I'm feeling a lot better today, my throat is not sore, although I do have a bit of a headache which does not want to shift. Seems as though I don't have the nasty bug Dave has, thankfully! He went to a Walk- in Medical Center yesterday in London, the doctor listened to his chest looked down his throat and agreed he had what everyone else has, and prescribed 1 teaspoon of honey mixed with 1 gram of Turmeric 2-3 times a day.......... After a bit of research on good old google Dave decided to give it a try, he's had 2 doses and says he feels much better. Who would have thought it? I'm waiting to see if his teeth and tongue turn yellow!!!!!!!
Well the two Christmas cakes are decorated, one for us no photograph, it's just iced with no decoration. Becky and James' cake has a bit of decoration but very minimal. I should be ashamed really, when we deliver it on Christmas day I'll have to smuggle it out of here. My next door neighbour is the niece of the tutor I had a college, if she sees it and tells him, well I don't know what he'd say...........
I have just piped dots onto the icing and used gold leaf here and there, I've never used it before but thought I'd give it a go as I don't own any food colouring. I did think about adding some acrylic paint to the icing but thought twice ( that is a joke by the way)!
Jacqueline told me a story today ( I hope she doesn't mind me sharing it) She was in a cake decorating shop buying bits to decorate her cake, (take a look at her blog Charlotte's cake is lovely) another customer was buying edible glitter and said to the assistant "I didn't know you could buy the edible stuff, I usually just put craft glitter over cakes" The assistant was astounded and said "you don't eat it do you?". "Yes it just passes through". I can always rely on Jacqueline to make me laugh and cheer me up. Moral of this story is all that glitters is not edible!!!!!! The gold leaf is.
I like minimal cakes, so much so that ours is so minimal this year we do not have one.....Seriously, though yours looks good enough to eat. Why do people put glitter on cakes? I can see the point on Christmas Cards, but cakes? I like the gold leaf though, that has class.
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas cake is beautiful and so elegant. I'd feel guilty putting the knife in to cut the first slice. Loved the glitter story.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of your cake, very elegant. I haven't made Christmas cake his year.;0(
ReplyDeleteIt would only happen to Jacky. Glad you are feeling better, not sure about Dave's mixture though. Let us know about the staining.
ReplyDeleteYet another gorgeous cake Miriam. You certainly do have more style than me. We both have the imagination but mine gets distracted on the way!
ReplyDeleteLaughing out loud at your glitter story... I think your cake is very elegant and beautiful.
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