This Was My First Cushion Cake

BAKE a rectangle or square shaped cake. But I am not usually that organised! 3: cover one side of cushion with BC, then fondant, and flip cake over onto cake board. I used the embossing mat to help lift the fondant onto the top of the cushion, and then raised the mat off the fondant once happy with the position of the fondant on the cake. 5: Use a ribbon to help guide your stitching wheel to ensure straight lines. Create cord detail, holding in place with pins until dried in place. 8: Paint cake as desired. You don't have to paint it of course, but that is what I did for this cushion..

All painted with Lustre Dusts & vodka. This was my first cushion cake, and remains one of my cakes that I am still proud of. I have included this photo of a 2 tier cushion cake dummy I did for a trade fair, to give another decorating idea. What a brilliant tutorial! Thank you for being our guest teacher this week Toni! Toni grew up in Melbourne, Australia and as a young adult her travels took her to Italy. Pietrasanta (LU) on the Tuscan coast. Disappointed that cakes, such as a simple cupcake, were impossible to find there, Toni began making special birthday cakes for her own children. She is now is serving the public with her own special brand of cake artistry!

Last week, I asked those of you who might be struggling to email me if you were in need of advice or wanted someone to talk to. Because I know what it’s like to move to a new city alone, to get past an emotionally abusive relationship, to make new friends as an adult, and to feel like your career isn’t going anywhere. A dozen or so of you reached out because you were dealing with or have dealt with one or more of those issues. So I’d like to address one of them-making friends as an adult. Because adult friendships are tricky. They take time to form and are impacted by hobbies, career changes, geography, relationships, and babies. And those factors can make it easy to drift apart.

Friendship is a lot like dating in that you’re not going to automatically click with every person that you meet. And over time, you might learn that someone that seemed like BFF material wan’t a fit after all-something that happened to me a year ago. So if you find yourself in a friendship rut, here are a few ways to connect, and some concrete examples to back these ideas up. If you’re new to a city, ask your friends and family if they know anyone they can put you in touch with. Someone who emailed about this issue mentioned living in DC, so I reached out to a friend there to ask if she knew of any meet-ups and she said she’d love to meet her for coffee. Sure, this reader doesn’t “know” me, but I’m in her social media network, and through that, she’s being introduced to someone new.