About a week and a half ago I was auctioned off at The Geffen Playhouse’s charity event:  Backstage at the Geffen.  It was a stellar affair honoring Barry Meyer (Head of Warner Bros.) and Kristen Chenowith (and who doesn’t know her).  I was part of the silent auction.  I was bartered for $2100!  Not bad.  So what did they get for their bid?  A pastry class for 3-4 people and a cake for up to 200 of their closest friends.  I have no idea who bid on me.  All I do know is that most of the night my bid sheet was empty.  It wasn’t until the end of the night that it filled up.  I would have been devastated had I not gotten anything.

The night was great!  We heard from Clint Eastwood, Beau Bridges, Matthew Morrison (from Glee), Rita Wilson, Hank Azaria and others.  Listened to songs from Alan Cumming and Dick Van Dyke (unbelievably impressive at his age), Christina Applegate and star watched for most of the evening.  Swelling with the swells.

One of the bids, which at the beginning of the event had a low bid of $6k(!) was to sit in on a table reading of The Simpsons and join Hank Azaria’s table on his poker night.  That would have been.  There were also unique items such as a week in French Polynesia (valued at $29,000) and various other one of a kind giveaways.  I didn’t bid on anything…..ahem.

But I did make a cake.

finished product

finished product

The bottom platform is solid chocolate.  Dark and white which I painted all sorts of bright colors:

in the shop

in the shop

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The theater building was fondant.  Hand painted and airbrushed with royal icing ivy. The L.A. blocks were solid chocolate, weighed a lot.

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Balanced on top was a large piece, covered in fondant, with the event’s logo.  The whole contraption was held together with pvc, threaded pipe, washers and bolts……the usual.  I arranged some sugarpaste flowers and got some micro-lighting to add a little drama.  They lit it well and I was able to have a primo location for it.  Honestly I don’t think people knew it was cake.   Sometimes that’s not to my advantage.  I think I should just put up a big sign that says:  IT’S CAKE!

For the actual event we served red velvet cupcakes, passionfruit white chocolate cake, banana deutsch cake, and white chocolate chip cake.

A good time was had by all.

And boy does Clint Eastwood look great!  I should look so good when I’m whatever age he is.

later