Of lately I have been experimenting a lot with edible wafer paper. You will soon see what I mean. There is no grey area with respect to this medium, you either love it or you hate it. And believe me you, there are many people who hate it. I was one of them, till I learnt how to manipulate it, without giving me a heartache. Then onwards, wafer paper became quietly and magically the best friend I needed in my work!

Wafer paper if not handled with the love and care it needs, can behave like a stubborn jackass. I have had my share of tears, rips, stickiness, goopy messes and paper dissolving right before my eyes. However our love hate relationship has since evolved to one of endearing, unending and understanding relationship. I treat it with respect, and it rewards me with creations that are beautiful to behold, and promises of endless possibilities.

Poetic descriptions apart, this is the cake I created for my dear husband’s birthday. He didn’t want a run of the mill cake. He said to me, “Make me something you haven’t made before” and this design was approved by him at 8 pm the night before!

It didn’t help that I had another order and delivery at 12 noon on the same day as this cake. So despite the fact that the cake was baked, I started with making the ganache and assembling the cake only at 1 p.m. and to my own sweet surprise I was able to complete it by 5 pm!

Sure, it helped that the lower cake of the two isn’t a real cake at all! It’s a dummy, because there were going to be a measly 10 people at the party, and I didn’t want to be left with a ghastly amount of cake. It hurts to see my cake being a part of leftovers.

I lit the cake and placed it on the table before the guests arrived. The funniest expression was my uncle’s when he reprimanded me for keeping a lantern on the table where it could fall and break, and I told him it wasn’t a lantern, it was cake! LOL… priceless moment for me!