IV Mat Bookclub - the birthday girl's favourite book

I was asked to make a book for a lovely lady in Malahide. By a lovely lady in Malahide. They are both members of a Book Club and this was the birthday girl's favourite book. The cake itsself is our new recipe Chocolate Cake - incredibly luscious and delicious and it was covered in fondant before being handpainted to look like a well-loved version of the book that inspired the cake

I got a lovely email off the lady who ordered the cake from me:

----- Original Message -----

From: sinead english

To: Niamh Geraghty

Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:22 AM

Subject: Rebecca book cake

Niamho,

My Mum was filling me in on her night out and how your cake was received.
Mary the receiver of the cake was overwhelmed and her legs went wobbly with the surprise. She thought
it was a book on first look.  She wouldnt cut it so next book club meeting they may want to order
some cake so they can actually get to eat some cake!!!

Well done cake lady!

Sinead Spain

Glee

Ten minutes before we were due to start this cake all I had was a font!!  Seriously.  I'd found a font similar to that used on the Cheerios uniform.  Bernie arrived with the cake and we started work.  I have to say, it came together perfectly.  We managed to incorporate a lot of the Glee aspects: Cheerios, Bullying (big quench splatters on the lockers), the music and . .  Journey!  The cake itself is a 10" chocolate fudge.  We had agreed a 10" round cake with the client but went a little bit more by providing a bigger cake so we had more room to have fun.