I really thought I'd be able to join my friend at Loop today, where Erika Knight was doing a signing of her new book. I need to exchange some yarn, so thought 'Yes, definitely, I'll be there. Of course I'll have all the housework done in time."
The moment of truth?
When I rushed decorating this cake (made to take to our friends' house tomorrow) and turned the delicate chocolate shavings into chocolate icing, as the cake was nowhere near cool enough. And that was with about half the tidying done. So I decided that perhaps a little less haste was in order.
Mind you, I still think it's going to taste good. And tomorrow I'll be buying a small bar of Green & Blacks to redecorate.
And then I do think that these look much prettier - however, I'm not convinced that they're cooked! This may just be culinary paranoia. But if presentation is everything, then these will win the battle. However I'm pretty sure the cake is going to win the war.
I love those sprinkles on the cupcakes...I got some great pumpkin-shaped sprinkles for our Halloween playdate last weekend - I guess they're an American thing!
Posted by: denise | Monday, 30 October 2006 at 15:52