What a $100 cake looks like

Clodfobble · 04-13-2013, 08:19 AM

3 servings coconut flour = $2.36
12 duck eggs = $12.00
1.5 cups raw honey = $3.00
1 cup grapeseed oil = $2.35
2.5 containers special-diet frosting = $15, plus $35 rush shipping because I fucked up
Additional homemade frosting after I figured out how to make it myself = $3
Payment to my friend the cake decorater = $25 giftcard

Total cost of cake = $97.71

Giving my special-diet girl the perfect cake on the first birthday she's been aware enough to really understand = Priceless.

Clodfobble · 04-13-2013, 08:20 AM

Of course now that I've nailed down the frosting process, the cost for that will go down from $53 to about $8 when I have to do it all again in May for Minifob's birthday. Plus his theme is Legos and I feel confident I can decorate that one myself without my friend's help. So his cake will only cost $27.71. Eh, you live and learn.

orthodoc · 04-13-2013, 08:34 AM

Beautiful! And priceless.

Sundae · 04-13-2013, 09:08 AM

Worth every single cent.

(TWELVE duck eggs?! now I know why you queried the price on Borough Market - you need to start keeping ducks, m'lady!)

Is Mr Clod fair?
You have very blond childer.
I know why the step-childer are dark (dark and beautiful), I just wondered.

Ocean's Edge · 04-13-2013, 09:10 AM

woot ... is lovely

infinite monkey · 04-13-2013, 09:16 AM

What an adorable child, smile is priceless. Well done clodfobble!

Griff · 04-13-2013, 09:23 AM

Best Mom evah!

Clodfobble · 04-13-2013, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Is Mr Clod fair?
You have very blond childer.

Brown hair, blue eyes. Minifob looks exactly like him, and his hair turned definitively brown around age 3. Minifobette, on the other hand, looks like me to the point that others have mistaken childhood pictures of me for recent pictures of her. I started to go dirty-blonde around age 10 and didn't get to the current light brown color until my early 20s. But I still have the rosacea--I mean, uh, adorable rosy complexion.

Clodfobble · 04-13-2013, 09:46 AM

Do any of the adults here recognize the character on the cake? I know all her friends will, but it's not the most well-known.

Clodfobble · 04-13-2013, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

(TWELVE duck eggs?! now I know why you queried the price on Borough Market - you need to start keeping ducks, m'lady!)

I actually considered it, but I came to the conclusion that they wouldn't do well in my small suburban backyard, and my neighbors would hate me. It's only so many because I'm cooking with coconut flour, which absorbs liquid like a beast. There's only 225 grams of flour in that whole cake. If it had been almond flour instead, there would have been 3 times the flour and 1/3 the eggs.

Sundae · 04-13-2013, 09:54 AM

Recognising the character; but of course!
It's that green... monster... thing with teeth?

Ah, no.
Enlighten please Ms Clod.

Oh and if it turns out to be American-only then I win, okay?

Chocolatl · 04-13-2013, 10:55 AM

Is it the little guy from that game where you cut the rope so he can eat the candy?

Awesome cake, awesome mom. Happy birthday, minifobette.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-13-2013, 11:01 AM

Gosh, I wonder what Clod does in her spare time?

footfootfoot · 04-13-2013, 11:51 AM

That's an adorable girl you've got there Cloddy.

"Mommy, when can we unwrap the cake?"

xoxoxoBruce · 04-13-2013, 11:55 AM

Yes, looks like Mom.

04-13-2013, 08:19 AM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	What a $100 cake looks like 3 servings coconut flour = $2.36 12 duck eggs = $12.00 1.5 cups raw honey = $3.00 1 cup grapeseed oil = $2.35 2.5 containers special-diet frosting = $15, plus $35 rush shipping because I fucked up Additional homemade frosting after I figured out how to make it myself = $3 Payment to my friend the cake decorater = $25 giftcard Total cost of cake = $97.71 Giving my special-diet girl the perfect cake on the first birthday she's been aware enough to really understand = Priceless. Attached Images __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-13-2013, 08:20 AM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Of course now that I've nailed down the frosting process, the cost for that will go down from $53 to about $8 when I have to do it all again in May for Minifob's birthday. Plus his theme is Legos and I feel confident I can decorate that one myself without my friend's help. So his cake will only cost $27.71. Eh, you live and learn. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Beautiful! And priceless. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Worth every single cent. (TWELVE duck eggs?! now I know why you queried the price on Borough Market - you need to start keeping ducks, m'lady!) Is Mr Clod fair? You have very blond childer. I know why the step-childer are dark (dark and beautiful), I just wondered. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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04-13-2013, 09:16 AM	#6
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What an adorable child, smile is priceless. Well done clodfobble!

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04-13-2013, 09:46 AM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Do any of the adults here recognize the character on the cake? I know all her friends will, but it's not the most well-known. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-13-2013, 09:54 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Recognising the character; but of course! It's that green... monster... thing with teeth? Ah, no. Enlighten please Ms Clod. Oh and if it turns out to be American-only then I win, okay? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-13-2013, 10:55 AM	#12
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Is it the little guy from that game where you cut the rope so he can eat the candy? Awesome cake, awesome mom. Happy birthday, minifobette.

04-13-2013, 11:01 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gosh, I wonder what Clod does in her spare time? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-13-2013, 11:51 AM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	That's an adorable girl you've got there Cloddy. "Mommy, when can we unwrap the cake?" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-13-2013, 11:55 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, looks like Mom. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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