Don't make your children help you carry the cakes for the summer fair to school and then tell your 2 year old she isn't allowed to eat one despite the fact she has it right under her nose. You will arrive at school with two children sobbing/screaming. Other parents will look at you accusingly. They won't know that you have not allowed them buns for breakfast, they will just think you are a bad parent. This is because you not only have two crying children, but you are also late and sporting wet hair. You look a shambles and so people will think you most probably are a shambles. And all because you wanted to bring buns in for the school fair. It's just not worth it.
Lesson #240
Don't then try and pass off said buns as your own by buying plain fairy cakes from Tesco and just icing them yourself, sprinkling them with silver balls. A good 'friend' will out you on Facebook, thereby making you look very lame. Either just buy nice cakes from Waitrose still in their wrappers that people will actually want to buy or get up off your lazy bum and make them from fresh. There is no such thing as half measures when it comes to bun making for the summer fair. Deal with it.
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oh dear! - could you not secretly have given them just one each to keep them quiet?!
Is the cake pictured what you are aspiring to?
Elsie B, Do you not believe the pic is one I made with my own fair hands??
I had only made 10 (they'd eaten two the night before), so my contribution was minimal as it was. In hindsight, I should have transported them in a tin, where no bun was visible, rather than a tray with clingfilm that they had to hold on their lap! Well, we live and learn. Who does your lovely pics by the way? Are you multi talented and can also illustrate? If so, I am insanely jealous x
far from multi-talented, but yes, did do the pics. I now can't work out if you decorated that cake or not?! i can be pretty thick. Yes the visible cakes on their laps is a bit of a tease! x
I love your pics. I hope you follow up your grown up book with a gorgeous story book for little girls with your glorious pics.
Alas, the bun is just a random image from google.
I now feel double ashamed...
Do these parenting lessons come in a book? I will never be able to remeber them all, let alone remeber which lesson was on which blog at which time.
A for effort for the cakes. At least you didn't burn anything. Coming to think of it, that would actually be an achievement. 'Burnt by icing. A physical miracle. Mum of 2 wins noble price for extreme cupcaking.'
I should go to bed now.
We absolutely love making cup cakes but my kids are nightmares for 'licking the spoon'.
It's got to the stage where they want to lick it before we've actually filled the paper cases!
I like to lick the spoon before I fill the cases but I digress! SC often makes nice cake like things at preschool, two of them - one for mummy and one for daddy. Both are always devoured before I can clip her into the car seat for the journey home. I have learned my lesson the painful way. And I'll be right there with you next year buying the Waitrose cakes or totally cheating and getting my cupcake friend to bake me a dozen!
I have an award for you. Cupfaking most be honoured ;-)
http://www.metropolitanmum.co.uk/2009/07/once-again-–-it’s-award-time/
The cake staff at school fairs is serious business isn't it? There is a real sense of competitiveness from the mums at our school about who sends in the best or the most cakes!
Great to see you blogging again!
PLEASE tell me you made the cupcake in the picture, I have visions of only perfection of you Confused...
I love that cupcake picture! It's looks stunningly delicious. I've always found that a good deed often results in tears from the little guys! The life of a mom!
Well, I've never made a cupcake in my life. I keep meaning to make a cake with the boys but I'm just too lazy and even when it comes to their birthdays, I buy in. Baking terrifies me ever since I made a swiss roll at school and it came out 10 times the size of anyone else's. x
MM - The last parent you would want lessons from is me, I assure you. OOh, I like the sound of a nobel prize though...
Tara - So, I have the licking spoon debate in my head - to let lick or not, ever since Edwina Curry and the salmonella scare I have been a tad worried about raw egg. Over cautious - moi?
That Girl - A kindred spirit as always!
MM- An award, for moi? I shall be over to pick it up immediately...!
Supermum - One thing I have learnt about school is there seems to be competitiveness about everything. Nice to be back amongst blogland friends x
MH - Of course I made the cupcake in the picture...what do you take me for? I often spend hours perfecting my sprinkling...
Bluecottonmemory -Hello there! It does look delicious doesn't it. If only it were mine. And yes, why do good deeds so often end with sobbing? (Usually from me actually)NVG - I think you should seek therapy immidiately for the over sized swiss roll trauma. I am amazed you haven't already... x
Hahaha :D
I'm mentally noting all your tips for years to come :D
And I really really want cake now please & thank you!!
hello miss leslie anne - thanks so much for visiting. YOu have permission to go eat cake and lots of it x
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