Birthday Cake!

So, I had great intentions this week of going all out with a final dessert for my baking blog since this is our last week of blogging. Like I said, I had good intentions.

However, Thursday came around and Lindsey's boyfriend called saying his best friend's birthday was tomorrow and we needed to bake him a cake. A cake and cupcakes are very similar, especially when both coming from the box, but, a birthday cake needed to be made and I needed to focus on my recently purchased organs. Yes, I said organs.

On Thursday, I went home for a doctor's appointment and used the opportunity to go to a Chinese market in hopes of buying some organs. I am creating a campaign for Creative Communications for organ donation.

My whole concept is about a very strong visual that might be a bit repulsive, and then using emotional body copy. I wanted images of realistic organs in leftover containers (headline: we want your leftovers), in a brown packing box (headline: give us your hand-me-downs) and in a recycling container (the ultimate form of recycling).

I spent countless hours looking creepy and searching for pictures of realistic organs on stock photo websites, but none were what I wanted.

I decided to try and make the photos myself, so while in Plano, I searched a Chinese market in hopes of creepy looking meat. I wasn't even prepared for all the creepy meat I found. Pork intestines, pork stomach, chicken livers, pork hearts, pork lungs, cow spleens, and so much more. I was so excited while standing in the check out line, and I was aware that I was definitely being judged. Who could blame them though? The good news for anyone who wants to buy animal organs is that they are extremely cheap! And they have labels on them titled "appetizing!" which I definitely disagree with.

When I got back to my apartment, I knew I needed to start taking the photographs of the organs before they started...expire. I knew I didn't like the idea of them hanging out in my fridge so it was now or never. Lindsey began the baking for once while I started working up my courage to open the packages.

After a beer, I decided to just get it behind me. I opened up the packages and it hit me that I actually had to hold the organs and position them. I will spare the details but it wasn't pretty or fun. The pictures got taken but I couldn't eat the rest of the night.

Because of the picture taking, I didn't get to be too involved in the baking process but I did get to enjoy the decorating process. I got to use my Halloween sprinkles for the 2nd week in a row! I think I got a bit carried away with the amount of sprinkles I used, but the cake looked awesome.

My last week of baking was a little weak, being that all I did was decorate, and it ended up being the same type thing I made last week but this just means I will have to continue my baking blog so I don't end on a bad note.