Hi! Welcome to the online home of the future "The Little Blue Teapot" I'm currently studying to be a teacher (teaching English as a foreign language) but deep down I've always wanted to bake. But not only that I wanted to be a cake decorator, so rather than drop everything at the drop of a hat (especially considering Uni fee rates!!) I decided to learn it on the side, in the hope that that one day , when I'm older I'll be able to do something with it. So here you are, tracking my progress from the person who is obsessed with all things Buddy Valastro (Cake Boss) with a side order of Duff (Ace of Cakes) to someone who could be classed as an accomplished decorator. I know for a fact it will be full of disasters....


Saturday, 18 June 2011

Chessboards, dodgeballs and the PG Tips monkey

 Chessboards, Dodgeballs and the PG Tips monkey

I was a bit stuck at what kind of cake to make for my BF for our one year anniversary (we had decided to make things rather than buy anything) but as we were playing chess I had an idea. I would make a chess board (one of his favourite games) and then make his favourite things as the other chess pieces.

Items made:

Jacket potato Cheese and beans 
Dodgeballs as the pawns (They are the yellow ball thingies)
Salvador Dali clock  
Tennis Racket and Ball
Assassins creed Logo  
Books
Sketchpad      
 Ipod              Apocolypto


 PG Tips money with a
dodgeball septre
                                                                     


The cake was a simple vanilla sponge, with jam and butter cream. Covering the cake in white was nice and simple, but I didn't quite think about the logistics of the black squares and so they were not as straight or aligned as planned but it's abstract right?

This was my first go at making models and I have to say I was really proud of myself, especially monkey, this is about three inches tall. He loved the cake and I believe he still has his favourite pieces still wrapped in a box to preserve them :)

Until the next disaster...Meg x

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