In the tiny villages of rural Alaska there are usually no cake shops where one can order a special cake so sometimes those of us who do not normally design and decorate wedding cakes find ourselves stacking tiers and placing stairs and flowers... My cousin John Askoak got married last weekend to his long time girlfriend Darlene "Tassie" Nickoli. She asked me if I could make her cake. I replied that only if my sister Olga was willing to help decorate. Olga is a health aide here and she was on call - thank goodness no one called her. She left my house at 5:30 A.M. Sunday morning, we were almost done. The parents of the bride helped bring the cake to the gym, and my sister and I finished up the cake with time to sit and anxiously await the happy crowd. One of the people asked me how much cake mixes we used, and another asked other questions - my response to all was "I have no idea, I lost count. I am just so glad it turned out okay!" After I recover from this case of flu I have a few people asking about taxes...such is life in rural Alaska.
3 comments:
Wow! I don't know that I've ever seen a more elaborate cake--or I guess that should be "cakes." What a masterpiece. I'm glad you caught it in a picture and shared it with us before it was consumed.
It must have hurt just a little to see that get sliced up and passed around... ;-)
After all the hours it took to get the cakes decorated and the worry it of transporting I was a bit shocked to see how quickly the cakes disappeared but it was worth it with the "great job on the cake!" comments we got. My sister is a wonderworker with making roses and without her help I would be lost! She is amazing!
Wow! I second that, Nastasia I didn't know you could decorate cakes. You did I nice job. I enjoy cake decorating myself, and when there's birthday celebrations in my family I like to bake a cake and decorate. It's fun, but time consuming, huh? Well good job and thanks for sharing stories I enjoy reading them.
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