It never ceases to amaze me how fast time can fly; has it really been nearly 2 months since I last posted! The end of the year has always been the busiest time of the year at my day job, and not surprisingly it has become the busiest time of the year in my cake world. In addition to birthdays and Christmas, 'tis the season for TLS's "Dickens by Candlelight" production. A lovely interpretation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". For me it meant providing enough cupcakes and Christmas cake to keep 5 audiences happy during the intervals. That translates to about 300 cupcakes and 150 portions of Christmas cake over a 4 day period. More than once that meant baking after I finally got home at about 10pm. Sleep became a coveted luxury!
In addition to all that I provided a cast party cake for the cast and crew. I had all kinds of grand ideas as to what it would look like, but in the end time, or more precisely the lack thereof, dictated the outcome. I was so busy that I never even took pictures of the cake, let alone all the cupcakes and Christmas cake.
So instead I've posted pictures of this year's Christmas cakes. The snowman is an Alan Dunn design and provided the theme for this year's Christmas orders. Seven of these cakes were made this year, with slight variations to the theme. The poinsettia cake was a labour of love and ambition for my parents. I shipped this cake to Finland and hope to goodness it arrived in one piece!
Finally, the bauble cake was our family cake for this year. It was a rush job done on Christmas eve morning but I love how it came out. I took inspiration for the side design from my daughter's cardigan and the rest sort of evolved by itself.
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