tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63541731148836636242023-11-16T08:00:42.162-08:00bakey cakeliciousBetty and Martha take on the ultimate challenge: recreating every cake in the one and only bible of birthday cake goodness, the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book. Two girls, one book, 106 cakes.Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-61622204530755777772011-07-01T21:48:00.000-07:002011-07-02T18:51:58.522-07:00blog amnesty post: recent cakelicious adventures of Martha*OK so it's been a while since either of us updated this blog, and while I wouldn't say we've kept powering through the cakes, we haven't exactly stopped.
So, here are some recent cakes from The Book:
Lion (a twist on the theme - he's savoury! made from cheese, corn and chive muffin baked into a square, with a mane of sausage rolls)
Next on the list is Olly Elephant, a vanilla butter cakeCakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-15494368806117929182011-02-27T01:23:00.000-08:002011-02-27T01:37:43.273-08:00Quarter of a centruryMilestones are by nature a cause for celebration, and for sister Betty, 25 years was cause for a par-tay!Now I have noticed that the numbers have been unaccounted for to date, so I thought I’d knock out two cakes at once (three if you count the fact the decoration is from the number 10 cake) and go with a 2 and a 5.Being a wonderful sister, I totally forgot I had offered to bake until the Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-81058034337138347572011-02-27T01:20:00.000-08:002011-02-27T01:20:26.564-08:00In celebration of our nation<!--StartFragment-->
In the last few years, Australia Day has been growing, but this year, it seems to have reached a whole new level. Little flags were flying on utes and micro cars everywhere. (Apparently a freebie in the Herald Sun goes a long way.)On a side note, it’s interesting how strong our attachment to a symbol from our past. Which is probably going to get new again with the royal Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-71751781339269652852011-02-25T15:33:00.000-08:002011-02-25T15:33:51.670-08:00Professional CourtesyHappy Birthday Dan - the shark was billed as "smiley" in The Book, but my version (not unusually) turned out angry. However, who's ever seen a shark with eyelashes? Not me.
The prototype:
(sorry about the reflection)
The work in progress:
And, finally, the end product:
Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-37961396278295852912011-01-29T14:23:00.000-08:002011-01-29T14:23:30.471-08:00Off with her head!This latest installment comes from "something for everyone" and is called the Cake of Hearts. I decided to make this for Gma Martha's 92nd birthday, and the subsequent cakeslide was just a taster for the whole evening.
Being lazy and also incapable of making a successful sponge, I should admit upfront that not only did I not have the dexterity to carve the round sponge into a heart shape as per Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-51546346715831266852011-01-15T20:14:00.000-08:002011-01-15T20:14:11.594-08:00the telephone gameHow is this for an embarrassing admission... back in the day, I went to a few "Girls' Brigade" meetings *blush*. Even more embarrassing - it was just now when I looked up where the apostrophe goes in that organisation's name that I realised it is Christian.
Anyway, one of the games we played, apart from "Who stole the cookie..." was the telephone game. Which involved pretty much the same thing Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-69733204242484893102011-01-08T04:43:00.000-08:002011-01-08T04:43:23.451-08:00Timothy Tiger<!--StartFragment-->
For Timothy Tiger’s namesake’s birthday, it was time to pounce!
One small problem however – I had no eggs. Cakes need eggs. Multiple eggs. Even packet mixes.
Google to the rescue: chocolate cake no eggs. Millions of results. So I chose the first one.
Which turned out to be great (despite questionable vinegar ingredient); moist and soooooooo yummy!
Only catch to the Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-79531691993674705182011-01-08T04:37:00.000-08:002011-01-08T04:37:58.317-08:00This cake is bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S<!--StartFragment-->
With so much going on in the lead-up to Christmas, baking had taken a bit of a back seat. But with a cake promised for Miss N’s b’day, it was time for Betty to get her nose into the Birthday Cake Book.
On the time poor note, ‘three easy cakes’ looked the most appealing, however Coles didn’t have any farm animals or Indians. Improvisations had to be made. Starting with the Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-1978685307783198992010-12-07T04:40:00.000-08:002010-12-07T04:40:00.335-08:00I, RobotAfter the abysmal failure that was the jolly jelly cake (a plague o'er both your houses, Aeroplane Jelly), I attempted a different cake tonight that turned out marginally better.
Robert Robot - in this case, Richard Robot.
I didn't have any blue colouring but using my new favourite product, Wilton concentrated colour gel, I made him purple instead.
He was really just a square all trimmed up Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-46568480764804858732010-11-02T00:18:00.000-07:002010-11-02T00:20:30.817-07:00Girls with bangs*First things first - happy birthday, Blunt Angel and Syke-O!
Secondly, let me explain the title of the post - the cake is called "the good witch", which to me says "white witch" (as in, white magic), and she has bangs* (well, musk sticks but let's not be too particular), which to me says "Stuff White People Like".
meh, a joke explained is never funny...
Anyway, to celebrate Halloween, and the Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-36966405318224508532010-10-25T12:59:00.000-07:002010-10-26T18:52:11.584-07:00The Champs-Élysées is a busy street....Even though the chapter in The Book from which this cake comes is called "for boys", today we welcome back SW, who is most definitely not a boy.
We did have some debate in our team over whether we should make the "sports car" or the "racing car", but popular opinion chose the sports car and who am I to argue with popular opinion?
So the prototype for the day's efforts:
I have to say, this is Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-68150869950831066582010-10-19T04:03:00.000-07:002010-10-20T03:51:54.698-07:00Fame is corruptingOr is that power? Either way, I'm squeaky clean.
Betty and I have had our first taste of stardom, including the paparazzi. My work has an internal newsletter and Bakey Cakelicious rated a menion. Hurrah!
It was good for a giggle, anyway...
Something else that's good for a giggle? This webcomic, funniest thing I've read in ages.Who knew what magic you could weave with stick figures!
HyperboleCakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-46286046703568825082010-10-18T04:51:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:51:53.176-07:00The friendly ghostWhat could be fitting to farewell another office fav, and a big fan of the baking?
The ghost jumped out at me as the perfect treat for someone who was disappearing from our ranks!
Another last-minute baking effort meant packet mix, (loving the excuse that the book actually recommends them!) and two beautiful butter cakes were selected and whipped into one large rectangular tin.
With no time to Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-36244053953906295242010-10-18T04:47:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:47:58.365-07:00Cake takes flight<!--StartFragment-->
(Two cakes to go, and I am determined to get there!)
Over the past five weeks, I had been so lucky to be part of a fantastic leadership program under the inspired coachings of the lovely George and Simon.
I had promised the group a cake the previous week, (I even bought gluten-free flour for Kate!) but was overcome with too many late nights!
Down to the wire and the final Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-26955934363112047742010-10-18T04:45:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:45:51.128-07:00Footy fever<!--StartFragment-->
Two Melbourne teams were in the grand final and Melbourne was all a-hype!
Having scored some free tix to the previous weeks’ convincing victory over Geelong, I was back out and proud as a pies supporter and ready for a big win!
Watching the first grand-final undid all good yoga relaxation work of the morning, despite feeling sick, it was impossible not to be on the Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-64299760524139632032010-10-18T04:42:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:42:22.761-07:00A monster for my fav little monster<!--StartFragment-->
T’was the birthday of my little Saraj, and only something outrageous would do! It came down to the jelly cake or the monster. (I decided the jelly cake would be a bit too difficult to take to the pub.)
This cake needed to be just as ugly inside, so I decided that rather than a cake I would bake hedgehog slice. (The rectangular tin was also the perfect shape for the “Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-13526354840896892872010-10-18T04:36:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:55:00.410-07:00Aaargh! Tis the pirate!
Talk like a pirate challenge: accepted! 19 September be always a favourite on me calendar – International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
If you haven’t discovered this website already, it be worth a look – me fav part be t' pirate translator. (I actually once even submitted a resignation in pirate speak … ) "
So talk like a pirate day was on t' Sunday, and I had it all ready t' take into work onCakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-27764987518328905732010-10-18T04:30:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:30:03.112-07:00Nobody mention the pink elephant in the room<!--StartFragment-->
Ahhh the day to bake my way to a payrise … the boss’s birthday! Sadly, I failed on that account, it might have had something to do with the fact that I didn’t actually bake and cheated by buying two Coles choc mud cakes. (He did say they were his favourites!)
It was all relatively easy from there, some clever cutting and the elephant quickly took shape, while pink coconut Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-70238739972408888672010-10-18T04:25:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:25:04.809-07:00Farewell to a clown<!--StartFragment-->
It doesn’t take long for the farewells to roll around, and before we knew it we were saying goodbye to Arnie! That left me with a Thursday night dilemma of what to make, and again, I went with the simple option, that could be made out of one round butter cake (which was in the freezer from the last baking session!)
A few improvisations were made in lieu of decorations I Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-9183745732137441122010-10-18T04:19:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:19:25.754-07:00Little miss muffet<!--StartFragment-->
Back to work after three blissful weeks of holiday and it was time to get back to baking.
I must admit the back to work blues meant I wasn’t very inspired, but when Aaron brought me in a spider, I really couldn’t put it off any longer!
I chose little miss muffet because it seemed the simplest – one round cake, plus a bonus cupcake for miss muffet’s tuffet! I didn’t really Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-83000283098619736292010-10-18T04:06:00.000-07:002010-10-18T04:06:21.158-07:00Run, run as fast as you can … !<!--StartFragment-->
Ok, so you may (or may not) have noticed that I am a bit behind in my blogging. Ten cakes behind to be precise - time to catch up in a hurry!
July 2010 – The gingerbread man
The focus of July’s baking challenge was on a BIG gingerbread biscuit. It had been years since I had last made gingerbread men, and I had certainly never made one as big!
Following the gingerbread Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-9538887489716368292010-10-18T03:16:00.000-07:002010-10-18T03:16:46.227-07:00I sphinx it's a pyramidI (Martha) strayed once again from the book into, as Mr Graham would say, "avant garde" territory today, to welcome back a much-missed member of our team, Wilson.
Since Wilson returned today from her Egyptian holiday, the really happy frood in our team convinced me (after a brief debate about the differences between iced vovos and strawberry mallow biscuits which ended in my defeat) to Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-88317189618861684532010-10-06T22:43:00.000-07:002010-10-11T19:51:31.761-07:00Boom boom sexy time (Happy Birthday Tricky)Today marks the momentous occasion of Tricky’s birth, 21 years ago. On that day, in 1989, did Ma Tricky realise what a lad she was about to raise? What a devastatingly handsome, debonair, smooth ladies’ man she had?
Probably not.
I think everybody is a bit perplexed by my (Martha) choice of cake decoration. It is a replica of this cake that I first found on Cake Wrecks and thought was just odd Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-88319807002183780612010-09-20T18:30:00.000-07:002010-10-11T19:52:19.442-07:00Duh.... I'm the captain. My son is Bart*Sunday 19 September was International Talk Like a Pirate Day and to celebrate, Betty and I decided to bake the sad pirate cake in The Book. I can’t speak to Betty’s experience, but I found him really quite easy – the only issue being my own stupidity. You see, I baked the cake (thank you, Green’s Classic Chocolate cake mix) and made the amateur mistake of trying to carve out the pirate hat while Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354173114883663624.post-78087086948283114922010-09-05T20:29:00.000-07:002010-10-11T19:53:07.977-07:00Arriving on a jet planeToday marked the momentous occasion of The Big Boss's return. Not that there was much to return to - no election results and no government. However, there was new carpet and there was a cake, which always makes things better!
I asked the gang at work what cake we should use as inspiration for LVV's return and we decided on the "jet plane" (I say "jet plane" because it looks more like a cartoon Cakelicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846988891541326567noreply@blogger.com0