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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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 Posted - May 12 2007 : 9:41:29 PM
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my daughter taught herself how to make fondant today. and she baked for me a very pretty cake.
check it out on my blog. Even I don't know how to make fondant. gee, I'm lucky if I can even frost the cake to look half way decent..but Naomi blew me away. If she can do this on her first attempt at baking a cake..what can she do when she gets more experience at this?
wow! I am so proud of my sweetheart of a daughter!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - May 12 2007 : 11:48:34 PM
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WOW,
that cake looks really goood.How old is the daughter.
Thats amazing, it looks like a professional job |
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lilpunkin
True Blue Farmgirl
368 Posts
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 13 2007 : 06:38:02 AM
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That is awesome! I was wondering how old she was too! What a great job she did! Looks like you may have a baker/cake decorator on your hands!
Life isn't measured by how many breaths you take, but by how many moments take your breath away. |
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
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Posted - May 13 2007 : 09:31:14 AM
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The daughter is 16, and that was her first attempt at fondant...:D
The daughter also found the recipe for the fondant here : http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm
The daughter also just happens to be very proud of herself right now...:D
Cheers,
~Naomi~
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2007 : 10:17:28 AM
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LOL..yeah my daughter is 16..she's a real sweetheart. And I told her that she can do cakes too if she'd like..along with her sewing.
I don't know if anyone here in town uses the fondant on the cakes..it would be something different around here. The fondant is different..it tasted sweet.
I had heard that fondant can taste like cardboard to some folks, but this kind was sweet and tasted pretty good.
I don't know if she'll want to become a cake gal too or not, but I encourage her in whatever she wants to accomplish.
I am proud of her too.
She is a pretty amazing gal if I do say so myseslf and always tends to surprise me with the things she comes up with.
(maybe I'm doing something right after all)
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com and
http://photosbytina.etsy.com
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threebusybees
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Mandi
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
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Posted - May 13 2007 : 10:38:53 AM
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If she can do fondant properly on her first time that's a gift. Most bakers/pastry chef don't even make it anymore. They bring it in in huge 5 gallon tubs. If it taste good to boot well I'd say " She's a keeper!" She must have gotten all her talent from her mother!
Mandi
" Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler " -Henry David Thoreau |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2007 : 1:53:28 PM
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Very pretty cake Tina! Thanks for sharing and Happy Mother's Day!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2007 : 5:56:30 PM
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Tina, my goodness how beautiful. She did that by herself? She is VERY talented & she is very sweet for doing that.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2007 : 6:58:37 PM
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yes, she did that all by herself..she had my husband take me out of the house for about 3 hrs yesterday so that she could make the cake. And she apparently had been planning it for a while, because she had found a web site that told how to make the fondant from scratch. So she and her dad got the supplies yesterday morning and she spent the afternoon creating that cake.
The fondant was actually quite edible, sort of like a marshmallow flavor of stuff. (I had never had fondant before) but I was quite impressed with the way it could just be molded and shaped.
I can see now why folks like Duff Goldman(Ace of Cakes guy) use the stuff..it's pretty cool.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com and
http://photosbytina.etsy.com
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
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Posted - May 13 2007 : 9:09:50 PM
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Wow that is great! And what a fab surprise for mothers day.
So when are we going to watch on the food network challange?
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Reepicheep
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
1563 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2007 : 2:17:08 PM
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Food network? yeesh...um...keep an eye on the Food channels scedule for the next 20 years or so ;)
naw...I'm just kidding...And really ladies..all these compliments and wows..you should see my head! I mean this morning I had to fix my hair in the bathroom with the huge 3' x 4' mirror ;)instead of my tiny 2'x2' mirror...Just ask mom..she'll say I'm getting a big head too...but no seriously...I know whats wrong with the cake...I see my mistakes on it...haha...the tear on tier two, the petals weren't yellow all the way through, there were a few ripples on the bottom edges of the tiers, should have worked those out...and shame on me...I made a huge mess and forgot to wear an apron, and got powdered sugar down my dark blue skirt...hehe...but it was soo fun to make that cake...I get to make little sisters cake this year for her b-day....YAY! I'm thinking a frog.(we have the cutest cake book, with frogs and castles and stuff all covered in fondant...gonna be soo fun!
Cheers,
~Naomi~
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
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what a lovely surprise
