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Sunday, February 04, 2018

Macbeth

Apologies for the crappy phone camera photos. If you're interested, I posted a video of it at Instagram.

 I used spray-on food colouring instead of icing for the castle which gave it a great, stone look. I would definitely buy that product again.


 "Can't you do anything right?! Fine. I'll finish it myself."
I had to do a classic ghost wearing a bedsheet because I have a strange sense of humour, but at least I made his sheet tartan.
 ...and the witches. "By the pricking of my thumbs, etc. etc"
 Poor guy.
For extra fun, Danny put his baseball shaped bank ("Ball-O", yeah, he needs to work on better names) into the scene because the only thing that could make Macbeth better is baseball. 
Anyway, that was my birthday. I learned a few things making this cake (scale, for example) and feel completely ready to take on Richard III and Hamlet. If I have a castle pan, I'm going to use it. 

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11 comments:

  1. Propagatrix8:09 PM

    Happy Birthday, darling!

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  2. Bibi Maizoon11:34 PM

    Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
    I think that about sums up the 21st century so far.
    Happy Birthday!
    (and many more)

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  3. bahnwärterin2:24 AM

    fantastic!
    i´m not a big cake eater - but i looove to look at yours!! ...and to listen to your stories about.....
    xxxx

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  4. Melanie Folly Bird3:42 AM

    Happy birthday, the cake is a classic! xxx

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  5. Polyester Princess3:43 AM

    Happy Birthday, Goody! Looking at your cake photos, I got a few stares on the bus this morning, as I couldn't help chuckling ;-) Thanks for that! xxx

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  6. Beth Waltz4:58 PM

    What's tha' I hear, goin' bump in the nite?
    'Tis some body bangin' on t' [castle] pan.
    Hoot mon! And boo.
    And a very happy birthday to you!

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  7. Anonymous5:10 PM

    Happy Birthday!! Our Birthdays are less than two weeks ( but many years ) apart!!!
    Fantastic cake, I bet it was fun to make. JanF

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  8. Mim9:42 AM

    Happy birthday! That is one brilliant cake for celebrating with. (Mmmm, witches...)

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  9. Vronni's Style Meanderings3:27 PM


    Happy birthday, Goody! I hope you had a fabulous day and were spoilt rotten. That is a truly amazing cake. Did it taste as gorgeous as it looks?

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  10. Emily from Etsy5:03 PM

    Everything about this cake is sheer genius! The witches made my day. They look like Goth teenagers in the mosh pit of a Marilyn Manson concert.

    Happy birthday!!!

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  11. Goody5:49 PM

    @Propagatrix
    Thank you.

    @Bibi
    Yeah, that's about where we're at.
    Thank you for the birthday wishes.

    @Beate
    The cake itself is a rather plain yellow cake that isn't much to taste but holds a shape well for novelty cakes. To avoid being wasteful I will cut off the icing and use it in trifle or something like that.

    @Melanie
    Thank you. It was fun to make.

    @Ann
    hopefully no one was reading over your shoulder on the bus ;)

    @Beth
    Thank you.

    @Jan
    Thank you. Happy Birthday to you as well.

    @mim
    Thank you. I think the witches were the best part.

    @Veronica
    Thank you. The day was a bit disappointing, but every one of my "Milestone" birthdays have been ruined in one way or another so I didn't have high expectations. I'm sure if I live to 100 someone will find a way to make me feel bad and cry ;)
    On a positive note, I have managed to get through the better part of a bottle of gin since sunday, so at least I have accomplished something memorable to look back on...

    @Emily
    Ha! I will always think of the witches in Macbeth as teens in a mosh pit now-that's excellent.

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