Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
by Kym on January 25, 2008
Wondering what I’ve been up to today? I was wondering the same thing as I stared in dismay at the cataclysmic mess which is my house. To distract myself from the horror, I decided to share a picture of my first attempt at making wee little icing flowers.
Becca is turning two this weekend, and I decided to take things up a notch in the birthday cake department. I’ve gone from cake iced in the pan, to cake out of the pan and then iced, to double layer with filling cake (which looked fabulous until all the icing slid off), to a butterfly cake with little icing flowers all over it.
Cake and I however? We are not friends. Bad things happen when you put me, a cake, and a spatula in the same room together. So I’m being brilliant. I’m making the round cakes which will hopefully metamorphose (ha) into a butterfly, and I’m making a backup of two dozen cupcakes. Whichever baking attempt survive will be adorned with these: They do look vaguely like flowers, don’t they?
Anyone out there do a good hand massage? I am in sooooo much pain right now.
24 comments
FIRST!!! i LOVE the flowers!
will you be my official flower maker?
seriously, they are awesome. :) :)
by holly on January 25, 2008 at 11:53 pm. #
They look really good!
I can see why your hand hurts….
by Beckie on January 26, 2008 at 12:37 am. #
Very cute and yummy colors! I need to buy some pastry bags so the kids can practice their cake decorating skills.
by The Lazy Organizer on January 26, 2008 at 12:40 am. #
those flowers are absolutely adorable.
I love them.
wrap your arm in a warm damp towel for a while… it isn’t a massage but it will feel great.
by CamiKaos on January 26, 2008 at 1:06 am. #
I am sooooo jealous! I really, really want to make pretty icing flowers. I love decorating cakes, but the flower, yeah, I’m afraid of ‘em.
Great job!! :)
by MAGIRK on January 26, 2008 at 1:08 am. #
Those little flowers are adorable! I’m impressed!
You should let your hand rest in a bubble bath after all that. And since your hand is in there, why not get the rest of you in there too? Relaxing is good for helping pain.
by Rebecca on January 26, 2008 at 1:15 am. #
I love them! Whichever cake makes it to showtime will be beautimos! :)
by Deanne on January 26, 2008 at 1:30 am. #
Those look fantastic! Becca is lucky to have you for a mommy for sure!
by JustRandi on January 26, 2008 at 1:45 am. #
um. wow. you really are super mom. kim is the new martha (minus the whole stock scandal and jail term bit).
by Nic on January 26, 2008 at 2:49 am. #
Oh, now that’s adorable! Great job, Mom!
by Avery Gray on January 26, 2008 at 3:10 am. #
They look great. Good job there Kimmy :)
by Tonya on January 26, 2008 at 3:59 am. #
Those flowers are beautiful! You are so talented!
by Hillary on January 26, 2008 at 5:00 am. #
Those are so pretty! What a nice mommy you are. I’m really obsessed with Ace Of Cakes right now, it’s a show on the food network, and those look like something THEY would make. You rock.
by ElizabethSheryl on January 26, 2008 at 5:06 am. #
Those are truly beautiful. I think you did a fabulous job, and hope that both the cake and cupcakes turn out for you. Your handiwork IS fabulous. You may just have found a new hobby… =)
by Inkling on January 26, 2008 at 5:50 am. #
Very pretty.
by That Chick Over There on January 26, 2008 at 1:46 pm. #
They are so cute Kim! Wow! I had another failed attempt at cake making on Wednesday for my brother’s birthday. All of the innards came spewing out onto the plate (black forest). Sure tasted good, though. I guess that is more important than beauty! :) Good luck on yours/.
by Elaine on January 26, 2008 at 2:39 pm. #
I used to be really good at hand massages in High School. I’d come over….
The flowers look great! Well worth the pain, I hope!
by Tirzah on January 26, 2008 at 2:48 pm. #
Come on over and I’ll massage your hand for you. ;) Those look great! If you decorate regularly then you’ll build up muscles. ;)
by Amber on January 26, 2008 at 5:13 pm. #
kimberly, you are supermom. those flowers look fantastic!
by aubrey on January 26, 2008 at 10:34 pm. #
I have a sudden urge to turn 2 again, get pretty flowers on my cake too.
by Lisa Milton on January 26, 2008 at 10:53 pm. #
I know you put all the pretty ones around the 2 and then cropped the picture….
kidding. and YEAH your hand hurts! Once, I decorated a cake with itty bitty stars all over and I.WANTED.TO.DIE.
by The MomBabe on January 27, 2008 at 3:43 am. #
your flowers are awesome. My house looks like yours (cataclysmic). I give good hand massages. My bing’s bday party is saturday. I have not the smallest hope for his cake looking good.
by Julie Wright on January 27, 2008 at 7:24 pm. #
They look fab. I bet Becca loves them.
by Jo Beaufoix on January 28, 2008 at 1:55 am. #
The flowers look awesome! And the cake turned out so cute! I don’t think you give yourself enough credit… actually, I know you don’t. We’re twins…
by Melissa on January 29, 2008 at 11:49 pm. #