Seventy Five going on Five

Well my parents have just been to visit from the beautiful Hawkes Bay and as usual Canterbury put on some fantastic weather and a fair bit of ground shaking to go with it!
They had a full on week with the four year old and one year old running them ragged.
While they were visiting it was my Dad's 75th birthday so one cannot let this occasion go by with out a cake baking session.
Dad has a love affair with teddy bears so we had to add this to the cake in some way.

And of course we had to have Dad (Grandad) on the cake too!

Here is a picture of the final Product, Dad cannot remember the last time he had a cake so thought I would revisit his younger years.............

The cake it self was a butter cake with added Banana covered with a Coconut butter cream and for added excitement it was three shades of Green ( me playing with the gel food colouring)

Dad was wrapped with his cake and was most impressed with the teddy bear I think I made his day.

Will soon have to make a rainbow cake can't wait to experiment further with the cake colour.
Watch this space...................................

Gift Giving

Imagine the surprise and delight evoked by the gift of a cake complete with an exquisite topping, to mark a special occasion. It is a moment to treasure. Baking for a celebration is a pleasure in itself. There is the anticipation of choosing the recipe and working out the design for the occasion! I have had the pleasure lately of being able to make gifts for my dear friends, any excuse I say!

This wee gift cake was chocolate two tier, for my good friend Nic her favourite colour is blue! I really enjoyed making this cake was a bit rushed making this one as I had sick children during the week. Having a spare moment was few and far between. 


Over the last two weeks I have had a leave pass to have friday nights out for tea with friends thanks to my fantastic hubby!!
The pass this week was my girlfriend Paula's 40th Birthday so I couldn't let that one go past without a mention.
We had a fabulous dinner out and think we could have talked all night, there is nothing like a good catch up.

This time I attempted cake pops for the first time, I am in love with this cool change from a plain cake.
Was far more intensive that I thought it would be and of course I ate far too much of this mixture as I was creating oops! The cake pop flavour was dark chocolate peppermint mudcake.  And can you believe it Paula's favourite colour is Blue too!!!


Thanks Ladies for the pleasure of being able to create gifts for you both. I am looking forward to improving on the above creations in the near future so watch this space.