So this next cake is for Two Saints, a homeless day center in Southampton where me and five others were involved in a seven week placement for our drama course. We had some highs and most definitely a lot of lows, but we were really sad at the prospect of leaving so we thought it would be nice to do a little something to show them how much we really cared.
A simple chocolate sponge with buttercream was a sure hit as it is a usual favourite. I copied the logo of Two saints , a nice simple design......however....
I had to dye my own black-dye as Sainsbury's loves me so much they decided to run out :( When dying black , especially at such a large quantity it provides problematic as the protein breaks down when worked too much and so it ripped when placing upon the white. Too make matters worse, I had ordered letter cutters and was fuming to realise that they STILL hadn't arrived and so I had to improvise and try and cut them out with a knife....yeah, looks like it as well!I also didn't have quite enough white, so I covered the base with a giant black silk ribbon.
Naturally I wasn't satisfied with the cake, but there was a high turn-out at the center that day and the look on their faces when we started going around with pieces was phenomenal :) I had people we hadn't even spoken to come up to me and thank me for such a delicious cake, and tell me that I should "quit this whole drama bollocks and make cakes!" ...oddly this made my day haha
So I went away with an empty box and a full heart, I was THAT happy I was only slightly annoyed to find out that my letters HAD indeed arrived a few days earlier, my housemate just forgot to tell me!
Until the next disaster....Meg x
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