Wednesday, August 9, 2017

I got four cakes done today – well the fourth one is still in the oven – but I’ll only net three and a half! No, we weren’t sampling. The second cake of the day was baked in my new bundt cake pan and it didn’t come out of the pan very well. I managed to save half of it; if there is time left before Sunday, and after the rest of my baking is done, I may make another one. The cakes this afternoon were all done in my old pan and the first one, at least, came out just fine.

It’s amazing what you can get done while the cake is baking. I would wash all my dishes, prep all the ingredients for the second cake and then do a little work. I managed a very little bit of cleaning, and I got ready for a sewing session tomorrow afternoon. After the morning cakes were done and before I started the afternoon session I went shopping – I needed more flour so picked up a few of the things that were on my list for Saturday.

About tomorrow’s sewing – I was asked to join a couple of Guild ladies who are working on a hexi project. Sandra and Gail sew together often but they’ve never included anyone else before. Perhaps I’m on their good side because they both volunteered quilts for the celebration and I accepted them both. I cut out the card stock pieces while waiting for the first cake to bake and cut my fabric pieces when the second cake was in the oven. I must be crazy taking on another project but after all the baking an afternoon of stitching seems very relaxing. We’ll see tomorrow I guess. While the afternoon cakes baked I was less energetic; I did the dishes but then put my feet up with a puzzle on my iPad.

I’ll make a trip down to the Hall tonight and store my cakes in the fridge there. I planned to take a couple of boxes of items but there are groups in the Hall tomorrow so I’ll just take what needs to go in the fridge (Cranberry Juice, cakes and ginger ale).