Friday, June 8, 2012

That Dam Cake!

My friend Michelle's father is 90 years young this week! In his younger days, he was a concrete specialist --the first dam he worked on was on the northern section of the Ottawa River, the Des Joachims Dam also known as Swisha Dam in the late 1940s. As Michelle said, "Those bridges, dams, tunnels, highways -- in Canada, Algeria, Sri Lanka, India, China -- were and still are his passion." I hope he liked this dam cake!


The reviews are in. Here's the report I got this a.m. from Michelle and the birthday party. "Hey Ronna - "Who made the Dam cake!!???" - that was the big question last night. Dad really enjoyed it. And just before 'busting the dam' - he recounted a story of how the first water entering the spillway of that particular dam created a huge deep hole - and at this juncture he was using the tip of the knife to dig through the 'water' to demonstrate for us how wide and deep the hole was... It was great. Thanks very much!"
 
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6 comments:

  1. ClaireJune 8, 2012 at 8:54 AM

    Reminds me of a joke Ronna.....

    What did the fish say when it swam into the wall?

    Dam! hehe......

    As usual your cakes are amazing Ronna.

    Claire :}

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  2. DavidJune 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    HA! Love this! You are the cake queen Ronna. You are inspiring me to try my hand at cake decorating.

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  3. SarahJune 8, 2012 at 10:08 AM

    Ronna, you put those on-air cake decorating shows to shame! Great stuff, as always!!

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  4. frannieJune 9, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    I can see there are no limits to the cakery challenges you pull off. You're ready to create a replica of Niagara Falls now.

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  5. PaulaJune 15, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    This is a really creative and original cake and I love your little message to the birthday *boy*!

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  6. MillaMarch 6, 2013 at 12:17 PM

    Thanks so much, been looking for inspiration to make a cake like this for a school project on Hydropower (:

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