Topsy turvey is a phrase that has long been said by many and means simply "upside down".
The Grandbaby really enjoys television shows and has gone through different stages of favorites. She still enjoys her super heroes, the P J Masks. Then she's to another extreme of enjoying princesses. I guess she has multi interests when it comes to animation. When she was much younger, I introduced her to my current favorite show, Goldie and Bear. She tended to lose interest in that for a while but now has regained that interest as I have a few episodes taped on my DVR from back then. I can't seem to find it on my television schedule now.
The series is based on fairy tales. The main characters are cute blond haired Goldie (Goldilocks) and her best friend Bear (Baby Bear in the Three Bears story). The other characters are fairy tale characters--Mother Goose, Red (Red Riding Hood), Humpty (Humpty Dumpty)--you get the idea.
Her favorite current episode is Topsy Turvey Tea Party and we watch it every time she comes. In this episode Mama Bear is giving a tea party and Mother Goose is going to attend. Now this will be the first tea party Mother Goose has attended at Mama Bear's house. All you girls out there know how important the preparation would be if Mother Goose was coming to your house so you will find this easy to imagine.
Mama has made a gorgeous chocolate upside down cake for the event. It stands tall with the smallest layer being on the bottom and the widest layer on the top. The icing is flawlessly done with a bit of pink and purple decoration. Beautiful! Mama Bear has to go out and find more chairs, leaving Goldie and Bear to do dusting and cleaning up a bit. Well, this beautiful cake is sitting on the table. Being the children that they are, Goldie and Bear cannot resist putting their finger in the icing and having a taste. It IS delicious! Before they know it, they have had many tastes and one side of the cake is gone. Their mouths are covered with chocolate and Mama Bear is coming up the walk. Bear stashes the cake in the refrigerator and they decide to go to Ginger's house (she's a good witch) as Ginger can cook another one. (Lots of unrealistic expectations here but in animation anything can happen and no one questions.) Bear tries to come clean with Mama Bear but the guests begin to arrive.
Fast forward to the party and Ginger at the kitchen door with an exact cake as Mama Bear's, except Ginger's cake is a magical chocolate upside down cake. The cake is cut and served and the first taste is taken by a guest. That guest immediately rises to the ceiling with feet at the ceiling. The next guests tastes and does the same. Mama is confused and worried. Goldie and Bear know what happened and just as Mother Goose is about to take a taste, they yell, "Don't eat it!" Too late as Mother Goose rises to the ceiling and they all float around. At this time, Goldie and Bear admit their disobedience to Mama and, like any girl, Mama fears she is ruined in the eyes of her peer, Mother Goose. All turns out well as the Topsy Turvey Tea Party is the most fun ever. Moral of the story--there are many. You see how many you can find.
With that long dissertation and explanation that is pretty mindless, I will admit that yesterday I thought, "I can make an upside down chocolate cake like Mama Bear's and The Grandbaby will be over the moon". Well, let me say here that using the equipment I had, the cake baking was not that easy. I did get one made and it was a bit wobbly. Uh, actually, it was lot wobbly. When The Grandbaby saw it, though, when she and her parents came for Wednesday night supper, she was thrilled. She loved the look, she loved the taste, she just loved it. In a Neema/Grandbaby world, that is what it's all about.
I paid attention to what I did wrong in the balance of the cake and might even try it again sometime as honestly, it really was good.
So that's my story for today....hope you enjoyed.
Hope your day is topsy turvey fun!
The Grandbaby really enjoys television shows and has gone through different stages of favorites. She still enjoys her super heroes, the P J Masks. Then she's to another extreme of enjoying princesses. I guess she has multi interests when it comes to animation. When she was much younger, I introduced her to my current favorite show, Goldie and Bear. She tended to lose interest in that for a while but now has regained that interest as I have a few episodes taped on my DVR from back then. I can't seem to find it on my television schedule now.
The series is based on fairy tales. The main characters are cute blond haired Goldie (Goldilocks) and her best friend Bear (Baby Bear in the Three Bears story). The other characters are fairy tale characters--Mother Goose, Red (Red Riding Hood), Humpty (Humpty Dumpty)--you get the idea.
Her favorite current episode is Topsy Turvey Tea Party and we watch it every time she comes. In this episode Mama Bear is giving a tea party and Mother Goose is going to attend. Now this will be the first tea party Mother Goose has attended at Mama Bear's house. All you girls out there know how important the preparation would be if Mother Goose was coming to your house so you will find this easy to imagine.
Mama has made a gorgeous chocolate upside down cake for the event. It stands tall with the smallest layer being on the bottom and the widest layer on the top. The icing is flawlessly done with a bit of pink and purple decoration. Beautiful! Mama Bear has to go out and find more chairs, leaving Goldie and Bear to do dusting and cleaning up a bit. Well, this beautiful cake is sitting on the table. Being the children that they are, Goldie and Bear cannot resist putting their finger in the icing and having a taste. It IS delicious! Before they know it, they have had many tastes and one side of the cake is gone. Their mouths are covered with chocolate and Mama Bear is coming up the walk. Bear stashes the cake in the refrigerator and they decide to go to Ginger's house (she's a good witch) as Ginger can cook another one. (Lots of unrealistic expectations here but in animation anything can happen and no one questions.) Bear tries to come clean with Mama Bear but the guests begin to arrive.
Fast forward to the party and Ginger at the kitchen door with an exact cake as Mama Bear's, except Ginger's cake is a magical chocolate upside down cake. The cake is cut and served and the first taste is taken by a guest. That guest immediately rises to the ceiling with feet at the ceiling. The next guests tastes and does the same. Mama is confused and worried. Goldie and Bear know what happened and just as Mother Goose is about to take a taste, they yell, "Don't eat it!" Too late as Mother Goose rises to the ceiling and they all float around. At this time, Goldie and Bear admit their disobedience to Mama and, like any girl, Mama fears she is ruined in the eyes of her peer, Mother Goose. All turns out well as the Topsy Turvey Tea Party is the most fun ever. Moral of the story--there are many. You see how many you can find.
With that long dissertation and explanation that is pretty mindless, I will admit that yesterday I thought, "I can make an upside down chocolate cake like Mama Bear's and The Grandbaby will be over the moon". Well, let me say here that using the equipment I had, the cake baking was not that easy. I did get one made and it was a bit wobbly. Uh, actually, it was lot wobbly. When The Grandbaby saw it, though, when she and her parents came for Wednesday night supper, she was thrilled. She loved the look, she loved the taste, she just loved it. In a Neema/Grandbaby world, that is what it's all about.
I paid attention to what I did wrong in the balance of the cake and might even try it again sometime as honestly, it really was good.
So that's my story for today....hope you enjoyed.
Hope your day is topsy turvey fun!
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