The Liberty Cake.
A veteran sprinkle performer and star of all gaudy sweet 16 parties - who this weekend will share the stage with pumpkin pie as a birthday cake for a 9 year old girl - The Liberty Cake offers us insight and baked-good advice - here this brightly colored darling reflects on her activity level and silver balls.
What is your idea of perfect cake?
Light vanilla cake with buttery icing.
What is your greatest fear?
That I will be dropped during the birthday song.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I sit a lot.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Those that dip the tip of their fingers in me before it's cake time.
(Double Dippers are the absolute worst among us in society)
Which baked cake do you most admire?
Lemon.
What is the best part of your decoration?
Why...the silver balls of course!
What is your current state of freshness? (1-10: 10 being the freshest)
I am a perfect 10. Can you hear Ravel's Bolero in the distance?
What do you consider the most extravagant cake adjective?
Gaudy.
On what occasion do you lie?
When they ask if I am gluten free.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
People say I'm kinda square.
Which flavor of cake do you most despise?
Spice.
What is the quality you most like in icing?
Fluffy!
What is the quality you most like in a cake eater?
A healthy, unapologetic hunger for cake!
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Confetti Girlfriend!
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
The cooling rack.
When and where were you happiest?
Cozy in the oven.
Which talent would you most like to have?
If I could truly go on a 'Cake Walk'.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I was a layer cake.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Making a 9 year old girl happy!
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Where would you most like to live?
In the display case at Violet Cakes.
What is your most treasured possession?
Vanilla.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Getting burned by candles.
What is your favorite occupation?
Baker.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Sweet.
What do you most value in your friends?
They carry me gently.
Who are your favorite Bakers?
Who is your hero of fiction?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Who are your heroes in real life?
What are your favorite cake names?
Vegan anything.
What is it that you most dislike?
Cake eaters who habitually say: 'Just a sliver'
What is your greatest regret?
Short life.
How would you like to die?
Looking around a room of cake faces.
What is your motto?
Let them eat cake.
Patti Friday: Artist | Illustrator | Author | Wellness Community Member | Reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'
