When will I learn to rinse the frosting off my fingers?

[lmhall2000]

UGH! Hope not many Atkins folks read this- but it's a tradition in my family that I make the birthday cakes for my children's parties- well today's cake was a humdinger- a castle cake- it required cutting out parts of a 13x9 cake and rearranging it to look like a castle. It was all fine until I had to frost it- made the buttercream frosting and colored it gray- pretty cool! (Oh by the way, tried out a new cake recipe- AWESOME chocolate cake very moist- if anyone wants it- I only had one piece!) But when you cut a cake up it means you don't have "smooth" sides to frost and my gray castle started getting little flecks of chocolate cake all in it. This caused me to have to lick way too much frosting- don't worry I did wash/rinse hands between licks but I don't think all that refined confectioner's sugar is going to do me well for tomorrow's weigh in- blech- I feel yucky.
Here's to hoping y'alls Memorial Day was better on target for staying healthy than mine was- on top of that I slimfasted 2 meals only to make my one meal 3 slices of pizza and a piece of chocolate cake and probably a 1/2 cup of frosting! UGH!!!
Going out tomorrow to make spinach salad with strawberries! Much better!!
Tara

 

[KathyTX]

Tara, I'll bet the castle cake was a huge hit. I hope you took pictures of it!

You're such a great mom!


(When I'm frosting cake layers I've trimmed, I like to freeze the cake first. It seems to cut down on the crumbing quite a bit. I like to do the whole Wilton cake-decorating thing. Then I try to get the cake out of my house as soon as possible!)

 

[karebear1]

OK_ Here's your first Atkins reaction......


YOU ARE A GREAT MOM!!!! Good for you for continuing the tradition! So, you had a piece? That really ins't a big deal, and as you have learned, it sure doesn't take much to get you feeling pretty bad does it??? Listen- everyone does this! So, please don't think about it or dwell on it- just learn from it and remember that feeling in your tummy right now! It took me about 3 weekends to remember!

 

[Debbie]

Tara, I hope that you are feeling better! You know, that one meal (well, and the other licks) won't make a HUGE difference for you as long as you look ahead and do what feels good from here on in. Don't worry! You are a great mom, and THAT's what you need to remember. Oh, and I wanted to ask the same as Karen-pics! Where are they? That cake sounds heavenly! Mmmm.

 

[Beanie]

I hope you are feeling better today!! What a wonderful mom you are to make a complex cake like that!! Way to go!
I know how you feel though, a few weeks ago I ate 2 sugar cookies and was sick for about 2 hours after!! We will learn, right? LOL