Make it twice over in a deep sided roasting tray. Beagle Baking for Dummies / Mummiesġ) Find a madeira cake recipe. So a 3D beagle homage / effigy (dependent on her behaviour at time of baking) it was, but finding an online beagle tutorial was near impossible. I had to big time blag it in the end, but did have the foresight to take some pics and document it – just in case anyone else is crazy enough to give it a go (because I sure as hell won’t be making it again). Love her when she’s being compliant, HATE her when she breaks into the nappy bin and demolishes the contents. We have a bit of a love / hate relationship with the dog in our household. So the littlest Lil turned one recently and I was faced with a conundrum… What the hell do I make a baby that has no interests other than the dog? Damn. I’ve 100% made a rod for my own back, this I realise, but I know I’m going to keep doing it until they ask me to stop or the icing sugar gets me. From a boss-eyed Iggle Piggle to a night of the living dead Postman Pat, they’ve all been ropily made into 3D edible (ish) monstrosities. My problem is I’ve made a stupid promise to myself that I’m going to handcraft all of my kids’ birthday cakes, no matter the request. This is usually because I’m only half way through a questionable cake homage to a Disney character and have inhaled so much icing sugar I’m marginally concerned about a confectionery induced lung collapse. ‘I should have just gone to M&S’ is the thought that runs through my head at approximately 3.30am the morning before each of my children’s birthdays. The easy (ish) ‘Beagle Birthday Cake Tutorial’ that will have your little human hounds howling with delight (or laughter, depending on how it turns out…)
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