Oh Oh...Oreo?????

I have ever told you how much I enjoy the people I work with? This cake is thanks in part to them. For Christmas my mother ordered a sandwich cookie cake pan. The neat thing about this pan is that it is very detailed on the top and bottom cookies and then the icing goes in the middle. Takes no time to decorate. The present was back ordered and arrived after Christmas at my office. So I could not help but share my good fortune with my co-workers who suggested maybe I should start testing cakes with them. After all I would not want to sell a bogus cake (see how selfless my co-workers are?). So over the weekend I baked the cake which was a dense chocolate cake with butter cream icing in the center. How bad can it be for you, after all the entire project involved three sticks of butter. I consider it health because I used unsalted butter for this one. I believe one of my testers said she was going to spend the evening in a diabetic coma after eating a slice. A few testers from the health department came by to get sodas and I offered them some. They seemed quite taken with it. I think the official cookie cake will now be part of the cake menu.

Oh Deer Christmas is Over?

Every once in awhile I have to bake a cake just to bake it or give it to someone or someones very special. A very special family so deserved a cake, so I baked this one for them the day before Christmas. Delivery was not via the Santa express which made it very difficult to get it to them so I delayed on the decorating and keep the cake fresh with a little bakers secret...I kept it in the freezer until I decorated it today.

The family I made it for, in essence, has adopted me and I am in training as a plumbers child. I have already fixed toilets in three states and another country. Not to mention that their daughter, who used to be one of my co-workers, and is currently one of my volunteers (once you get into 4-H you never want to leave) is one of my best friends. When dad and little brother came and helped bail me out of the lake that had formed in my kitchen...the least I could do is bake a cake for them.

The cake is a butter cake and is supposed to be Rudy the Reindeer. I am guessing this is Wilton's way of making a Rudolph the Reindeer cake pan without infringing on copyrights or trademarks. I thought about stringing lights from the antlers to make it more holiday like but since it is the beginning of the year I decided against it. One of the designs shows the deer with a hat and making it a hunting deer which could be a great idea for an avid hunter in need of a cake. Just a few neat ideas to help round off celebrating the holiday.