Day 7 - three birthdays = three cakes

13 July 2010

This morning at 6am I only had the carrot cake ready... the pavlova was sitting sadly naked (meringue only) in the oven while the yoghurt bavarian needed the berry additions... and I needed to transport all three cakes safely to work...  

PAVLOVA WITH A LOT OF FRUITS

So many July babies in the office!! Three birthday cake orders for the same day... crazy! I don't think I sleep anymore.

The plan was to make some things over the weekend, but baking was the one thing I didn't feel like doing AT ALL! So I left it till last night...

Today must've been healthy tuesday!

Irish Dave wanted a Pavlova - apparently it's his favourite food. I didn't tell him I've never made a pavlova before incase he changed his mind. It was interesting to finally make one! It's simple yet takes a lot of oven time and patience. Not to mention how fragile the meringue is to transport and I'm sure it squealed a few times on the way to work (while I drove one handedly trying to balance the two other cakes!).

Dave was thoroughly happy with his cake, and I was just happy the centre was still there! It's been experiments for the past two nights testing out things for the first time... I get nervous when it's serving time.

CARROT CAKE IN SESAME STREET OUTFIT 

Ian said he doesn't like a lot of icing on cakes, but cream cheese icing on Carrot Cakes is not considered "icing" to him. So I made a carrot cake from Dorie Greenspan's book that I've been working my way through. The cake looks hairy with the roasted coconut shreds that I decided to dress it up in - reminds me of a sesame street character.

Ian missed his own birthday morning tea coming out of a meeting late but here's a photo to prove it was there.

YOGHURT BAVARIAN WITH MIXED BERRIES

Katharina's order description was "Something refreshing and healthy"... Knowing she likes fruits and is quite health conscious. I ended up making this yoghurt bavarian with mixed berries using low fat greek yoghurt! Possibly the skinniest cake so far! Yet another first attempt and I hope it tasted alright.

Katharina also missed the morning tea... and didn't see the cake before it vanished. Probably a good thing that level 3 people didn't all come down or there wouldn't have been enough for everyone.

and a shot taken in between chaos...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE, IAN AND KATHARINA!
AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY BIRTHDAY CAMPAIGN!

Amount raised today $50x3 = $150


I really neeeeeed to sleep tonight!!!!!!!!! but naomi came by and said I need to update my blog.......