From Scratch Or Cake Mixes?

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maisie73 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 8:49pm
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AGood luck with that cake baby, bet it's disgusting! I love that you're ashamed of it btw! :-D

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 8:57pm
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ACakebaby, cant wait to find out what you think of it!!

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:28pm
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Good luck with that cake baby, bet it's disgusting!
I love that you're ashamed of it btw! icon_biggrin.gif

So afraid my children will find out......I feel like Peter Barlow should have felt when he was cheating on Carla. Hey, it might be gorgeous I only need an egg and some water and voila!

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:29pm
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AMmm, nice!!!!!

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:35pm
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Cakebaby, cant wait to find out what you think of it!!

Well nannycook I have eaten one of those things in a cardboard box in a little cellophene packet (the ones that will not burst and you have to bite)

I ate that once at a wake for someone I didn't much care for when they were breathing.

It was a Scottish wake so my memory is hazy owing to the drinking to the memory etc etc, but I'm sure I remember smirking and thinking how the dear departed would have hated the cake.

But it might be better than that?

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:37pm
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ASo it that thumbs up then?

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MBalaska Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:41pm
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^^ no. Some people are paying for a beautifully decorated cake they don't really care if it's boxed or scratch as long as it tastes good.

 

and the great majority of todays Americans don't know the difference, and think that box is the standard.

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:44pm
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Oh no,the wake one was horrible but it was already baked , you know those tiny little things in square boxes that supermarkets sell? Memory Lane or Farmhouse Bake or some such pretend wholesome names.

 no my box mix will be made tomorrow when I'm in alone and can shut the curtains, crack my egg and measure out my water in peace.

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:45pm
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AI find it strange that the taste isnt as important as the look!

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:47pm
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AOh the suspense, can I wait I ask myself? Till tomorrow then!

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:52pm
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Oh the suspense, can I wait I ask myself? Till tomorrow then!

Yip, straight after Jeremy Kyle, I hate him with a passion so that should get my blood up and I'll be ready for anything....also it feels appropriate I'm going to dedicate my cake to Jeremy and make a gumpaste tattooed bouncer to put on the top......I may not put a shirt on him, I do like the tattooed bouncer.

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:56pm
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ACakebaby I have such a photo in my mind now, I wont be able to sleep with the thought of shirtless Jeremy Kyle! I'm creased Sat her really you're so hilarious!

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 9:58pm
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No nannycook....the big bald bouncer! I would clothe Jeremy from head  to foot in combat fatigues...he's horrible! However the bouncer is easy on the eye.x

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:01pm
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AOh oh sorry totally read that wrong, gotta watch it now to see said hunky bouncer!!

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:05pm
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Yes he's the one who stops the fighting between the mother who slept with her son's boyfriend's father's mother when they fail the lie detector about who stole the bingo money from the blind man?

He's nice.I think his name is Steve x

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:06pm
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I find myself making a lot of gumpaste Steve's in various outfits I've devised for him.

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:12pm
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AStop, I'm wetting myself here, and getting strange looks from hubby as to why I'm laughing my socks off at my phone.

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:22pm
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I may make a little gumpaste top hat for him and a little cane so he can dance like "putting on the ritz".

I've never done Doc Martens before in gumpaste but then I'm saving on gumpaste for the shirt?

I think it may be a sweet little cake either way.

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nannycook Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:24pm
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AThis is too funny!!!

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maisie73 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:32pm
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ACake baby what on earth is wrong with Jeremy vile?! I think he provides a much needed service for the poor and hard done by. How else could they afford lie detector and paternity tests? I don't think he's a greasy, slimey hypocrite who exploits desperate people to get a few more viewers so he can get more money to gamble away at the bookies at all!

(Yes nanny, everything I said about being kind and not judging people goes out the window where he's concerned!)

I've had my phone on charge for a bit so just had a catch up, I've been laughing out loud at you and nanny!

P.S I'd love to see some photos of Steve the hunky bouncer in some of his outfits! You've no idea of the images that conjured up in my head!

P.P.S I think that sponge mix might be a waste of an egg!

In fact it'll probably be a waste of good water!

I'll be back in the morning for the next instalment, G'nite. :-)

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:36pm
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Nice to get a wee laugh before bedtime isn't it? I'm off to bed now to draw a few sketches of my cake and topper before turning in.

It's a serious project though I've been tossing these artistic ideas around.

Steve is rather musclebound so I'm thinking I may need some of those rice crispy fellows to save on the GP?

No point being stingy about his attire if I'm going to use oodles of the stuff on his arms and chest?

And he's a big lad as you'll see yourself nannycook if you tune in tomorrow, well over 6 feet and I was hoping to get a few more roses out of the GP I've got left.

 

Good night sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite xx

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cakebaby2 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:38pm
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Cake baby what on earth is wrong with Jeremy vile?! I think he provides a much needed service for the poor and hard done by. How else could they afford lie detector and paternity tests?
I don't think he's a greasy, slimey hypocrite who exploits desperate people to get a few more viewers so he can get more money to gamble away at the bookies at all!

(Yes nanny, everything I said about being kind and not judging people goes out the window where he's concerned!)

I've had my phone on charge for a bit so just had a catch up, I've been laughing out loud at you and nanny!

P.S I'd love to see some photos of Steve the hunky bouncer in some of his outfits! You've no idea of the images that conjured up in my head!

P.P.S I think that sponge mix might be a waste of an egg!

In fact it'll probably be a waste of good water!

I'll be back in the morning for the next instalment, G'nite. icon_smile.gif

I have an idea for it that wont waste water?

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maisie73 Posted 10 Jun 2014 , 10:54pm
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AOk, I can't go to sleep before I know what your idea is!

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AZCouture Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 1:11am
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AY'all are hilarious!

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cakebaby2 Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 6:10am
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Ok, I can't go to sleep before I know what your idea is!

The clue was in my reply?

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cakebaby2 Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 6:18am
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Y'all are hilarious!

Oh I love that accent, I'd love a Texan drawl sadly I sound like Billy Connelly before he got posh. Used to live quite near him back in the day.

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nannycook Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 6:30am
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ACakebaby, are you up and ready with your water and egg??

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cakebaby2 Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 6:43am
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Waiting for the water, but the egg is here, its still warm the hen just laid it. I've got 6 Rhode Island Reds and I've just let them out.

I'm going to conduct this experiment scientifically and follow the directions on the box to the letter.

Gum paste Steve is hardening nicely and I decided to go for the string vest look rather than the top hat look. It will give me a chance to practice my piping skills?

I've an edible pen for the tattoos (he's heavily tattooed but having never seen his actual torso in real life I've gone for a bit of artistic licence on his chest)

I'm quite looking forward to this little project.x

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nannycook Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 7:09am
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AGum paste Steve, now thats something dont see everyday! Cant wait.

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cakebaby2 Posted 11 Jun 2014 , 7:17am
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Well the lifesize one only lasted ten days (I kept him in the basement) for practice you understand....with the outfits?

I kept Squires Kitchen well in the black with that project let me tell you.

 

It wasn't a total success as bits kept falling off him, though to be fair I may have been a little rough with the smoothers,but that was a learning curve..never wasted.

Then there's the flies in warm weather, its been muggy hasn't it nannycook?

 

The mini ones tend to last a little longer.

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