Cakewalk, Day Nine: The Carousel of Life

Welcome to DAY NINE of my August Cakewalk. I wish that I could say I had a wonderful picture of a cake I’d baked for one of my Montana grandbabies, but I do not. One of the hazards of living so far away…I never get to bake/decorate for them. I have those grandkids on my mind because I’m going to see them next week, praise the Lord!

Today I’m going to feature a cake that I made for one of my Houston-area granddaughters, Peyton. You might’ve seen this one come across you radar a few weeks ago. She celebrated her fifth birthday back in June and requested a “My Little Pony” cake. I ordered the ponies and concocted a plan in my head for how the cake would come together. Doing a carousel cake made since, so that’s the direction I went. I even put it on a stand that turns so the carousel would spin!

Each pony (it turns out) has his or her own name and personality, (this, according to Peyton). Multiple colors were needed for this special cake, of course. Lots of pizzazz! The final outcome made me so happy and the birthday girl loved it.

Merging a lot of different personalities is something my character Scarlet knows a lot about. If you’ve read “The Icing on the Cake” you know that she has to merge lots of VERY different people on her “carousel” of life. Aunt Willy (old sourpuss!), Armando (lover boy), Dad (local pastor), Mom (stable/solid), Rossi family (wacky), BFF/Hannah (frazzled bride-to-be) and many, many more. In the midst of such a colorful crew she manages to keep sane. Well, mostly. There is that one incident in the middle of the Food Network baking competition…

If you haven’t read Scarlet’s colorful story, why not give it a shot? If you would like to be entered in a special drawing to win an autographed copy of the book, leave a quick story about a carousel ride that you (or someone else) took. Have an awesome day, y’all!

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