My parents will testify that I’ve had strange tastes ever since I was small. Even though small children are supposed to want to be like everyone else, and of course I did to an extent, I still had certain odd tastes. One example was that I didn’t want a school bag that every one else had. One year I latched onto this strange bag that my mother was given. It was a large embroidered tote bag and open at the top. While everyone else had lovely hard cased school bags I decided to take this bag to school for several months for reasons that totally escape me now. I must have looked like a pint sized embroidery enthusiast or nanna. No wonder people gave me a wide berth…
For a child anything out of the ordinary from the boring school day is exciting and one day a student reported seeing a gigantic huntsman spider in the bag room adjacent to the classroom. The teacher himself was too scared to do anything about it although huntsman spiders are harmless they move very quickly and look gruesome. And so he carried on with the lesson with not a single child listening instead quivering in excitement and anticipation should the spider come round the corner. By this stage the spider had morphed in our minds into a 1 metre wide beast with glowing red eyes and hairy legs.
His assistant teacher kept an eye out for it from her corner of the room. Suddenly she startled in her seat and we followed her eyes follow the beast from the top of the ceiling down to the bottom before she yelled “It went into a bag!”
We all rushed up to take a look at the bag room. And of course don’t you know it but she was pointing at my bag. Having this open tote bag meant that spidey had decided to seek refuge in my bag of all bags. And then she shook out my bag with the sandwich and pencils and books and all I could think was “Of course it was my bag”.
I know it sounds terribly egocentric but that seminal event imprinted something in my mind. “Of course it would have to happen to me” was something that I would often mutter. It could be a bad thing or it could be a good thing and my friends have often remarked on how odd things do happen to me whenever they are out with me. I’m not quite sure why, I’m not quite sure how and I’m not quite sure if it happens to other people too!
What does this have to do with today’s cake? Well the first thing I think about when I see embroidery is that bag and that spider. Which is unfortunate because I don’t happen to love huntsman spiders but I do like this cake effect. It’s a floral effect that is certainly doing the rounds on the internet and whilst it looks awfully complicated I was told in no uncertain terms that it was easy.
I used some of the tricks I had learnt in the Faye Cahill cake decorating class last year to do the ganache and the fondant on the outside. In fact if I hadn’t found a floral stamp I would have used her clever tip of tracing a design in paper on parchment and then rubbing it against the fondant to create an imprint. But as I often do I’m lazy and took the easy route out (after ganaching a chocolate mud cake and covering it in fondant I had little energy).
The white chocolate mocha mud cake itself is wondrously moist and has the added advantage of not needing any beaters, just a saucepan where the butter and chocolate is melted. As for the embroidery pattern, I was given some tips from the man who owns An Iced Affair which is where I got the floral stamps from. Evan advised me to use a damp but not wet paintbrush and to do one flower at a time as the icing sets quickly. He also advised tracing the edge and then tracing a double line again and then dipping your paintbrush lightly in the double line and lightly pull it towards the centre of the flower.
I did a practice one and by George it worked! And it looked like a flower too! Buoyed with confidence I brushed away and more flowers appeared. And don’t feel intimidated by the cake recipe instructions. You could certainly do the same for a cookie and decorate baked cookies in the same way if you don’t want to pfaff about with ganache and icing. You know I’m in full support of the easy ways out of things 
So tell me Dear Reader, do you find that strange things happen to you or anyone that you know?
Lace Embroidery Cake
For cake-makes one small double layered cake 11cms in diameter
- 125grams/4 ozs butter
- 100g/3.5 ozs white chocolate
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 3/4 cup coffee
- 3/4 cup self raising flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 eggs, beaten
For the ganache
- 300g white chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup cream
For the fondant and royal icing
- 250g/1/2 pound of white fondant
- Colouring gel
- cornflour for dusting
- 200g/7ozs icing sugar
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Overheard transparency film (I’m not crazy, it is to buff the fondant smooth), rolling pin, floral stencils or imprints, parchment paper
1. Make cake first. In a saucepan, place the butter, chocolate, sugar and coffee and stir until melted. Cool for 15 minutes.
The mud cake batter-not attractive
2. Preheat the oven to 150C/300F and line two small round tin 11cms in diameter with baking parchment. In another bowl add the flour and cocoa and mix to combine (you can sift it but I loathe sifting and it’s a dense cake anyway).
3. Add the cooled chocolate mix to the flour and then add the beaten eggs and stir until well combined. Pour into the tins and bake for 1 hour or 1 hour 15 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool and refrigerate until needed just to make it a bit firmer.
4. Make the chocolate ganache. Combine chocolate and cream in a small heatproof bowl; stir with metal spoon over pan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Cool in fridge a little until it reaches a spreadable consistency. Spread the ganache all over the cake and with a palette knife smooth it. The best instructions I have for this are in this story and they go into a lot of detail.
Smoothing the fondant with overhead transparency film
5. Colour the fondant icing the colour that you want-a contrasting colour will show up the floral detail the best. Roll it out onto a lightly cornfloured board and drape the cake in the rolled fondant. You can typically use a smooth jam to adhere the fondant to the cake but this cake was so moist I didn’t need to. Smooth down the fondant using two rectangles of the overhead transparency film. This will take some time and you will have to snip off some excess fondant but gently rubbing it with the film will eventually get rid of any lines. Take the imprint and gently press down firmly to ensure that the imprint appears on the fondant.
6. Make the royal icing. I do it a very quick way in my cordless Braun mini blender. I place the unsifted icing sugar in the container and blitz this for about 20 seconds until the lumps are gone. Then I add the egg whites and lemon juice and then blitz it again until it is smooth. I check the consistency by drawing a line and if it holds well without blurring then it is ready. If it is too stiff add a few drops of water, if it is too soft, then add some more icing sugar to achieve the consistency. Then fill a small piping bag with the royal icing (I usually make a small cone using a square of parchment).
Do two outlines in the royal icing
Then drag your paintbrush towards the centre
7. Have a glass with a small amount of water and a clean teatowel ready. Dip your brush into the water and blot on the teatowel so that it remains damp. Trace around a flower twice and then using the damp paintbrush lightly drag the brush from the line to the centre of the flower. Repeat this doing each flower individually as the royal icing sets quickly.
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So pretty! A very interesting technique.
Cheers,
Rosa
Oh I love the colours you’ve chosen – very Tiffany & Co!
Love the bag story – I was a little ‘individual’ as a child too – I had a glowmesh purse as my pencil case
Strange things… when has strange things not happened to me?!
Lorraine, this cake is amazing…a piece of art! I love it! I am speechless…and I keep going back to the pictures, again and again.
Have a great week
Lorraine, this is so clever! I’m clumsy with a piping bag, so am in great awe of your fine work!
Oh Lorraine, that is SO gorgeous! I’ve seen that technique been used before, and it looks so impressive. Lovely cake – very Tiffany box-esque because of the colour!
wow – this cake is oh so impressive!!!
What a gorgeous cake Lorraine! And white chocolate mocha sounds fantastic. Strange things don’t really happen to me, but I did have a huntsman take up residence in my flat for the entirety of last winter – like the teacher, I wasn’t going to touch it, so I was relieved when it left of its own accord.
You make it look so easy! xoxo Mum
Wow i love this, looks really clever. Might even have to try this
I love your bag story!!!
That is simply stunning Lorraine!
Very elegant and lovely! It does look incredibly hard. Love the detailing on the flowers. Oh and gorgeous tea cup and saucer sets.
That looks very pretty! Reminds me of porcelain tea cups
And I love recipes where you just mix things in together without having to worry about beating…I’ll have to give this a go 
You had me at the name, but then I read the post. Exquisite. Absolutely exquisite.
Very pretty
I love the egg blue color on the cake, and thanks for sharing how to do the embroidery on the cake – I’ve always seen it on beautiful wedding cakes and never knew it was so simple (well relatively, that is).
I have been so scared to try out the brush embroidery technique but you’ve given me some new found confidence! Might practice on some spare cupcakes lying around in the kitchen today. The cake itself sounds amazing – I love little cakes!
It looks great Loraine!
Another tip to transfer a design on to fondant is to trace the design onto baking/wax paper, place pattern onto the cake and then use a fine pin to carefully punch little holes all along the lines you’ve traced. This gives you a great guide – you can use as many or as few pin-pricks as you need, depending on how good an artist you are! And the icing covers the little pin-pricks so you don’t see them. Works a treat and means you can use any design you like.
I’m going to give your brush technique a go – the result looks great, I’ve never seen it done before. Thanks.
Such a pretty cake Lorraine! Your huntsman spider story reminded me of my experience with the species… I had a baby huntsman hanging from my tea bag once. I was dipping it into the tea and saw a spider hanging from it! Yikes, strange things seem to happen to me too.
Lorraine the cake under sounds divine and I will make it for sure.Who is the recipient of your beautiful cakes?
Lovely cake and so impressive Lorraine. I loved reading your story and how it ties in with your cake, childhood stories or events really define who we are and become as adults, don’t you think?
I don’t think strange things have happened to me but certain events have changed my life such as winning a trip to India in my twenties and meeting my husband ( we celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary in October)!
Absolutely love it. I am lace and doily freak…I am also scared of fondant so marvel at your bravery!
Looks beautiful, lorraine!!
Oh my God Lorraine it looks amazing! So professional and very shabby chic. I love it! The colour is great too
Love the unusual colour and the delicate flowers. Liz’ idea of pinpricks to trace the pattern seems logical to a non-cakemaker like me! No, strange things do not seem to accompany me, but spiders sure do!
! The huntsmen don’t bother me an iota, but all the huge, hairy ones one meets in this neck of the woods do! And how many of you realize how small the deadly redbacks are? They tend to colonize around my garden taps – Yucksville 
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Hi Lorraine,
just wanted to ask if u’ll be getting an iphone app anytime soon???
I would never have thought of using a paint brush. What a great idea!
Oh just stunning! I find this technique really difficult, but you’ve made it look so simple!
Very beautiful cake Lorraine. We did this in our cake course at TAFE, and it is such a stylish effect, love it. I am so glad I don’t live close to An Iced Affair because I would seriously blow a fortune in there! Hmm, no, strange things don’t happen to me very often, although I do tend to attract the oddest conversations from strangers.
I win things. And, someday I plan on being a really big winner. But, for now, I’m morphing into a baker (from a savory cook). I wonder, Lorraine, if you are rubbing off on me? I’m getting ready to take a fondant class. P.S. I love the tiffany blue fondant color.
I don’t think I attract particularly strange things – I mean, I’m sure strange things have happened to me but nothing springs to mind right now. That cake looks lovely. I’m a complete novice when it comes to cake decorating!
Oh how very pretty! Love the colour combination too
And spiders terrify me.
Oh wow! Such a fantastic & stunning result and on the sides too! You are such a natural!!! *applause*
What a pretty technique! Thanks for the tutorial =D
Wow it looks fantastic. I think I’d try the cookies first. Haven’t quite mastered fondant on cakes yet.
I love it! I looked at this and thought: I should have a stock of these pretty little cakes in my fridge to have for tea everyday. But that was me swinging into an alternative reality again, one where I have dainty tea parties every day
~~The cake is Fab. And your story is hilarous. It had to be your lunch bag…cuz you are special! You Are.
~~Strange things? How about this…I’m known as the “what hasn’t bitten Kim yet?” I’ve been bitten by a wasp, bee, chiuawuau, monkey, horse, & almost a lion in the Bahamas. Does that count as being strange? xx
That cake looks scrumptious and the decorations are so delicate! You make it sound easy, but I’m not so sure I could do it so beautifully.
I’ve never had a spider in my bag, but once in college I woke up to hear a strange noise coming from my bag and found a MOUSE!
Your are the queen of pretty! So beautiful!
How elegant and beautiful!!! I’ve never seen a cake anything like this before!
I need to learn how to decorate pretty like you. Maybe one of these I’ll be able to take a class.
Loved your story about the bag and spider. I can see why the cake reminds you of that time when the spider went into your bag in class.
This cake is so pretty, I will keep it in mind for my daughter’s birthday – this and your can – can cake, loved that one too.
Love the colours! I have always wanted to have a hand at these embroidery icing. They are so pretty and dainty. A really good job you did there! bravo
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Oooo dear that cake looks a little too good to eat! It would be a shame to cut into it
I don’t believe in good or bad luck…but my poor cousin-in-law has EVERYTHING bad happen to her. She has sooo many phobias too which makes things even worse! Scared of lifts…she’ll go in one and it’ll break down. Needs to get 4hrs sleep on her stopover flight…and the firealarm will go off and she needs to evacuate…the list goes on and on, if you travel with her it’s a laugh a minute at the poor girls expense because SOMETHING random will happen to her…
What a lovely cake – hope you had a lovely afternoon tea with someone!!!!! I don’t see how you can relate this beautiful cake to an ugly spider????
I love this! A beautiful little parcel of deliciousness
At least you were an original kid with your stylish tote bag! Oh, each time I see a huge spider in the house, I just get the vacuum out and hope for the best! LOL
But this is one cake I certainly won’t be running from —yuuuurrm.
Just gorgeous, I love the colours.
I learned brush embroidery a few weeks ago too and was toying with the same colour scheme (ended up with black piping and ivory icing though)
I would be really sad to eat this, it’s so pretty. Not too sad to stop me from eating it though.
I was up really late one night, reading a book and munching on something I had at my bedside table, without glancing at it as I picked up more. Don’t remember what it was I was eating… Well, it was God’s kind will that made me turn my head towards my food right before I grabbed some more, as a giant cockroach was waiting for me right on the top of the pile of food. Lovely. I would have been munching on cockroach.
Needless to easy, I actually fell off the bed in horror.
Sorry to ruin your lovely post with such a disgusting story!
It’s intriguing how such a delicately pretty design on top hides sheer decadence underneath. Judging by the batter, that cake looks so unctuously rich!
As for weird things, they always happen to me.
It’s a long story…
My first thought was ‘wedgewood’!! That looks glorious!
Dear Lorraine, clearly you demonstrated some class and style from those early days. It also shows that you didn’t care to be like others, which is a pretty cool trait. It was a little unfortunate that the spidey took to your bag….Cake looks amazing. It’s a shame it has to be eaten.
I know what you mean about saying this without wanting to sound egocentric! In my family, there’s a running joke that “murphy’s law” is actually “hannah’s law”, for stupid and badly-coincidental things constantly happen to me. I absolutely shudder about the spider in your bag, though! That would’ve made me hysterical.
Gorgeous, gorgeous cake though my dear! Makes up for spider-thoughts many times over
Absolutely gorgeous, the flowers are beautiful. Well done. And yet another incredible story leading into the cake. Fabulous!
I haven’t seen that technique before but it’s lovely Lorraine. I tend to attract any lost child or little old lady/gentleman in my vicinity. They always tell me their whole life story too!
You never cease to amaze me, what a beautiful cake. And of course the spider would go exactly your way…perhaps it knew of your love of Halloween and spooky, gory things!
I LOVE it I DO! It’s a beautiful technique Lorraine. Am in Sydney for a few days but am pretty disorganized so haven’t had a chance to get in touch.
My loss…but I wish I were more organised.
using a stamp! ingenious. the cake looks so classy, like one of those wedgewood plates
This is so pretty! I would really like to eat it haha
Love your story – how funny! I am positive that I have a spider sense. Not in the cool Spiderman way where I can sense things in general, but I am terrified of spiders and ALWAYS know when there is one near me. I’m sure they flock to me as well
Oh and I always seem to attract random people talking to me. Which is odd because I’m not much of a talker, but maybe they sense I’m a listener! (Seriously, I’ve had many life stories told to me on bus rides, airports etc)
It looks like a wedgewood plate or a tiffany’s box – just scrumptious!
You’re so talanted, Lorraine! It’s beautiful!
I don’t know if I would have the patience for this. I would like to eat it though.
It’s so pretty!
By golly,Lorraine… it looks just like lace. You are a clever girl indeed!
Loved the story. I like spiders, although I am allergic to their bites and suffer terribly when I get them. I think I like them because of a large dose of Charlotte’s Web as a child and a complete fascination with their webs which are insanely beautiful… even if the makers are, well, not exactly supermodels by human standards (especially in closeups… EEEHHHH) This cake would be a smash a a girl-get-together… thanks for the story and the inspiration.
I can relate to your huntsman story, Lorraine. Once upon a time I was driving to work in peak hour traffic when I spotted someone peering at me out of the corner of my eye. It was Harry the Huntsman who was sunbaking on my sun visa. He proceeded to dance across the windscreen as I broke into a cold sweat and started to shake like a crazy woman all the way to my destination. God only knows how I didn’t crash the car. I hate hairy spiders, you see. Some would say I am arachnophobic. I could never live in the Amazon.
Hi Rosa-thanks Rosa!
Hi Liss-Thank you! I was hoping for that look
haha no wonder we’re friends! 
Hi Michelle-Haha really!
Hi Juliana-Thank you so much Juliana!
You are really so sweet! 
You too!
Hi Celia-No way! You can do all of that origami!
Hi Su-yin-Thankyou! I’m surprised at how easy it was!
Hi Lisa-Thanks Lisa!
Hi Cakelaw-Thanks Cakelaw!
It was so moist inside! Oh yes you are brave! I would be so worried that they would stray!
Hi Barbara-Aww thanks mum! But honestly it is so easy!
XXX
Hi muppy-Thanks so much!
I remember that bag so well! 
Hi Tina-Thanks Tina!
Hi Dressed and Eaten-I promise you it’s quite easy. Now ganaching and fondanting…that’s the hard part!
Hi Rebecca-Thank you Rebecca!
Oh good I was hoping for that look! 
I know, sometimes I don’t want to use the beater etc 
Hi Victoria-Thank you so much Victoria! You are too kind!
Hi The Food Mentalist-Thank you!
Hi Janine-You’re very welcome!
Yes it’s quite simple-I would have never thought it! 
Hi Di-licious-Oh trust me it’s very easy! Yes good idea! The cupcakes are much easier than ganaching and doing the fondant
Hi Liz-Thanks Liz! And that’s a great idea thank you very much for that!
I’ll try that next time 
Hi Maria-Thanks Maria!
Arrgh really! 
Is a baby huntsman still enormous? :O We’re in good company 
Hi Roz-Thanks so much Roz!
Mr NQN and his colleagues get some or my parents or friends 
Mr NQN ate this one for dessert and he got slices of it for his lunch 
Hi Matilda-Thanks Matilda!
You are too kind thank you and I agree, it really defines who we are now-every time someting happens I always think “Of course it has happened to me” good or bad 
Now that is a wonderful tale and twist to your life! 
And 29 years-happy wedding anniversary coming up for October! 
Hi Peita-Thank you Peita!
Oh cool! Hehe sometimes I think I’m crazy 
Hi daphne-thanks Daphne!
Hi Nic-Thank you!
I wanted to use a contrasting colour and the aqua jumped out at me 
Hi EHA-thank you! yes it’s a great idea isn’t it! Oh wow sounds like you are a favourite of theirs! I haven’t ever seen a red back live I don’t think!
Hi Naz-I would love to have one. Maybe some time in the future?
Hi Apple-Thanks Apple! Whoever thought of it was a genius!
Hi Kay-Thank you!
I think making a smaller one and using a stencil really helped me 
Hi shaz-Thanks Shaz!
Isn’t it brilliant! Haha I know, I have to have tunnel vision whenever I’m in there or I’d buy so much! 
Oh really! Now that is interesting in itself! 
Hi Angela-Oh do you! How fabulous! hehe wouldn’t that be funny?
Oooh good luck with fondant, it’s such a wonderful thing to master 
Thankyou!
Hi Leah-Oh lucky you!
Thanks so much! I wish I had the skills of Faye Cahill or Planet cake!
Hi angie-Thanks Angie! I don’t mind small spiders but huntsmen are enormous!
Hi Winnie-Thankyou Winnie! that’s such a compliment coming from a cake decorator of your calibre!
Hi Xiaolu-Thanks Xiaolu-you’re very welcome!
Hi Claire-Good idea! That way you don’t have to spend all that time ganaching and fondanting!
Hi Mrs.Lodhz-Oh wouldn’t that be lovely!
Haha I like that reality 
Hi kim-Thanks Kim!
You are always so sweet! oh really? They must sense how sweet you are perhaps! xxx
Hi Betty-Thanks Betty!
I’m sure you could if I can quite honestly! 
Oh wow a mouse! What a surprise!
Hi Tenina-Aww Tenina you are too kind!
Hi sheila-thankyou!
I’ve been lucky enough to attend some cake decorating classes and they were invaluable! 
Hehe yes I need to forget the spider! 
Hi Red-Thanks Red!
Oh cool! I’d love to see the cake you make! 
Hi zurin-Thanks Zurin!
I bet you’d do a beautiful job! Thanks so much 
Hi Nomsie-I must admit that I didn’t want to cut it after all of that
Oh no, the poor thing! that sounds worse than me! Does she have good things happen to her too though?
Hi Cate-Hehe thank you!
It’s the embroidery I’m afraid!
Hi Lorna-Thank you so much Lorna!
Hi Adrian-hehe original is probably a very polite word for me
Haha really! I never thought of the vacuum! 
Hi Danie-thanks Danie!
Oh that sounds beautiful! 
Hi Y- Yes I didn’t want to cut it up! It was hard! Oh my god that is insane! Lucky you saw it there!
How frightening!
Hi Midge-hehe yes the cake underneath is so, so moist!
Haha really? Do tell!
Hi Phunk-aw thankyou! I love that!
Hi Anne-Aww shucks you are so sweet to say that!
I hope so although I think people thought I was just strange! 
I know, i wish I could have kept it like that! 
Hi Hannah-Hannah’s Law-I love it!
But good things happen to you too right? 
Thankyou darling!
Hi ck-Thanks CK!
I was so relieved that it worked! Thankyou!
Hi InTolerantChef-Thanks Rebecca!
Oh really? Now that’s an idea for a book i.e.collecting all of those stories!
Hi Nuts about food-Thankyou so much! You are too kind
Haha I never thought of it that way but you might be right! 
Hi Deeba-Thankyou Deeba! Aww what a shame! I understand though, when you’re travelling it’s so hard to organise things isn’t it! Maybe next time!
Hi sugarpuffi-Thanks Sugarpuffi!
I was hoping for that look!
Hi Chanel-Thankyou!
Oh really? Now that is a really good skill! 
Perhaps you do? Ahh I know what you mean! Some people definitely look more approachable and like people others would like to talk to and that must be you 
Hi Gourmet Chick-Thanks Gourmet Chick!
That’s quite a compliment!
Hi Hanna-Aww thanks Hanna! Right back at you!
Hi Debra-Hehe well that’s ok! I can make it and you can eat it
So elegant, and I love the colors you’ve chosen, I think I’d have trouble cutting into this knowing how much work went into it!
Oohh gorgeous! Love the Tiffany blue and lace effect. Kinda addicted to lace dresses at the moment.
What a funny story, Lorraine! This cake is stunning with that intricate work…and your step-by-step photos are super helpful! I would love to try this one!
love the color selection and thanks for sharing your story. I can imagine you carrying that tote bag, too cool for school!!
sweetlife
stunning sweet!
You terrible person associating huntsman spiders with this gorgeous cake! ok well I dont love lace either but more than I love spiders! great story anyway and very pretty cake x
Awwwwesoooome!
Here in the U.S. we call this technique, Brush Embroidery. It is simple, but, as proven by your gorgeous images, the effect is nothing short of spectacular.
Off to Google, huntsman spiders. On second thought, no.
How beautiful! Love the colour and the embroidery icing!!! You are amazingly talented. I had heard so much about you and glad I found your site. I have lots to learn about cake decorating…maybe, one day…
-Shilpa
It is darling!!
Crrrrazy things happen to me all the time. My friends just shake their heads and say, “Of course!” 
So gorgeous! I love the blue color and the lace decorations on top!
This technique turned out looking so fancy and impressive! I’ll have to try it sometime. Love the turquoise fondant too.
You are a great story-teller, Lorraine:) I just quickly looked up the Huntsman spider on google-Yikes!
Oh Lorraine, that is just so pretty.
That looks pretty! I’ve always wondered how to create that beautiful lace effect on the cake. Thanks for showing us
Hi Gummi Baby-Thank you! I love that aqua and white combo
Haha I did! 
Hi Jen-thanks! What a very pretty addiction!
Hi Faith-thanks so much
I bet you’d ace it!
Hi sweetlife-Thank you for your kind words! Hehe I think I looked strange but that’s nice of you to say
Hi catty-Haha aren’t I terrible!
Thank you! 
x
Hi Marysol-Thank you! Yes that’s why I love it, it’s so simple but effective. Oh no don’t do that!
Hi Shilpa-thanks so much Shilpa!
Aww you are too kind really! 
Hi Krista-Thanks Krista!
Hehe I’m so glad I’m not the only one! 
Hi 5 Star Foodie-Thanks so much!
Hi Sue-With your cookie and royal icing talent I think you’d make a gorgeous go of it!
Thank you! Oh dear, they’re not pretty creatures are they?
Hi Sara -Thank you Sara!
Hi Phuoc-Thanks!
Yes it’s remarkably easy! You’re very welcome 
fascinating technique – and amusing story about the bag and spider – I think some of us just notice stuff more – these are the natural story tellers like you
I havent been here for awhile and it made me sad but now i can happily catch and before i go ahead Aura Lily is soooo cuteee and what a pretty name too!
This cake is fantastic , that sure calls for some artistic wrk and though i dont have the confidence to pull this one , i must try it sometime!
Those cups and saucers are superrr cuttteee too , where did u pick those up , hope online so i can look for them too!
What a supremely elegant looking cake. I love how it’s the perfect Tiffany blue, too.
I seriously thought this was something that you bought at a store, it looks so professional! Great job!
Wow! Love this!
This is awesome Lorraine, when I first saw the lace work I imagined it’d be so darn hard…, & while its seriously not easy…, your tutorial shows the tricks. Thanks so much for sharing this one – cake decorating of this level is like a black art to me, but so interesting.
Creepy spider story girl… ick!
Hi Johanna-Thanks Johanna! You are too kind!
Hi Mia-Welcome back Mia!
Isn’t she darling? I’m sure you would do it beautifully! I bought them from Have You Met Miss Jones although sadly it was a while back so they’re not on the site anymore! 
Hi Carolyn-Thanks so much! hehe I tried to do that on purpose!
Hi Mrs. L-Aww gosh thank you so much!
Hi ELIZABETH-Thanks so much!
Hi Anna-Thanks Anna!
I was amazed at how easy it was. I mean I suppose royal icing is a challenge in itself but the brushing technique is so easy 
Haha! 
that’s REALLY pretty, lorraine, in a dainty and subtle and very classy way. i’ve never worked with fondant, although i suppose it’s near the top of my to-do list.
WHITE chocolate and coffee… hmmmm, never would have thought of that.
And I love the colour. Very Tiffany.
I am pretty sure I win the lottery of weird shit that happens to people, don’t you think?
Hi Grace-Thanks! Oh it’s really fun to work with-like edible plasticine!
Hi Kelley-It’s gooood!
The sweetness counters the bitterness of coffee 
Yep that would be true!
Wow Lorraine, that looks gorgeous! I’ve always wanted to try lace embroidery!
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