The Open Pantry: Bee Birthday Cake

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Bee Birthday Cake

I love making cakes! It is sooo much fun and so relaxing (unless you have a deadline and get to stay up until 3 or 4 in the morning . . . still learning how long some things take . . .) or if your fondant will not cooperate . . . or if it takes 10 times as long as you think it will . . . or if something happends to it during delivery . . . . but other than that it is a delight!

I was super excited to find out that one of the ladies that I visiting teach is having a birthday today (!!!) so I made her a cake!

The bees were fun to make and I was beyond thrilled that my marshmallow fondant was the PERFECT consistency! Oh Happy Day!!!

I hope that you have a Happy Birthday Jen!!!

10 comments:

Frieda Loves Bread said...: That is waaaayy too cute! Ü

You are so talented, Emaline...you should do a tutorial and help us~; August 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Brandi said...: So cute Em! You need to open a cake business girl!; August 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Unknown said...: ok seriously! So stinkin' cute!; August 12, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Marie Rayner said...: What a sweet cake Emaline! I wish you were my visiting teacher!! xxoo; August 12, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Kaitlin said...: That is too cute!!; August 13, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Katie M. said...: another knock out cake from your talented hands. it's so pretty.; August 13, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Cara said...: Holy Cow! I've been perusing this blog and I'm so impressed! I cannot make my cakes pretty no matter WHAT I do! I tried a simple layer cake for Marin's first birthday and ended up pretty much in tears!!! I'd love some tips on how to frost a cake without crumbling the whole thing up. I'll definitely be trying some of these recipes. I can't wait!; August 18, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Julie said...: That's just so cute..you're so talented!; August 30, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Gourmified said...: SOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!!; September 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Jen said...: It was so cute! I loved it thank you so much it made my day!; October 6, 2009 at 4:04 PM

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By:Emily
I am thankful for the times when our dinner table is surrounded by familiar faces, where extra chairs are brought in and the place settings vary due to the great number gathered. I am grateful for the stories reminisced and the examples set for posterity. I marvel at the spread before us and smile knowing that it was made with love from recipes shared and passed around for generations. It is moments like this where the sound of laughter bouncing off the walls and excited voices ringing throughout the room make me most thankful for what I have and who I am.

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be along time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

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