Marzipan Narrowboat

[NigelMoore]

Just for fun – Gilly’s big birthday, and her daughters had her narrowboat created in marzipan for the cake. Her childhood nickname was Goofie, hence the helmsman.

 

It may look a little Dali-esque, but the detailing and paint scheme are otherwise remarkably true to life.

 

I should perhaps add that the breaking waves are the product of the artistic licence of the confectioner!

 

[magnetman]

Nice

[cuthound]

Sweet

[ChimneyChain]

Tastie ?

[Lmcgrath87]

Love it!

[Bettie Boo]

Brilliant - how fun

[Dharl]

that's great!!

[magpie patrick]

Goofie is some helmsman - he's got that boat into that gap between the two numbers whilst looking backwards!

 

That's spendid Nigel - Hope Gilly has a great day

 

If the right people are reading this (and they probably are not) I'm 50 next year...

[Jess--]

Last time I saw anything similar was at Albert and Wendy's wedding (1982 ish)

 

pics below (and hello to anyone else that was there)

 

[Phil Ambrose]

Mmmm, cakey cakey

Phil

[bassplayer]

Looks lovely. Shouldn't the icing on the base cake be brown though?

[bargemast]

What a beautiful piece of art, it would (almost) be a pitty to cut this masterpiece in slices.

 

Happy birthday Gilly,

 

Peter.

[NigelMoore]

Last time I saw anything similar was at Albert and Wendy's wedding (1982 ish)

 

pics below (and hello to anyone else that was there)

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Now that looks a serious pair!

[NigelMoore]

Hope Gilly has a great day

 

Thanks, she had a marvellous day; family and friends from all over [her daughter came over from Australia especially and organised everything], with some of the major waterways campaigners such as lady Dido Berkeley, Brentford stalwart Jim Lawes, and other boating ex-clients both young and old. Other old friends sent messages from California, Australia and Sweden.

 

Her other daughter Yasemin’s birthday card –

 

[magpie patrick]

Splendid!

 

Run out of greenies I'm afraid. Gilly's daughters clearly have a sense of fun!

[NigelMoore]

Looks lovely. Shouldn't the icing on the base cake be brown though?

 

That thought occurred to me on first sight, but let's call it aspirational art; besides, the photos it was worked up from show almost turquoise water! Trick of the light no doubt.

 

Just to show the level of faithfulness to the photos: the real-life Goofie at the helm, daughter Millie up front on the right –

 

 

Almost the same viewpoint -

 

[Theo]

Rather disturbed to see the breaking wave!

 

Tell goofy to SLOW DOWN!

 

N

[NigelMoore]

Rather disturbed to see the breaking wave!

 

Yeah, I know - see 3rd line of my original post. Blame the confectioner.

[MtB]

MAGNIFICENT cake,

 

I want one!!!

 

[jollymoggy]

Brilliant

[Theo]

 

Yeah, I know - see 3rd line of my original post. Blame the confectioner.

 

I wouldn't dream of blaming anyone who could do a job like that!

 

N

[MtB]

I especially like Goofy's stylish helmsmanship technique. He manages to look so totally relaxed and laid back as to be almost horizontal, yet fully alert and and in control. Wish I could do that

[The Bearwood Boster]

I had a marzipan /icing version of our boat on my retirement cake last year.It's now sat in my freezer!(not the cake-we ate that !

[Peter X]

I love the bankside vegetation; I jumped into something like that to moor up at Kintbury on Saturday evening.

[NigelMoore]

 

I wouldn't dream of blaming anyone who could do a job like that!

 

Fair cop then; blame lies firmly on the boater.

 

Under those circumstances we did the only thing open to us - we s.8’d Goofie’s boat, and removed it from the azure waterway.

 

Then we parcelled out the waterway, banks and all, to private consumers.