Pavia is a small town ... end up in the end we all know ... :)
This is the story of a cake, made for the grandson of Raphael, who was baptized yesterday, Sunday, March 6, 2011.
One day Cristina sends me an email, wondering if, in the case resided in Pavia ... Of course I live here! He asks me to send my contacts to a lady who took a cake and she, living in Rome, would be unable to achieve.
soon Raffaella I write, we set an appointment in the charming bar Demetrio, dominated by the monumental red glass chandelier from Murano, where we meet some day to talk about the work that would be realized for the grandchild.
I discover in the meantime that Raffaella has been known for a very dear friend, and talking nicely to cakes, candies, universities and children, the conversation between us melts: we talk like we've known for a long time ...
We have developed the idea of \u200b\u200bthe cake topper, for everything else I have carte blanche and to choose the decoration of confetti that will fulfill for you.
The dominant colors are white and blue, of course, but also decided to add a touch of yellow to brighten and lighten a bit 'of the monotony of these two colors.
few days after delivery of the first part of the job: the confetti decorated. Some are with a bottle, others with bows, others with the decoration of the cake that will be resumed.
When I begin to prepare the cake I decided that the base is a sponge cake, chocolate variation, the same Letizia use for some time and I recommend caldamente perché, sostiene, è densa, abbastanza umida e anche molto gradita anche a chi è abituato al classico Pan di Spagna. Sempre Letizia mi consiglia la bagna: acqua, zucchero, una scorzetta di arancia non trattata e due chiodi di garofano, portati a bollore qualche minuto e lasciati raffreddare. Sorprendentemente buonissima.
Preparo le due basi, le bagno e le farcisco con una ganache al cioccolato fondente e al latte: quando so che ci saranno anche dei bambini a consumare la torta preferisco non utilizzare solo cioccolato fondente, forse perchè il mio piccolo Lorenzo non ama particolarmente il cioccolato "nero". Poi ricopro cream butter and then sugar paste.
The cake is pretty high, just as I like these cakes are to be Anglo-Saxon origin.
The week was heavy: the preparation work for the course took me a lot, but recently, I happen to have more and more clear as the cake must be finished.
And so it was also for this: one day, suddenly, in my mind has formed the image of the cake topper, decided by Raffaella, who sleeps with a bunny in a basket held by a staple. All surrounded by a garland of flowers.
So, I like to coordinate all that, the idea of \u200b\u200bturning this garland of flowers around the cake and that is echoed on the decoration of the tray.
few days of work ... and the cake is finished. I painted in various shades of green leaves of garlands, I made hundreds of tiny flowers, and I left a bit 'by the ice for real this job ... or rather I have used very little, for finishing the edge of the plaque on the topper to make the decoration that covers the seam between the cake and tray to make the center of the blue and yellow flowers and, finally, for some small rosebud garlands on.
As always happens to me recently, after work, I feel helpless, empty, no more objective: I can not tell if what I just finished I really like it or not ...
So often, I leave to others to judge my work ... and so I will do now: this was my job ... I accept tips, criticism and suggestions:)
The finished cake:
The topper ...
Decoration walls. The heart and within the technique Daisy pressure piping, which is my signature: Eddie in the heart ... forever.
I matched the cake decorated with confetti and the others I have not photographed ... identical to those already several times before ...
Although I work with sugar, this week will be equally intense: prepare orders for the course of April, preparing handouts, think about the organization of other courses in the program, begin the next translation - still an article of "my" Eddie e. .. e. ..
... and Friday ... take a plane, along with Federica Silovoglio and Roberta, a girl who participated in my course of October, and we'll fly together in the UK to join the Squires Kitchen Exhibition and there, among so many wonders, will review and, hopefully, embrace and kiss still "my" Eddie ... which will attend the event for three days, an unscheduled meeting but, for me, highly anticipated ... I already know that, as usual, I'm going to cry like a fountain ... Anne
see again, my English friend, I will meet many people I know only by name, attended the forum of the British Sugarcraft Guild ... well ... a weekend in half the sugar ... that more sugar can not be: D
I hope to do a lot of pictures ... Then, of course, I will tell you everything ...
you soon then, with the guide of the trip, the next translation ... and future projects:)
soon,
Donatella
