I seem to be getting many orders for last minute cakes. Being a self taught decorator, I seem to fly by the seat of my pants. Running in all directions. Small business owners seem to do that when they are first starting out.
I took my first stab at making a small purse cake for a friends birthday. It wasn't working and I stabbed the cake.. literally.. It was a joke really.. It made me laugh so I took a picture of it. A couple of days later, I decided to try again. I was reading one of Margaret Braun's book the other day and she was talking about her introduction to cake decorating. She said "a voice in my head guides me with the following words: Fallo di Nuovo, Margherita, ma uno alla volta, e BENE. Which means: Do it again, Margaret, but one at a time and WELL.
My voice SCREAMS at me. You have 4 cakes to be working right now. Hurry up! get it done. Do it right, make it beautiful.. etc. etc. I am going to try and follow a few cake decorators words of wisdom: One at a time, and WELL. Yes.. Good advice... When I met Bronwen Webber, she said to me "Dana, don't stress... it's JUST CAKE. Ahh.... that helps me every day. Don't stress.. it is JUST cake. I tell that to my students often. There have been many days saved by that great advice. My students come to me and say "I remembered what you said, don't stress.. it's just cake.. and I didn't stress and things worked out".
So, to all of you, don't stress... Its just cake. And if you do start to stress, put a knife in that bad boy and show it who is boss! :)
