The Cake Arrives

I asked her if Ace of Cakes had changed her business? Then I complained how so much of their cakes wasn’t edible. “It’s like construction,” she said. Totally.

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stef-birthday-cake-2.jpgI drove into the garage a few moments before midnight. That made it a few minutes before Stef’s birthday too.

The cake was on the floor in front of the passenger seat in Helaine’s 4Runner. I walked around the car, opened the door and got the three candles. I lit a match, then the candles, fondled the cake gently in my arms and walked into the house. I am not coordinated. Happy birthday Stefanie.

The cake itself wasn’t without logistical problems. It was made, as have Stef’s birthday cakes for nearly 20 years, by Cindy at Cakeworks in Hamden. We couldn’t get to her before her shop closed so I arranged a rendezvous, but the cake shifted as she transported it. The letters at the bottom were smudged. She called a ‘do-over’ and I drove to her home on my way home from work.

I asked her if Ace of Cakes had changed her business? Then I complained how so much of their cakes wasn’t edible. “It’s like construction,” she said. Totally.

All of this cake is cake or icing…. except the dog. She’s made of fondant (a word I had never heard until tonight).

The cake is fashioned after a cupcake. Those are full size candles on top. It’s a full size cake! Cindy told me three layers and I take her word for it, though you can see every exquisite exterior inch is frosted.

Happy birthday Stef. Many happy returns.

4 thoughts on “The Cake Arrives”

  1. It’s a lovely cake!! How creative! Hope Stef enjoyed it…Cake baking is a gift. I once made a “Mary’s Little Lamb” cake on a hot day. To the horror of the children, the lamb collapsed into the green coconut grass…It was just ugly,..No one asks me to bake anymore….

  2. It’s a lovely cake!! How creative! Hope Stef enjoyed it…Cake baking is a gift. I once made a “Mary’s Little Lamb” cake on a hot day. To the horror of the children, the lamb collapsed into the green coconut grass…It was just ugly,..No one asks me to bake anymore….

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