The cake was 27cm in diameter and 9cm high. A layered cake: three sheets of sugar cake, raspberry jam and two layers of strawberry mousse. All covered in chocolate ganache and half a kilo of marzipan.
This was by far the most difficult and frustrating cake I have made to date. As a matter of fact this cake would never have been finished were it not for the good will and help of friends and family and complete strangers!
Eva, Jon, James and Karen were kind enough to searched for and trust me with old photos of Anne Katrine to document her entire life.
My brother-in-law, Jacob, took charge of getting the photos scanned and generally setting them up and getting them ready to be printed.
At first I wasn't too impressed with the customer service displayed by KageKompagniet, but they did do an amazing print job (http://kagekompagniet.dk/)
My parents, Ingolf and Kirsten, not only babysat my daughter (so I could focus on the baking job), they also drove all the way to Rungsted to pick up the printed photos (thus saving me from a nervous fit)
Johan displayed stoic calm in the face of the cake chaos that invaded his home.
and last but not least:
Clare, a professional Australian cake maker (http://clarescakes.com.au/), who has made the best movie reel cake I have ever seen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35918036@N08/5925965482/in/photostream), generously took time out of her very busy schedule to answer my "how-to-do"questions.
Signe, jeg sidder her med åben mund og polypper. Hold k..., hvor er den sej!!!! Det kan godt være, at den var ved at tage livet af dig undervejs, men den er altså bare en helt utrolig flot kage og en fantastisk ide. Der er kælet for detaljen, og udførelsen er perfekt! Klap klap klap klap klap!
ReplyDeleteRødme, rødme, rødme. Tak, Mai-Britt!
ReplyDeleteKæreste kæreste Signe
ReplyDeleteKan det gøre ondt når der bliver skåret skiver i en kage og gæster begynder at nyde den?
JA! Det kan gøre psykisk ondt at se hvordan et kage-kunstværk bliver fortæret af en glubsk flok - også selv om det er formålet og den bringer stor nydelse!
Af hjertet T A K for at donere ikke "blot" en vidunderlig kage med sjove, skæve underlige billeder af mig gennem 40 år, men af hjertet T A K fordi du kreerede den - under dramatiske omstændigheder - og helt i min (tidligere) ånd med drama - skulle jeg have været i tvivl, så kunne jeg da ikke have fået en gave der kunne fortælle mig, at jeg er elsket :-) Stor tak til Ingolf, Kirsten og Johan der stod dig bi. KLAP KLAP KLAP
DEN ANONYME ER MODTAGEREN AF DEN SMUKKE MOVIE REEL CAKE ANNE KATRINE ANDERSEN
ReplyDeleteNiche-produktion, kreativitet, nærvær, venskab, nerve måske grænsende til ART. Lige den lille vibrerende nerve af noget der er svært at af grænse og som vi alle bare elsker både når vi oplever dette noget og også når den enkelte bliver fokusperson. Tænk hvis det en dag blev "min" tur. (PS: jeg har haft min tur! og jeg har den flere gange om ugen; AT VÆRE SAMMEN MED carolines mor ER BARE EKSTRAORDINÆRT, INSPIRERENDE OG LIVETS GAVE.) Knus til alle kagebagerens venner. Ingolf.
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