that cake…

I never did come back and share my piñata cake creation.. oops. Having said that if you are “my friend” on FB or follow my instagram feed then you will have seen the progression!

The finished article, complete with slightly wonky rainbow. It was soooo hard getting them all lined up. It was the first time I have even made a cake covered like this, never mind a piñata cake! I know if I did it again how I’d do it better, but what mattered most was that my boy loved it. Even more when he I made him cut it open, with him eyeing me suspiciously (he had no clue) and a flood of skittles tumbled out. Each slice, and it lasted four of us nearly two weeks, came with a bobble of cloud. There was no way the kids weren’t going to eat the clouds. I think a few may even have been surreptitiously removed……

365 #227

This afternoon, with a little help from the kids, we made lemon and raspberry muffins. Not sure if the left over mixture in the bowl, or the final muffin went down best with the kids. Suffice to say they loved both.

365 #219

Ummmmm, chocolate cake. This evening I finally made a lovely sticky moist chocolate cake. It has to cool in the tin and is best eaten the following day. Roll on Saturday!

365 #153

I just can't resist a nice looking cup cake. This one is raspberry and white chocolate.

365 #58

One Very Berry Muffin. Just waiting for a cuppa and a quiet five minutes.

The cakes live on...

Yesterday, for the first time in absolutely ages, I scrapped! I am really please with how this LO of the cake baking went. I've used the Scrapagogo January '09 kit which is full of bright colours, something I usually steer well clear of, so this LO is a bit of a leap of faith for me.

Iced cakes

After our baking session yesterday we did get round to icing them. The photo above is Rosie's handiwork in progress, and as you can see you stab it with the icing pen. Much easier than squeezing it out. Below is a finished one by Jamie. Guessing he liked the idea of chocolate beans on his.

365 #41

Today is baking day with Jamie. He carried all the ingredients to the table, weighed them out and mixed everything up. The only help he had from me was in the way of a little guidance and measuring out the vanilla extract. He certainly takes after his Mum though - he asked if he could lick out the bowl. Well - you've got to haven't you.

If he doesn't eat them first (it takes a loooong time for them to cool down you know...) we will hopefully get to ice them later. I love the fact that they are all different sizes. They got smaller towards the end as Jamie was getting more desperate to lick the spoon.