I love cake! And, by now you guys should know I love things little, too. So, I made some mini cakes using my new favorite moist yellow cake recipe. Actually I made 9″ cakes and used a round cutter
to make them mini. Two layers will get you six 3 7/16″ cake circles and two smaller circles. Here’s how one of the layers looks all cut up.
And here they are stacked. They’re so cute… even without any frosting. (Don’t worry the scraps made it safely to my tummy.)
But, who would serve a naked cake. So here it is fully clothed in luscious white buttercream frosting. Hold me back!
I started out making the fondant
covered cake that’s on the pedestal (inspired by a pillow fabric from an old Pottery Barn catalog. Yep… I love their stuff.) Then, I made the second one using decorator icing bags
and tips. Then I got tired and just slapped some buttercream all over the last one. And, I have to admit, I think it’s my favorite. But, tell me what you think.
How do you like your cakes decorated?
Messy: casual and careless
Sassy: semi-casual, piped with pretty icing and flirty flowers
Classy: all dressed up with fondant cutouts and a smooth finish
FIESTA HEAD CHEFS GIVEAWAY
If you leave a comment below with your favorite cake style, you’ll be entered for a chance to win these cute little Fiesta Head Chefs ($50 value). I won them a while back and was going to keep them, but so many of you loved them that I decided to give them away. I know, I’m nice like that.
How to enter:
- Leave a comment with your cake style (messy, sassy, or classy)
- Leave a link to your blog profile or website that has an email contact.
- The cutoff to enter is Saturday, December 6th at 12 midnight.
- The winner* will be announced sometime Sunday.
because Christmas Pops are coming!
* The winner will be chosen at random, using the Random.org integer generator.
I like classy. I love the colors!
Definitely Sassy!! Cute cakes!
I LOVE the classy one, but when I bake cakes, they usually turn out messy. :)
I’m messy, but I really like classy!
Umm… I like to have it all three ways! My choice would be the triple cake display, but if I had to pick only one.. then I’d go for sassy.
Too cute!
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I love them all! I want to sit and stare at the classy one, and I want to dive in and eat the messy!
Choose just one?! They are all great! I love the look of the classy one, but my personality matches up better with the messy one, which by the way is a very cute mess! Mine would never come out looking so nice ;) But I also love the sassy! choices…I suppose if I had to choose just one, it’d be messy but with sassy a close second!
messy!
I like the look of the classy, but I would rather eat the messy, the classy looks like there was so much work put into, I would feel guilty eatting it
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I’m having a bit of trouble deciding between all three of them. I like messy because it reminds me of carnations. And the colour combination for sassy is absolutely perfect! But I love the design for classy, its reminds me of designs on Indian silk.
Classy is the way for me though =]
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I like classy! Fondant is just so pretty and I love it so much! You’re blog is just so cute and I have gotten so many good ideas from you!
I am definitely a mix… classy and a little color funk (but no fondant please). I can’t believe they are little cakes. They look fabulous!
The messy looks the tastiest, but I do love the Classy fondant cake….love the colors! but, yes, I would want to east the messy!
The simple, plain cake and frosting is my favorite. May be messy, but it looks sooo yummy!
I LOVE all 3 of them and can see myself in each one, depending on the day. ;)
I love the classy look!!!! But the most important is how it tastes….right?
One cake is sassy, one cake is messy but nothing compares to my pick for classy!
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oh geez. they are all so beautiful and i aspire for my “messy” cake to look as beautiful as yours :) my style is somewhere in between messy and sassy. i like to decorate but i usually use fresh fruits or sugars to decorate with. soooo messy is my pick :D
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I think I like messy the best. After all, when its sliced up and stabbed with a fork- well, I’d rather have gobs of frosting then a cute cut-out.
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I LOVE the classy, but I could never pull it off. I love baking and can bake the heck out of a pie, but I am the worst decorator! They are all pretty!
Phew- I was worried about those scraps! I am going to have to say that I prefer them Classy, but mine ALWAYS look messy.
i´m a huge fan of yours blog, i came and check out every single day waiting for new arrivals… your cakes are fantastic… i have to choose the messy one because its a wild tasty thing!!! but i also like very much the classic one.
Patricia Moutinho
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To look at Classy to eat Messy – yum they all look yummy.
I’m a classy kinda girl. But I have to admit that I’m not sure I really like the way fondant tastes so I’d probably choose to eat the messy one.
I would have to go with Messy. I’ll take all the extra frosting I can get – and fondant isn’t my fav flavor. But they are all beautiful!
Love your blog. I have a link to it on my recipe blog “Haute Plates.” And I CAN’T WAIT for Christmas Pops!!!!!
I like all three of them. They are all very pretty. But I like the taste of the buttercream better than fondant. So that would be my choice.
So darling!!!
The classy one is beautiful!
I love the classy cake! Darling!!!
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I them all but I am a messy girl at heart. It would be hard for me to cut into something so sassy or classy looking!
Messy…just like me!
Mel
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Go messy! But the other two look great too :)
I am messy! I like others love the homemade look.
Definitely classy, but theres something about your messy that makes me want to eat it most. Mmm…
I love the classy one you made just because I drooled over that fabric in the pottery barn catalog (the chair) for months but my hubby wouldn’t go for it. I love it! But my style would be messy all the way – much yummier.
Messy!!
Taste is much more important than appearance.
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I love the Sassy because it is so pretty. But if I were making it, I would go with the Messy.
I love the classy one myself. I think some of the best design ideas can come from fabric, and stationary. They’re all adorable though!
Messy and I love buttercream too!
I just recently found your blog and love, love, love it! You are soooo talented and I am excited to see your Christmas pops!!
I love the Messy…. I think it actually looks classy!!!!
Happy Baking!!!
The messy has all the buttercream frosting inside and out so that would probably be the best tasting. I love mini cakes!
If my messy looked like your messy, I’d have to say that was my favorite. But, because my messy looks more like I tried to ice it with a chainsaw – in the dark, I’ll pick sassy as my favorite.
Messy! Definitely messy! Cause that’s how my cooking is – messy. LOL
What a great website!
Lisa
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I love the fondant, but I think I’ll have to go with the messy cake, it looks so yummy!!!!
I love your cakes, your are so creative!!!!!
I love the messy cake! So fun and pretty! :)
I really like the classy cake.
I love them all, but my favorite is the Pottery Barn cake!
Usually I’d go with Classy, but today the Messy one calls to me! Especially in that photo of the cut cake. YUM!
I have to say, I could quite happily eat them all, but I think I a am a classy kinda gal!
Im a Messy, Sassy, Classy lassy!! I cant be one cuz Im al 3 : P
I like the sassy one! Cute cute cute!
I think I’m a messy girl. I’d rather eat the messy, and then just look at the other two. All gorgeous!
I like Sassy! But they are all great and I’d eat ’em all!
I would prefer to eat the messy one but serve the classy! Or forego all the cakes and just have at the bowl of icing!
Well, I can certainly be all 3 any time of the day… I like the artistic style of the sassy cake, the elegance of the classy… but come-on the MESSY cake is more up my alley when it comes to skill and it probably tastes the best!
Messy. But this one looks like a “neat” messy.
Messy, it makes me feel guilty to eat such works of art.
Amanda
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I love all three, they are so cute! You are very talented!!! But I think Classy is my favorite!
Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Heidi
I love the classy one…not that I could ever do that but I love the look!
~Amanda
Totally the messy one – I love cakes that remind me of ones like my grandma made!
All 3 are beautiful, but I’m all about the sassy! On another day though the classy might be my choice!
Thanks for sharing and I love the chef heads!!!
Messy all the way, but all three look delicious.
I’m a classy, but I wish I could do it!
They’re all gorgeous but I think I prefer “messy”!
Definitely your version of classy. It has personality to it, but yet looks like you put a lot of care, effort and thought into it. I like the idea of making a cake that people think that I bought in the store, and I think the classy definitley says that!
I love the design of the Classy cake, though I don’t love to eat fondant.
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all 3 look wonderful. great job.
i personally can’t do anything but messy, but i love the classy look.
I’m leaning towards either the messy or the classy. I would BUY the classy, but MAKE the messy! Love your blog!
Oh wow, they are all great! But I am going to have to go with Classy on this one.
I love the messy cake the best.
Gotta be Sassy!
I love them all, but something about the messy one sticks out to me!
I’d say sassy if I was making it for someone else, but if it was just for me or the family, it would be messy.
I like messy cakes. The others are so pretty, but I’m not much of a cake decorator. I would love to learn how to decorate cakes though.
i’d dig into the messy… the others are too pretty to eat!
My vote is for the classy. I love that print.
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I like the Messy one. But I can definitely appreciate cool decorating. Beautiful cakes!
I would have to say that I am a MESSY cake!!! I am very simple and plain and not very good at all the pretty piping (though I would love to be able to do it) and I am HORRIBLE with Fondant (another thing I would love to be better at!)
So ME= MESSY
I totally love the classy cakes!
Classy!! =]
Messy often. Sassy sometimes. Classy rarely.
Classy!! I love it, definitely how I am going to style my wedding cake! =]
Make mine MESSY!!! I would totally be like a 1 year old at his birthday party.
I love the classy…. but I think I’m sassy! I like icing WAY more than fondant. :)
Messy! With an inch of icing between the layers.
A & B:
I usually make messy cakes because they are fast, easy, and don't require any real thought. But sassy cakes are pretty and more impressive. Classy cakes are pretty to look at but a bit too formal for my taste.
I love, love, LOVE the idea of cutting smaller cakes from a larger one. I may have to do that with the red velvet I'm thinking about making for my office holiday party next week.
For the most part, I usually prefer my cakes “sassy” – all decorated up pretty with piped flowers and lines and all sorts of pretties. But for these particular little cakes, I think that the “messy” fits most perfectly! Little cakes deserve to be messy and gooey and good!
Totally Messy!
While the other cakes look scrumptious as well, cake #2 just isn’t my style, and cake #3 is way too fancy…so Messy it is! Which by the way made me drool and ‘want milk’.
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Seriously? You want me to choose? Well, if I must…I choose the classy. NO, wait…I think I like the messy. WAIT!!!! NO, I like the sassy! I CAN’T DO IT!! DON”T MAKE ME CHOOSE!!! That’s way too much pressure. It wouldn’t be fair to the other cakes!!! But I really do like the messy…and the sassy, but the classy is so pretty…nope, can’t choose.
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MESSY FO SHO!! :) They are All very cute though! Looks like a lot of time too. This is a really cute idea for a very small birthday like i just had with just my huband and myself. Wish I would have thought of this! Next time for sure. xoxo
I’ll take the messy, please!
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I love all three of yours. I like to think I can do class, but I am usually messy with a touch of creativity, or so I like to think..
I’m partial to the classy, but the only thing I can pull off is messy!
They are all super cute, but I’ll have to go with the classy.. that’s my fav! Love your site.
Messy, messy, messy me
I like to do Messy, but I love the look of the fondant so I also like a little bit classy but would never be able to create that myself.
Sassy, but I love them all!
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Awe they are all cute.. I would have to say Sassy ! :) I am a sassy person so hehe!
Love “classy,” bake “messy.” :)
I like it classy! If only I had the time to do it myself!
messy but I wish I was classy. oh well.
The classy one is my favorite. But, I like the other ones, too.
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I love them all! Its too hard to choose.
Messy all the way because that’s the only one I could do but it looks great!
I am so sassy, sassy, sassy
:)
While I think that all 3 are beautiful…I personally like messy the best. It is messy, but in a sassy and classy sort of way. :)
Messy, that’s ME!
buttahcream baby!
Could not make my mind up!!! Sorry, I love all three, hahaha. Regards. B
Definitely classy!! But love them all.
Messy Messy Messy!!! LOVE IT!
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I’m definitely sassy! Your classic cake is really gorgeous, though. Nice work!
I love the look of the classy- and one day aspire to be able to make one. But usually my cakes turn out a little messy- but always yummy
They all look great! I don’t think I can choose a favorite. I would choose each one for a different occassion.
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sassy =)
I definitely love them messy! I think the Classy and the Sassy are absolutely beautiful, but really – nothing tastes better than thick, haphazard buttercream!!
I love the Sassy! But I bet the Messy one is good! They all look great
Mais le Classy bien sur ! (Yep, I’m French).
I stumbled upon your blog a few weeks ago and I’ve been putting aside all you marvelous receipes to try them out during my month long winter vacation .. that starts tomorrow ! Can’t wait to get baking again. The only problem I have is that so much of your fabulous decorating requires bits and bobs I don’t have … I have a ton of questions. Like for example, what is “Fondant” ?? In France a fondant is one of those tiny chocolate gateau’s with a gooey runny heart of melted chocolate … I fondant processes icing? Or is there a reciepe somewhere?
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Merci !!!
I love looking at and admiring sassy and classy but I really want to cram messy right into my mouth! Plus it looks like the cakes my grandma used to make me for my birthday.
Messy for me too!!!! They look so yummy- I will be making these for dessert tonight!!! Thanks for the tip~
I think they all look wonderful. if I was making a cake though it would be the messy one, I just don’t have the skills to make the others. I’d be reluctant to cut into them either, they’re just too pretty, especially the fondant one. so very classy.
I love all 3 styles. I guess it depends on the occasion. I must admit that I am totally a CLASSY kindda decorator. I love the look of fondant on cakes and your little fondant creation is amazing!!!! Have I mentioned that you inspired me to start a blog!!!! Still working on perfecting those pops!!! Raquel
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Wow, you are nice! My style is mixed. If I’m going to eat it, I’d go messy. Mmm… If I’m going for effect, I’d go classy. So cute! (Although I’m not sure I could make one that cute!)
Oooh – hard to pick . . . I think Sassy.
I like Messy. The others are almost too pretty to cut into!
I love the classy cake. It’s so beautiful!
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it’s a tie between sassy or classy, but I dont think you can go wrong either way!
I love classy.
Oh. Forgot to leave my favorite style: Messy all the way, please.
I definitely like the look of classy best but I don’t have enough skill to do it. So, if I were making one of these on my own, it would do the sassy.
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Sassy! All about the buttercream, & lots of it. But all of them are awesome.
Classy! Just found your blog a few days ago, and I love it. :)
I’m a sassy I have to say….
Definitely sassy for me! So pretty.
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You’re a baking goddess. Dayum!!
I’m all about the messy…the others are fun to look at…so pretty, but if i had a fork in hand…there wouldn’t be any messy left.
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I’m a classy lover! I’m not much of a cake fan but I LOVE cupcakes. Kind of like the muffin top thing. An entire cake tastes different than a cupcake ;o).
Messy! but all three are great!
I would have to say, in this case, definitely MESSY! Yum!
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I think I have to go with Messy. Even though the Classy looks gorgeous, it’s that frosting that I love to eat!
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I would have to say sassy although the fondant would be sooooo good
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I Love the classy!
Small cakes are lovely!!
I adore your blog!
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Kisses
Hard choice between classy and sassy, but I think I decided to go with classy. Love the pattern!
Classy definitely! So cute. I love making stuff off your site. I have a daughter with a Christmas Eve b-day, so this is just the right amount of cake for that big day.
Messy, or Classy. I know fondant tastes like shizz, but I’m all about the design aesthetic. You eat with your eyes first, right? :)
I love your cakes. Hard to pick just one.
Cheryl
I LIKE THE ALL.
So cute – will be making these!
I’m loving the Classy look. I can see you’ve been practicing your skills. All three are beautiful!
I love the classy look, but I am also liking your messy one.
Classy! I am too much of a perfectionist I hate to admit. But I am currently trying to seek help for this addiction…
i’m a combo of messy and sassy – i guess that either makes me sessy or massy.
i’ll take sessy – that way i’m bringin’ sessy back. ;)
I love classy, but only have the time to make messy! They all look so cute ^.^
Sassy is the way to go!
I am “messy” for sure. That looks DELICIOUS!
I love the look of the classy one, but like others I don’t enjoy the taste of fondant, I’d take the buttercream frosting anyday. All of them are beautiful, though!
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Sassy is the way to go!
I love the messy look just because I like buttercream THAT much!
They’re all gorgeous! I love the idea of mini-cakes… you may have inspired a future weekend baking project!
But I think the messy is my favorite — it’s so unique, plus buttercream is so so delicious.
I love the classy, would love to learn how to decorate sassy, but in reality I’m just messy. With 3 little ones I’m excited just to get the frosting on the cake, let alone it making it to the table without the kids licking it all off first (but not without its fair share of little finger holes in the sides where they’ve tried).
They’re beautiful!
I love the Classy cake! I know it takes a lot of time and patience dealing with fondant, but when you have the skill, it is worth it! I just love your site!
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I’m more for that sassy look – pretty but it’s okay if a rosette is out of place.
Jen
Wow! I love ALL THREE, but if I have to choose only one, I will pick “Messy!” I tend to prefer the style I can do! :-) I really love your mini-cake idea! So fun and extra-special!
I love the idea of little cakes…I’m going to have to try this. I am as basic a cake maker as it comes…I have tried making decorator cakes, have had a few good goes…but a simple cake will do me fine…if it’s coming out of my kitchen
Messy!
Because it’s the simplest and quickest, yet it still looks amazing and tastes great too!
Annnd I LOVE butercream icing! :)
If we’re relying on my pregnant belly id def say messy all the way. But there is something about a fancy cake, like a man in a suit, that just looks fantastic. Gotta have them all (I guess that was my prego belly again).
I love the sassy the best. All are adorable though…and look delicious!
I love the classy – I guess its the fondant that is so nice to look at!
My favorite is sassy… I can’t do too well with messy! haha. Those 3 cakes look SOOO YUMMY!!!!!!!
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Love the classy one… very pretty!
When I really started to think about it, I realized my “style” depended on the occasion and kind of cake. Coconut cake should always be messy, important occasions should be classy, etc.
Taste wise I’d say buttercream but as far as looks, I don’t think it gets any better than sassy.
I mean that is a gorgeous cake!
Oh, that is so hard to decide. Decisions, decisions. I’m breaking a sweat just thinking about it. They are all wonderful, how can I cope with this kind of pressure?!?!?! Okay, *wiping sweat droplets away from eyes* I can do this…
No! I can’t! They are all wonderful. I want to eat the messy one right now, serve the sassy one to my family, and just keep the classy one on hand to stare at until my hearts content!
I am a classy girl!
I love the sassy! I do want to bite into the messy yummy.
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i am definitely messy – only because of the fact that I cannot physically decorate a cake any other way :)
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I’d have to say messy. I love how the sassy one looks and I’d love to try making one myself but if I was just going to get busy and scarf one down, I’d go with messy.
Wow they are all fabulous and i’m sure taste amazing. I love the colors and design of the Classy one though.
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I like the classy look.
Sassy! love buttercream over fondant and love the flirty fancy look too!! Yumm!!!!!
I go for the Classy!
OOOooo… I like tham all; but classy is my favorite. :-)
I lovvvvveeeeeeee Sassy !!!!
I have you as a link on my blog, b/c I love trying your recipes and all of my friends love to bake as well. I’m thinking of taking a class at a local craft store so I can learn how to make cakes like your Sassy for birthdays. I just love homemade cakes way more than store bought. P.s. My family loves peanut butter icing cakes. I need to toss you the recipe. You’ll probably love it too. :)
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Messy all the way…especially if the mess is buttercream! Yum!
I would definitely have to say Classy for me. Probably because that’s the one that I’m still learning how to do so it’s a challenge. I normally make my cakes and they look Sassy but I’m striving for the Classy look! They all look Beautiful though and so delicious. I can’t wait to try this recipe or incorporate this idea somehow!
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Oh can I be a mix of all 3?! I can’t choose just one! LOL I love them all for different reasons!!!
Messy might have a SMALL lead, just because I wouldn’t feel as guilty for eating it! LOL
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Messy! I love Classy too, but I don’t like fondant!
It depends on my mood,really. Right now, I’d like to eat the messy one!! Probably on Saturday, I’d like the classy one, etc. =)
My husband saw those tools at the store the other day and wanted them so bad. It’s rare we both like something for the kitchen!
I would have to say messy because I don’t have the patience to do the classy. But I do love the colors!
I love all three. It would depend on the occasion and who is doing it. If I have to make it then it will be Messy.
I think the messy is just as cute as the other two. The classy is my fav though. Cute idea to make the little cakes. the3welshsatmsndotcom
Sassy all the way! Although I would never discriminate when it came to eating any of your goodies!
aaaand December 12 is my birthday, so let’s win this one for a present for the big ’24’! haha
Oooh i think i would have to choose sassy its great!!
Looove it! But then i bet they are all tasty so you know!!
Not that fond of fondant, but I like the classy one…unless it’s just for me…then messy ;)
I love the classy cake – I’ve always loved the look of fondant but have not been bold enough to try it out myself.
All are beautiful!
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I like sassy but make messy! :)
I love the classy style for the prettiness, but the messy style for my own self. I love it, love it.
Sassy for me! What a great idea. Love it!
BUTTERCREAM!!! um, I mean messy please. :)
messy indeed! It’s like a great messy haircut… fun! fun! fun!
Love your blog…so inspiring! I wish I had an eighth of your talent!
truly…
Happy Holidays to you and your family! :-)