each one is different, and that you don't have any idea when you start what the finished design is going to look like. I like the way these two creatures look like they are fighting with each other while being joined together.
Here's the same basic design as the first cake, the blue one, but done up in fall/Halloween colors. The nice thing about this one is that it will work up through Thanksgiving.
This is my most creative one today, even though it doesn't involve a lot of icing details. It is made almost entirely from cupcake decorations. I started with a cake with chocolate icing so I could get a really black background. Black air brushed onto white icing always looks a little grey. I used a volleyball for the moon and a fence that we stock for whatever for the cat to sit on. I made fluffy icing clouds for the bats and put little tuffs of grass around the pumpkins. The nicest thing about it is that it is easy enough that anyone on the staff will be able to make it from a picture. We'll have to see if we get any orders!
Cloudy and rainy again today, and rather cool. Another good day to be working at a nice inside job with lots of good artifical light. I always thought that I couldn't work if I couldn't see out, but now I can walk in in the morning and not have a clue about what is going on outside until I leave 9 or 10 hours later. I need bright light to feel good, but it doesn't have to be natural light.
My hubby isn't home tonight, so I need to go throw a couple more logs on the fire and get to bed.
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