a paying gig!

Okay it is official, I have been the worst blogger ever!! I was in Texas for a week, and then last week was sick so I was hibernating.

No more excuses!! Corny made me a sign up sheet to sell cake slices at work and tomorrow I have 11 to deliver, and hopefully after today that number will have doubled! I will be up all night making 4 cakes, but that's okay by me. I hope this is something I can start doing every week, and word will spread across the airport. So when Corny gets home today at 3 he is in charge of the kids and I will be a slave to the kitchen. I think I might need to invest in a double oven if my plan of selling slices really works. Kim also called me last night and asked if I can send her some cake truffles for her class a church that meets Monday nights. Yay! My only concern is that they will ship okay and stay fresh. I will need to send them out on Friday, but if I get them to her on Saturday and she refrigerates them I am hoping they will hold up. This will be my test, and Kim will let me know.

I also have to practice practice practice Courtney's wedding cakes this week. Only two weeks until the wedding and I am getting a wee bit stressed. It will be my first three layer cake, and it has to be perfect. I am going to do one layer and decorate it tonight and hopefully it will make me feel much more comfortable. The design is not too difficult, it is just the time and work that really is stressing me out.

Well I promise tomorrow to post pictures and follow up with how my first night of baking for my first paying gig goes. It will be a long night......

Cinnamon Rolls

I really feel like I have been slacking off on the blog. Sorry to let you down! It just seems so crazy in my house at all times. Stella is crawling, and is everywhere. She wants all the attention. She never stops eating. So my life these days is trying to keep an eye on Stella (I found her halfway under the couch a few days ago), giving her as much attention as I can to keep her from screaming, and shoving carrots, cereal and a bottle down her throat. But we love her! She just has a very strong personality, people get places in life with with a personality like hers though. She is screaming as I write this because Corny is cleaning, Aiden is on a time out, I am having Shannon time, and she does not want to be in her exersaucer without anyone looking at her and telling her how wonderful and precious she is.

Okay so I got that off my chest! I need to find more time to bake. I need to practice wedding cakes. I am going to Texas for Easter, and then when I come back NO excuses!! Last night I decided we needed cinnamon rolls in the morning so I made some. I made the dough, let it rise, and then refridgerated it overnight. This morning I let it rise again and then baked them. Aiden told me the house smelled like that place in the airport where I never let him get a cinnamon roll (Cinnabon). I made a cream cheese glaze to put on top, and they were so good. If it was not an 18 hour process, and if they didn't have thousands of calories, I would make them everyday!

Fresh from the oven!

Cream Cheese glaze

Yum!

We all cleared our plates!

Hope everyone has a wondeful Easter!!