It was my sisters company's 20th anniversary and she asked me to make a cake for about 100 people. After a moment of thought I agreed and spent a while thinking about what was involved. Between us we decided a ten inch square fruit cake and a ten inch square sponge should feed them all and give them a choice. The biggest cakes I'd ever made before were 8 inch square and even though 2 inches doesn't sound much it can make a huge difference. With the fruit cake made a few weeks before all was calm until about a week before I was due to deliver the cakes. I first made a template for the company's logo and made them from flower paste (plus a third just in case) and then produced the banner, also in flower paste. By then it was time to bake the sponge, a bit of a challenge in itself to manage to bake such a big cake without over or under cooking it. I knew it would be too stressful to cover and decorate them in the evenings after work so I took the day off and thoroughly enjoyed the day covering and decorating my monster creations.
I had been invited to the celebration and it was nice to receive many positive reactions both to the appearance and the taste. It made the time and hard work all worthwhile.
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| Congratulations ARC Energy |
