These next two weeks are going to be full of baking: end of school parties, James' birthday... planning to make
- Cookies for James' class, for end of term / birthday
- Cookies for Sophie's class
- Birthday cake for James
- MORE cookies for party favors
So these are the first on my list, cookies for James' class, wearing the school uniform. Cookies are lemon flavored, recipe from a friend.
Hmm. Didn't plan my piping well enough - it would probably have looked better piping the tie over the white flooded background, cause right now only the stripes are standing out : P. Actually, the cuff, band details could probably all have been overpiped too..
Isn't it just typical that the least interesting part of cookie decorating - colour mixing - should be the most time consuming? I only had two colours besides white to mix up and I was already moaning and groaning over the time it took to get there. And isn't it disgusting how much gel colour it takes to build up to a nice bold shade? And frustrating that guidebooks always tell you to add colour "a dab at a time"? At one point I was pushing gollops of gel into my mix, heck about your "dabs"!
The other mistake I made was in the consistency of my soft flow icing... I don't know why I was so stingy with the water. My lines kept breaking up or showing air bubbles in it.
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