Well, since we are strict stay at home and not guests for now, Maybe you can imagine a chocolate cake made from scratch that is moist and flavorful, topped with chocolate frosting made from scratch. 😂

@Ilona, no, I do not get fancy, anymore. If they had made that cake a loaf cake, they could have done a cello, not a violin.

I have done a tiered wedding cake, fancy 50th anniversary cake, train with cars cake (raffled off at a firemens' carnival when they used to do those. That was like 30 years ago. I look back and wonder, WHY? I can't see where that would be fun to do now. 🤪

On a side "note", the wedding cake. I was talked into doing it for a brother-in-law and future sister-in-law. I kept telling them I couldn't do one like that. I did not have what was needed. They kept on with it. I told them to make sure they had a level table for it. I also said that I would not be held responsible if it dod not work and they ended out without a wedding cake. I was not going to buy a replacement or take any blame because I was not a professional. I would TRY.  They agreed

I didn't do cakes as a business and if he wanted it done by me (free), that was as far as I was involved. The table, etc was his responsibility, Well, the table was slanted. The floor, actually. It was a hall in a firehouse. The cement floor was slanted towards a center drain and they did not adjust the table for that. I did mention that to them, too, when I said I would not be held responsible. I told them the floor is angled. They forgot. Enough said, but I will continue.

The cake photos had to be done really early so the tiers could be dismantled before it tipped over. I had to point out it was tipping over. I remember saying, "Uh, (brother-in-law's name) you might want to do something about the cake before it lands on the floor."  It was looking like the Leaning tower of Pisa. 

I was not being mean about not being responsible for it. I had no idea about making those cakes. In reading, there are specifics for density to support the tiers, supplies needed, etc. I was not in the business of doing that. I was not interested in buying what was needed to do it correctly, or the needed items to transport safely, etc, like actual cake people use. I just knew how to basically do them and did the kinds I could do with normal household items and cake decorating tubes and tips, roses, etc. I did not want the stress and responsibility of getting paid to do them, the fun would be gone. That wedding cake was the last cake I ever did. I gave my cake decorating stuff to my sister-in-law, his sister. It was no longer fun. I did not want requests again.

Now I make us cupcakes or loaf cakes. Usually Elsie's Chocolate Cake. It is a recipe I got from my cousin Elsie before she passed away from cancer decades ago. I loved that cake as a kid  growing up (she was about 15 years or more older than me). It is the best chocolate cake ever. I refer to it as Elsie's Chocolate Cake so my family knows what I am talking about. They love it, too.

So, no cello cakes, although it is giving me that urge to give it a go. 🤣