As you will see, they are VERY different. One is guarded by polar bears; the other by snakes with strange lolling tongues, Barbie stuck in a cake, Scary Marzipan HeadFace and pink penguins overseen by newly-married couples. Bet you can't guess which one I want to buy MY cakes in!
*For a while I thought "die" means "the" in Dutch, despite evidence to the contrary and Knowing It Really. It would have been funnier in some ways (what with "die, twat" being entirely appropriate in the circumstances), but WRONG in a way I do not like. Alwaysconfused (who has no blog, otherwise he/she would have a link) pointed it out nicely and without being a knobber. He/she also makes an excellent point about going round and being nice. I had forgotten this as a tactic - as correct and effective as it usually is - because it didn't work on TwatBoy. But thank you AlwaysConfused for not being annoying and allowing me to make an Important Correction.
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We have a cake shop in Streatham which has, for some years now, displayed a very similar (increasingly dusty) BarbieCake in the window. My child cares for this cake very much. It is not quite so well-appointed electrically as the Dutch model appears to be however: How are you supposed to supply mains power to the cake?
I appreciate that you might not know at the moment of course, but I should be obliged if you would endeavour to find out.
I love the way the penguins have a Strictly Come Dancing audience. Maybe they are mini Finns?
Did you visit a "café" before NAMING YOUR BICYCLE?
Mikey - I think it's those little lights you get from IKEA that are powered by batteries! This is Not A Joke!
Apprentice - have you seen the baby swimming in tiny meringues? Horrifying.
MM - No. Glorie is the brand of the bicycle; Basil is the brand of the basket. This is the absolute truth. I am not visiting coffeeshops. I do not smoke anything anymore, and cannot accurately predict the effect of the "hash brown-ee" (as I believe they are called), so avoid them. Anyway, life's strange enough as it is without that sort of nonsense.
Someone has stabbed scary marzipan face in the side of his head with a blue biro!
I think the cake decorator was a bit tipsy, or possibly high, when he made that snake. Or else he let his little boy have a go.
Are those polar bears made of cake...??
I love all of these. Particularly the penguins with their little piles of snowballs.
I'm very sorry you're not sleeping. It's vicariously painful just thinking about it.
Oh Basil baskets! How big are they? I'd like one big enough to put my Jack Russell cross in, but he's getting on a bit so it would have to be comfy.
Apprentice - big enough for at least two normal-sized Jack Russells. Oh yes. And more than enough for your One Dog; you could put a cushion in for him too.
Ms B - no, they are made of something else, but are very lovely and have very kind faces. Can you see them in the window from afar? That shop is very, very lovely.
Z - I have more photographs of the snake! If you would like to see one (prepare to be amazed), please let me know.
Anxious - I am very much afraid that that made me laugh all by myself for quite a long time.l
I am loving the cake with the Evil Blue Worm of Death. I think you should choose that shop for all your cake-buying needs.
You're most welcome.
I have used the going-round-and-being-nice tactic for years. Not that it works, but I don't like confrontations. I'm always afraid of yelling, violence and/or the police.
Yes! Yes! Please, more photos of the snake. It is the worst decorated cake I have seen in any shop window, ever, and I am enchanted by it.
Katy - and that's without the two chocolate shops and the shop that sells ONLY pretty coloured boiled sweets. it is very odd. Almost empty, apart from some bags of sweets on the wall.
Z - you asked for it, lady. I will sort it later today.
Alwayswelcome - you are Always Welcome to put comments on my web-log, be assured of that!
What good luck - you've landed in Amsterdam's Bread Delight District !
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