What a great week for cakes. A powder blue Fender guitar for Debbie Bond (of the Alabama Blues Project), a Star Wars cake (invitation said "Costumes Encouraged"), and a pretty black and white stacked cake. These were just the tip of the iceberg.
In case you cannot tell from my photo of the Star Wars cake, the top tier looks like the uniform, with a black collar, blue torso, and logo. The bottom two tiers are covered in black ganache and decorated with galaxies.
We also had four weddings -- two on Friday and two on Saturday (Alabama plays Mississippi State in Starkville today). One of the groom's cakes had a tree stump theme. The acorns are made from marzipan.
Plus a four tier cake for a 21st birthday (with sparkle dust), three football and/or "Alabama" themed cakes. Several other cakes either matched the deco on custom invitations or just can't be easily described.
We have five cake decorators in the shop now , which is pretty amazing. Ben and Rain have joined Pat, Kristi and me. We can almost always leave the shop at a decent hour, even on busy cake days.
Next week is the last home football game of the season. The Iron Bowl, held Thanksgiving weekend, is in Auburn this year, and the SEC playoff game on December 5th will be in Atlanta. After that, who knows...
We're gearing up for Thanksgiving pies and cakes. We'll make pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan, sweet potato-pecan, fudge, and fudge-pecan pies. We'll also make cakes (to order), mainly red velvet, caramel and carrot cake.
Dickens Downtown is Tuesday, December 1 from 5-8 pm, which starts the Christmas season of cookies and other sweets. We'll be giving away bread pudding outside the shop and we'll have cider, hot cocoa, soup and other goodies for sale inside. Debbie Bond and the Creme Brulees will perform from 6-8 pm. Dress up and come early to have your picture made with Father Christmas or the Queen Mother.