{"id":12,"date":"2010-06-13T15:15:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T15:15:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-06-12T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T17:29:06","slug":"over-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justinejng.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Over The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt threw a surprise 50th birthday party for my uncle, and of course everyone had expected me to make a gag cake. So I made my new-found signature vanilla cake&#8230; and in the hectic chaos of it all, I forgot to fill the cake!! haha But that&#8217;s okay because the execution of the design turned out way better than I had imagined! The whole cake was then\u00a0steamed for a shiny glossy look. One side of the cake represented his youth and love of guns and a shooting range, while the other side represented old age, complete with diapers, the &#8220;blue pill&#8221;, glasses and a walker, as my uncle frantically tries to climb back up to the other side. Everything was hand sculpted out of fondant except for the glasses and\u00a0walker which were plied out of wire.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0374-1024x6791.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[12]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0374-1024x6791-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-108\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-108'>\n\t\t\t\tlong-gone enjoyments of youth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0375-1024x6791.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[12]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0375-1024x6791-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109'>\n\t\t\t\tClawing to stay at the top&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0370-1024x6791.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[12]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/justinejng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/dsc_0370-1024x6791-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-110\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-110'>\n\t\t\t\tOver the Hill!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt threw a surprise 50th birthday party for my uncle, and of course everyone had expected me to make a gag cake. 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