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after having to make two extra batches of frosting (and bake two carrot cakes, since the first one didnt come out of the pan in one piece) i finished the roller skate cakes for steph's parents 25th anniversary party. it was friday night after working all week and she was coming to pick up the cakes in the morning. i felt good, i packed them up and sealed the box. then jeremy came to look at them and said... "uh babe? the black skate fell over. i told you carrot cake was too dense to stand up." thanks for the i told you so after the fact.

thankfully steph liked the look of the cake on its side - looked like a pair of skates that someone had just casually tossed on the floor. we refrosted teh smooshed parts, iced a dozen cupcakes, and went to bed. the cakes (and chocolate candies we made last week) were a huge hit at the party. the skates looked like the skates her parents used to have when they were first together and used to roller skate all the time. aw!

so my first cake baking/decorating experience in new hampshire was successful, if not exactly how i imagined it would be. and i'm happy because they were happy!

steph came over sunday afternoon so we could work on cakes and candies for her parents 25th wedding anniversaryparty this coming saturday. we finished up all the candies: chocolate lollipops shaped like roller skates, boats, and bowling pins because that's what her parents like to do. we baked one cake and made the icing (thank you gma koci for telling me what recipe to use!)for the cakes. all in all it was very productive. we also managed to watch some of the patriots football game. although i will remain a bucs fan until i die, apparently i am also now a patriots fan.

she borrowed jeremy's apron so we could take a twinsie picture... :D