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Celebration cakes
Thu 3-May-12
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My Mother celebrated her 89th birthday recently, and she has been an avid knitter for as long as I can remember, and for the last 30 years or more, making blankets from knitted squares for charity.

I thought this Jane Asher-inspired cake was ideal for her!

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Thu 3-May-12
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wave Val, that cake is terrific !  Your mother must have been thrilled.  magic as it would be from you.  rose

 

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Thu 3-May-12
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How clever, very different and personal. Great idea

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Thu 3-May-12
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What a fabulous idea Val, well done.  Your mother must have loved it.

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Thu 3-May-12
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wave Val you are so clever.  The cake is terrific. welldone   I am sure your Mum was delighted with such a personal cake.   smile

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Thu 3-May-12
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Very well done Val!  I bet she loved that.  I see you have your 'posterous' back.

I'll try that again!

Thu 3-May-12
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Thanks, girls - yes she was chuffed with it - though had forgotten it by the next day!! Such is life!

Yes, TA, I spent about an hour trying to find out 'how to' - it is so different to how it used to be, and I felt I had to 'second-guess' what I was meant to do. I'll probably have to try to remember how I managed it for next time!! doh

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Write it down love, write it down...

I'll try that again!

Thu 3-May-12
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Okay, Mum ................ laugh  big_hug

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You know it makes sense...wink

I'll try that again!

Sat 5-May-12
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What a labour of love that was, Val. Brilliant result.

I especially love the ball of wool. welldone 

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Thanks Danny - and do you know, it also tasted pretty good, too !!

Who is this in your picture ...... ??? big_laugh   big_laugh

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Ooh look, Danny has come out of hiding!

I'll try that again!

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LOL wink 

Only took me 30 months on the forum eeek

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seems a good thread for me to talk to you all about my efforts over the next 2 weeks  - marzipanning and icing my friend's wedding cake. She dropped off the cakes yesterday, we've talked through and idea, she wants a quite simple design in ivory and 'neals yard' blue.

3 tier stacked cake (not with columns) need to get on with the marzipaning, as that then needs to rest for 4-5 days, I'm out tomorrow night so means I need to get on with it on wednesday night...crumbs, feel a bit nervous now.

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