Mummy, next year can I have a flat cake?!

 Rebecca had a princess party for her 5th birthday with her own fairy tale castle cake.

It was a two tier sponge with hollow towers made from modelling paste, the roofs were ice cream cones covered with pink sugarpaste tiles.

The board featured a gel moat and sugarpaste grass though with hindsight I wish I had added some flowers in the grass and possibly some trailing flowers round the doors, windows etc but  then there are always things that I wish I had done!

I was really pleased with this cake , Rebecca seemed happy with it and had a great party. Chatting about it the next morning she was really pleased with the party , I asked her if she had liked her cake her reply.....
"It was ok but Mummy next year could I have a flat cake!!!!"

Princess

Till the girls could speak I got to choose their cakes - well I got to choose most things then! On the whole I love the transition from baby to toddler seeing their personalities develop and them begin to have ideas and opinions. However that does mean that sometimes they choose things that I might not!! Annie had a star party for her third birthday - this corresponded with her beginning playgroup in the stars group! but she was clear it was all to be red and white stars and this was great for me  - we made star invites, star decorations and came up with some star based games.

For her cup cakes  I drizzled red chocolate across the top and added a red sugarpaste star.

When it came to her cake - I came up with various star designs none of which met with her approval and although I would have put my foot down I wasn't particularly taken with any of the ideas anyway -  in the end I asked her what do you want then?!

 

                                              A princess cake!! 

I added a few stars though to be fair this was for my benefit really as she was just happy to have a princess!!

So come Annie's fourth birthday she was clear from the start  - it was to be a Cinderella birthday - forgetting the whole star cake discussion I foolishly suggested a pumpkin carriage cake - no Mummy I want a princess cake!!!

Her cupcakes were two tone icing with a blue chocolate shoe and some white sugar sprinkles!

 

I decided to make some items for her party bags and created a felt wand with each child's name on. I cut the hearts out with my big shot and for speed glued the inner heart and letters on with fabric glue, I then sewed the two halves together using blanket stitch stuffed them and sewed in a dowel which I had covered in light blue ribbon. I was pleased with them The older girls had a similar gift but as a hanging decoration  - I left out the stick and added a hanging ribbon.

 

It might be challenging at times living with three strong independent little girls who even now know their own minds but I wouldn't have it any other way, as I write Rebecca is sketching out her cake for June with the emphasis being on it being a flat cake - but that's a whole other story - as for next year Annie wants a Tinkerbell party so I guess that will be another princess then!!!

All Red White and Blue!

Rebecca has loved the Union Jack since the wedding of Prince William and Kate, so it was no real surprise that for her birthday last year she wanted a party based on her flag.

For me this was great as 2012 just happened to be the year of the Royal Jubilee and London hosting the Olympics - the shops were full of items for parties - in fact you couldn't walk into a shop without falling over red, white and blue!

When it came to her cake she wanted her flag, I was just a bit concerned - the lines would need to be very straight and accurate to look good. 

Then I came up with the idea of creating the blocks of colour out of small sugar paste flowers. Cutting enough flowers  was tedious but they worked and the end result was a pretty representation of 

the Union Jack.

I used sugarpaste to write Rebecca's name on the cakes and decorate it with some more of those flowers, with a few larger ones to complete the effect.

The cupcake were simple but effective with blue and white sugar and a red jelly heart.

 

 These quirky cake pops were great for a summer party and fooled the kids - well almost!!

 They were made by mixing cake crumb and butter cream to form a dough which is rolled into balls and chilled. They were then dipped in white chocolate and placed on a sheet of greaseproof. I then added a small pool of chocolate to resemble melting ice-cream then added a cut down cone before the chocolate set and some red white and blue (obviously!!) sprinkles.

 Rebecca had a great time and still loves her flag!!