I was supposed to make a cake for the fair tomorrow. I was making a Mardi Gras cake. I had the beads and mask already made out of gumpaste. Then, last night:
1)My two year old broke the mask. I had just enough gumpaste to make another, but it still isn't dry and I need to paint it with luster dusts. Lesson learned: Make more than one of the things that are critical for the cake.
2) Just after I had finished baking the cakes last night, our power went out, and stayed out until this morning. My husband was supposed to be taking the cakes out of the pans for me, but when the lights went out, he forgot one. One of my cakes stuck and crumbled. No oven available to bake another. No way to make buttercream or fondant for today.
Today: the power comes back on, but I would have to spend all day baking another cake, making the icing and fondant, and just hope that the mask dries in time for me to paint it. Add two children under six to this mix, a husband who is itching to work on his projects for a change, and a cakemaker who isn't feeling so well.
Decision time: Do I spend the day being frantic and trying to get the kids to leave me alone or do I throw in the towel and pay attention to my kids, give the kitchen a thorough cleaning after yesterday's cake, let my husband work on the basement remodel and rest so I get well?
I opted to not make the cake. I feel sad, but it's not like I HAD to do it. Next year, I will be more prepared and hopefully the power won't go out.
1)My two year old broke the mask. I had just enough gumpaste to make another, but it still isn't dry and I need to paint it with luster dusts. Lesson learned: Make more than one of the things that are critical for the cake.
2) Just after I had finished baking the cakes last night, our power went out, and stayed out until this morning. My husband was supposed to be taking the cakes out of the pans for me, but when the lights went out, he forgot one. One of my cakes stuck and crumbled. No oven available to bake another. No way to make buttercream or fondant for today.
Today: the power comes back on, but I would have to spend all day baking another cake, making the icing and fondant, and just hope that the mask dries in time for me to paint it. Add two children under six to this mix, a husband who is itching to work on his projects for a change, and a cakemaker who isn't feeling so well.
Decision time: Do I spend the day being frantic and trying to get the kids to leave me alone or do I throw in the towel and pay attention to my kids, give the kitchen a thorough cleaning after yesterday's cake, let my husband work on the basement remodel and rest so I get well?
I opted to not make the cake. I feel sad, but it's not like I HAD to do it. Next year, I will be more prepared and hopefully the power won't go out.
Next year, I will kick their butts! 
