Annikki comes out of her mould

It has been a long time since Annikki has produced one of her masterpiece cake designs. To get one right she has to have the inspiration.

With Joanna and kids here for a short break for Easter, this motivation appeared as she produced one of her best Easter Sunday meals of roast lamb with roast potatoes, and a fresh salad. Joanna helped by getting the broccoli fry absolutely perfect.

Samuel


Daniel


Maria

and the biggest kid of them all:


ME
The four kids enjoyed their meal!

To top the repast, Annikki produced a very traditional "Pasha" sweet. But to top it she created one of her masterpiece design cakes -- a bird house.





Who knows, but this may start a new era of Cake Designing by Annikki!

Action Snowman - 2nd Installment

Many of you raised the point that the pictures in my previous post on the Action Snowman did not really explain how the Action Snowman would actually move, unassisted.

Blame this on my poor photography skills, my lousy camera and the bad lighting.

I got a few more explicit photographs today afternoon. This will show you the extent of the sophistication of Annikki's design of the Action Snowman.





The first two photographs above show the slide and the snowman, with his feet raised so that only the snowman's bottom rests on the plastic plate which will propel him down the slide.



The third photograph shows the precise position of the snowman as he is ready to slide. It is just a cm away from moving and even that has been designed by Annikki as a very delicate snow ridge.



The last photograph shows the rear of the snowman as he sits on the plastic plate ready to go.

We now wait for an accomplished photographer and cameraman who will take those last few seconds when the Action Snowman slides down that slide to become the world's first unassisted moving (probably self-destructing) snowman!

If you look at the detail of the snowman, beside his delicately raised feet, look at the beautiful eyelashes - an effect Annikki got from using two rose berries.

Look at the wonderful broad smile. This was achieved by using a single twig and a little more snow. She did not use the usual carrot nose, but just a blob of snow.

This will stand out as one of Annikki's greatest creations - where she leads the rest of the world in her creativity.