The Worlds Oldest Profession

And so I have a confession, not something I’m proud of though nor am I ashamed, at some point necessity and the seductive lure of the demon dollar strikes us all. It all started around Christmas, Livvy needed a pink tea set and Jack needed lego, always with the lego and when I was asked it all seemed so innocent, how bout doin’ something Christmassy for me luv? And so I did, and then there were birthdays, and more birthdays and now I’m in and I don’t know if I’ll ever get out again.

Ladies and Gentleman, I’ve been making cakes for money, yes that’s right, I’m a cake whore. This all started really because I was bringing in my practice cakes that I was making for the show to work and people kept telling me to sell them. Since the show ended I haven’t stopped despite my determinations and now it’s a freakin cottage industry. Not that I’m complaining mind, thought this was never something I’d seen myself doing there’s a reason I’ve kept doing it. It’s like painting but with icing and I kinda like the idea of making temporary art, I realize that might sound somewhat pretentious but I have to say honestly I really don’t care, it is a kind of art and the fact that its fleeting makes me feel more willing to try different things with it because I know that there will always be another chance to try again.
It’s an entirely different and less forgiving branch of cooking requiring me to be more focused on what I’m doing, certainly in the preparation of things. There’s a little amount of leeway sure but ultimately you have to follow a recipe, experimentation really only works when you know the rules as far as sweet baking goes. What I really get out of it though is the decoration, I got myself a bunch of Wiltons colour gels so it really does feel like mixing up paint and I’ve broken myself of my fear of the piping bag thought I still need a bunch more practice, I have all my little decorating accoutrements collected in a box that I can just take out and delve into whenever a project comes up.
I’ve got a few little girls birthdays coming up but the next big one is an Alice in Wonderland themed party for a 31st which I’m really looking forward to. Recipes and photos will follow there I can assure you.
I promise I’ll be posting again shortly because I’m working on something at the moment and you don’t really get a recipe out of this one because I’ve given you my cake recipe before but you will get photos, lots of photos, one of which is of my darling niece Kate who turned one recently and no recipe could top that surely.