As most of you know, I was recently leafing though old family albums, and since birthdays are a classic occasion for taking photos, you won’t be at all surprised that I’ve stumbled upon some highly incriminating evidence documenting the early days of my life-long cake addiction.
A quick look over the shoulder to make sure nobody’s about to swipe my piece… That’s my mother on the left, the other people are her aunts and her cousin. [Hideous 80’s perms alert…!]
Whaaaahhhh, she’s touching My Precious….!!!!
Finally, she’s gone… and I get to be alone with MY CAKE!!!
Ooooooh, a fancy two-tiered construction! Just what I’d ordered. Right behind me are my mum (right, in the blue) and by grandma (left)
My little brother with his birthday cake. Yes, wee boy, just don’t you take your eyes off it… not even for a second…!
[For the rest of the 70’s Flashback series, bursting with embarrassing photos, click here.]
Lady Of The Cakes 
My good God! Those cakes are just… well… I am actually speechless. The amount of sugar alone…!
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No decent cakes Up North…?
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I think the answer is no, when I look at those!
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But at least you had the same perms 🙂
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So cute! Those are some big cakes. I was never a fan of the marzipan taste, but until I went to study in Europe I had no idea it came in so many amazing shapes. I wanted to buy one of every single variety at the Nice market!
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Gosh, that would have resulted in an enormous collection!
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So, expert opinion, please: would it have been possibly to press in a string loop into them, and then dry them, thus making them into Christmas ornaments? Bc if yes, I am going CRAZY next time I’m in the Mediterranean.
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That might work, provided they were dry enough before hanging, and I wasn’t around, but they would really be quite brittle, I think. Better (and cheaper) to do this with baked salt dough.
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Yeah but they dont make 5000 fun shapes I can buy at a market with salt dough!
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At German Christmas markets they do 🙂
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OMG. You need to stop with the propaganda.
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Also, I love the contrast of the very 60s-70s decor (esp that orange-brown wall pattern) and the delicate Bavarian? white & blue porcelain.
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It’s very stylish that… I so hope it comes back one day *cough*
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It’s times like these that the USSR was happy to be unfashionable 😛
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Yup, greyish green walls would indeed have been preferable!
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We had green wallpaper with pink and white floral pattern on it. Granted, I was 8 (when we moved), but I remember it being pretty ok.
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That sounds kinda art deco… I’d have liked that 🙂
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as remembered by an 8-yo two+ decades ago…
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Oooh, that two-tiered construction is amazing!
Ahh, the 80s perms. My mum was another victim 😉
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Well, it could serve as an ambitious inspiration for your next baking efforts… 😉
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Wow! I never had such beautiful birthday cakes! Now I see where it all came from 🙂 Thanks for sharing the pics!
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Cake, bread, sausage. We do those well 😉
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Love it! You’re sooo cute! Also, is your little brother’s cake piggies in mud??! That’s the stuff dreams are made of, I LOVE it!
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I guess we were quite cute as kids… didn’t carry over into adulthood, though 😦
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That second picture is outrageous — for several reasons! First of all, the CAKE! But more excitingly, you! You were so cute!
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WERE being the operative word 😉
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I can see why your addiction, I mean obsession, I mean love of cakes started so young. Those cakes are fabulous. They look so good, I’d be almost sad to cut into them. Almost.
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Nah, I’m pretty ruthless in that respect. Greed and gluttony rule 😉
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The cake thing is definitely in the blood. Those are some mondo-supremo cakes! I never had anything remotely that cool-looking, much less marzipan! I don’t think I even tasted marzipan until I was an adult.
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Aw, what a deprived childhood you must have had… 😉
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I might be your antipole: Mum said the cake she made me on my 4th birthday was the last as I then announced loud enough that I do not like cakes. I actually don’t (with a few exceptions), they look awesome, make me want to try them and then… blaa. Definitively no cream or marzipan for me. From then on mum built me various worlds out of gingerbread for my birthday that often covered the whole table, there was a castle with walls around, a sea world racing track etc. Would you believe that I didn’t even have a “proper” wedding cake?!The one we had was out of ice cream, and then when celebrating the second time we had… tadaa.. a gingerbread world telling our story of how we met (made by my brother and his wife). And still: all the pics you send, they look so good!!!
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Entire worlds made out of gingerbread?! I am the daughter your mother never had 😉
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Yes, you are! 🙂
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These pictures were a really delight to see! 🙂
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Key West is very photogenic, I’ll be posting pics for a good while yet 🙂
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Ever tried life without cake? 🙂 No, silly question!
I’m full of Christmas pud at the minute. I froze some and have just rediscovered it 🙂
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I did actually, for two full years. Long story. Suffice to say, I ain’t doing that again. Evah!
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Ooooh, got any brandy butter to go with that???
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Nah! Greek yogurt or custard do for you? 🙂
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Custard! Gimme!!!!!!
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