Sweet River Studios

For my in-law's, 50th Wedding Anniversary is over. I decided to bake the cake myself and I'll probably get in over my head but no matter! I can bake cake but decorate? Not so well. But since I didn't want to pay several hundred dollars for a cake, I've decided to make it myself. I have another post on just the cake if your interested. I found a product called "Cake Lace" by Claire Bowman. You can find it on Amazon, Global Sugar Art or even Etsy. I bought the pre-mixed Gold color off of Etsy because it came from AZ. Global Sugar Art was sold out and I think Amazon ships from the UK. This is a product from UK so you might want to allow several MONTHS to get it. I was going to order the Soft Gold color for the cake but when I went to order it, it wouldn't have gotten here in time and yes this was Mid July for a party Sept 12. I could've paid the $50 to expedite it but I already have quite a lot in the materials I have and I guess I just didn't care

We went to the Secretariat festival last year hoping to get my quilt signed by Ron Turcotte and Penny Chenery. Unfortunately, the day we were leaving, the festival posted the Ms. Chenery was sick and wouldn't be there. We went anyway and got the quilt signed by Mr. Turcotte. This year was just the opposite. Ron Turcotte was injured earlier this year in a car accident and was unable to attend. I went online and pre-purchased an autograph token for Ms. Chenery. You pay a little more but everything goes to support various charity organizations, so I don't mind. This also puts you in line first. You don't have to wait in line with the masses. We got to the event at 9:00 a.m., and we saw the Superman Secretariat statue they had out front, which was new from last year. It was too cute and silly for words and I had to have a picture of it. I went into the building where all the signed merchandise and memorabilia is and got my token. I was amazed to find out that was #1.

Since I've apparently lost my mind, I decided to make a 4 tiered 50th anniversary cake for my in-laws. Seriously, I don't think anyone sane (who doesn't already make cakes for a living) would try this. Why 4 tiers, you ask? Well, because 1) I couldn't decided on what flavors to make so I'm making them all and 2) because the design I have in mind needed to be even. See perfectly good reasons, right? I ordered some cake mixes from Global Sugar Art and they were really good. One cake mix only called for oil and water since the eggs were already in the mix but the second one called for eggs. Apparently, they are changing their formula so you may or may not need to add eggs. Just follow the instructions on their packaging. You can check out all their products here . While, looking for websites, videos and whatnot as to how to do this, I came across something call Cake Lace. This stuff is really cool. You basically smear this paste like substance into a mold, let dry