This week has been a rather busy one, to say the least.
My Mum has been ill for 3 weeks, and is still on the mend. It seems to be a VERY slow process! She has a problem with her right arm and hand remaining, she can hardly move it and it's very painful.
The problem came when I realised that a 3 tier sponge wedding cake had to be ready for collection at 2pm on Friday! She would never be able to 'ruffle' it by herself.
I don't live that close to my Mum, so this presented a slight challenge... I knew she would be ok to bake the cakes, as she's got a big fancy mixer, so that took some pressure off. I had to bunk off work early on Thursday (don't tell on me!!), take Friday off and hot-foot it over there quick!
The good news is, I managed to cover, assemble, and 'ruffle' the cake (and have a quick tidy round) with 12 minutes to spare before collection on Friday - good job they didn't arrive early!! The bride was thrilled, it makes it all worthwhile :-)
I'm afraid I was too pushed for time on this baby to take tutorial pictures on this one, but I hope to show you this technique soon!
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