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Apologies for the crappy phone camera photos. If you're interested, I posted a video of it at  Instagram .  I used spray-on food colouring instead of icing for the castle which gave it a great, stone look. I would definitely buy that product again.  "Can't you do anything  right?! Fine. I'll finish it myself." I had to do a classic ghost wearing a bedsheet because I have a strange sense of humour, but at least I made his sheet tartan.  ...and the witches. "By the pricking of my thumbs, etc. etc"  Poor guy. For extra fun, Danny put his baseball shaped bank ("Ball-O", yeah, he needs to work on better names) into the scene because the only thing that could make Macbeth better is baseball.  Anyway, that was my birthday. I learned a few things making this cake (scale, for example) and feel completely ready to take on Richard III and Hamlet. If I have a castle pan, I'm going to use it. 

We have a teenager. To celebrate we bought him some Cubs related items. * When I asked what cake he wanted, Danny replied, "A turkey." I decided to do a before and after.  This is the before... ...and this is the after. these were the easiest cakes I ever made as cutting the shapes was straightforward and I didn't need to decorate and corresponding iced cookies. The cranberries on the roast are candied cherries and you can just see a few buttercream roasted potatoes on the other side. Turkey themed birthday party? I went ahead and made the turkey loaf-I will not  be partaking. Danny is genuinely interested in turkeys from an ornithological standpoint, and it should be noted you will never see a turkey that looks like the one on the left in the wild. If you do...run! Happy Birthday kiddo. I'm so glad I get to be your mama. You were worth waiting all those years for. * The dead goat on his shirt refers to the  Curse of the Billy Goat . I knew he would love it. Wait unti...