I Dream of Cakes

 

I really do.  I’ve baked and decorated just over 100 cakes since beginning my “journey” 3 1/2 years ago.  I’m still not completely confident in what I do but I’m getting better.  I still plan waaay ahead of time in doing these cakes, especially when they’re for a paying client.  I stress so much over these cakes that I tend to dream about them the night before I decorate.  I say “stress” but I really do love it.  They give me a challenge.  Everyone tells me that I should open a bakery but bakeries also mean making breads, donuts, etc. and I’m just not into that.  I wish I could just do cakes and a few at that… not that I would be tied up constantly.  I hate being away from my kids.  Maybe once they get bigger and I train them to do cakes, we can open up our own cake shop like Charm City Cakes and charge $1,000 minimum per order… lol… we can dream, right?

I have another cake coming up in mid-October and then I’m taking a break until after Christmas.  I’m looking forward to the break… the holidays will be crazy around here and I plan to go full force into Christmas.  We’re breaking out all the candy molds and recipes to make gift baskets this year.  All of my wrapping is done and I would say 90% of the shopping is as well.  I’m waiting on the previews of Black Friday to come out to see what kind of deals we can score on.  Time to watch Nemo with my kids and do some more cake dreams… sweet dreams everyone :)