there is one cake that was on my mind for at least a year. i usually never make a cake unless it is ordered by someone. i try to tell myself that i need to do a cake here or there for practice. but on the days i'm not making cake, i don't usually bake. i watch tv. i love tv. i love just about every series ever made on hbo. except for trueblood. but especially game of thrones...watch it people.
....but finally, i just had to make this cake. i thought about it often and i knew it wouldn't take that long. and best of all, i could take it to someone that would get a kick out of it. so finally i made the GYRO cake. and it turned out to be one of my favorites.
best thing: it was a single layer, no support! super quick to make!
weirdest thing: making the meat. i used fondant and i kept thinking how gross it'll be on a cake and i was glad i wasn't eating it.
other weirdest thing: realizing it wasn't actual meat that i had just made.
fun thing: adding the airbrush details.
hardest thing: figuring out the overlapping fold of the pita. i had to cut out a paper circle and and fold it to see the way it bent. it sounds silly, but somehow i couldn't figure it out in my head.
this one made me have a cheezy grin for awhile after it was done. i made a little flag on a skewer that said i love vaskens. g's most favorite place to eat that he rarely gets to go to. (because if we go out i usually call the shots...thai thai it is) he dropped it off as a special treat to a couple of the coolest business owners in town. p.s. if you ever want to "accidentally" run in to yakov...this is your place.
