Comments | acelightning: I've celebrated another birthday!

acelightning

I've celebrated another birthday!

Dec 12, 2018 02:23

I just turned 71, and here's the birthday cake I made for myself. It's in the shape of a five-pointed star, and it's covered with purple edible glitter, adorned with little star-shaped silver candies and purple lightning bolts (pre-made candy painted with purple edible metallic paint). There are seven small silver candles for 70 years, and a large ( Read more... )

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spiffikins December 12 2018, 21:21:06 UTC

Happy Belated Birthday! That's a super fancy cake!

med_cat December 13 2018, 20:45:30 UTC

Cake looks beautiful and sounds delicious :)

Glad you enjoyed making it, and your birthday!

acelightning December 13 2018, 23:58:19 UTC

Thank you, and I did enjoy my birthday, and there's still some cake left - maybe I'll go snack on a small slice ;-)

I enjoy baking and decorating cakes. My son and I are just having an email conversation about a cake for his wife, whose birthday is in March. She loves sunflowers, and I even bought a pan that makes a cake in the shape of a sunflower to make her birthday cakes in, but I mentioned that the edible glitter looks almost like velvet, and I'd like to make a red velvet cake and cover it with red glitter. He mentioned that his wife likes red velvet cake. Then I found a picture online of a breed of sunflowers with dark red petals and a brown center - I could do that with red glitter and chocolate sprinkles ;-)
So now we're plotting to get together on my daughter-in-law's birthday, so I can make that cake. (Of course, if/when I do, I'll post a photo on my LJ/DW.)

med_cat December 14 2018, 17:45:17 UTC

Sounds like a fun and enjoyable project, I'm sure she'd love it :) Looking forward to the photos in March.

acelightning December 14 2018, 22:18:59 UTC

I need to get back to the cake-decorating-supplies place for the red glitter ;-)

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achinhibitor December 16 2018, 17:51:03 UTC

Mmmmm, good, in many ways!

acelightning December 16 2018, 21:39:29 UTC

Yes, it was! I just ate the last little bit of it last night. It was delicious - any cake I make for any reason has to taste as wonderful as possible, and this one re-created my favorite flavor combination from childhood. And I discovered what decorating effects I could get with edible glitter, which is a little bit new to me - I'm always interested in learning new techniques. So 71 turned out to be a great birthday for me :-)

ok, try Super Pearl Luster Dust edible glitter... in booze... catamariner December 25 2018, 23:09:00 UTC

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