Our eldest turns four today and we've been very aware that with the rapid arrival of Alistair this week that birthday celebrations could be a little more subdued than normal. We're having a party for her in a couple of weeks but we wanted to make sure she had a good day today as well.
So last night I baked a couple of sponges (with swirls of "ice blue" sponge through it as well) then spent a few hours decorating the cake for her.
Like every four year old girl in the western world she's obsessed with Frozen, so an olaf cake seemed just within my capabilities. I really enjoyed making it and it was a good distraction from all the other jobs I probably should have been doing!
I was quite pleased with the results and it turned out much better than one I attempted a year or so ago which turned out more like peppa pigs fake tanned, junkie relative, Phillipa pig. I didn't even have to prompt the girls as to who was on this cake which is a good sign!
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My wife and I were talking last night and it seems mad that just over four years ago there were no children sharing our daily lives.
We feel like a very lucky little family at the moment!
nice work, a vast improvement over last time! that peppa pig cake has really made me chuckle! definitely nailed it
ReplyDeleteI got to point with it then just kept giggling, which made it worse! I blame the food colouring, made the icing too runny. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
DeleteI thought it was some nasty grub you dug up on your veg plot Kev. Only joking. It's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteIt's a big one so I don;t know what he's been eating!
DeleteI still think Phillipa pigs cake was the best I've ever seen and it always makes me laugh. Still, great job for the Olaf cake, let's hope for a repeat on the day of the party.
ReplyDeleteI doubt I'll be allowed to do the same design!
DeleteYoung families are heart warming, I loved the time when my girls were young and up to senior school, enjoy the time it will pass quick. Love the birthday cake
ReplyDeleteIt's a lvoely time of life and we try to make the most of it when we can.
DeleteA great job on the cake there, you cake decorating has come on leaps and bounds, will we be seeing you on the Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry would be putty in your hands :-)
ReplyDeleteI don;t think that my range of sponges and cookies would quite cut it I'm afraid!
DeleteThat cake is brilliant !
ReplyDeletehaving been proud of my attempt at making a Tardis cake up to the sad moment when the fondant decided to slowly slide in bulging billows to the plate ...I quite appreciate Pippa!
I feel your pain, it can all go wrong so quickly!
DeleteI love the cakes!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you oldest!
Thank you!
DeleteGood lord.... I wouldn't know where to begin. Congratulations to both you and your 4 year old daughter.
ReplyDeleteThe last four years have flown by!
DeleteKev, What can you not do?! I'm very impressed with your birthday cake:) Please give our birthday greetings to your BIG birthday girl...it's not late yet,right?... as party's not over. Hope she'll have great fun too:)
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty I can't do - you just don;t see it on this blog! Party isn't for two weeks as we thought it might be a bit much with a four day old baby!
DeleteExcellent cake, love your blog Kev.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sal!
DeleteThe Olaf cake is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOn birthdays in our house I baked, DH decorated, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were very much 'in' then, as was Duckula, we had some very 'different' cakes!
I rather like Phillipa pig, she reminds me of a perma-tanned woman I worked with years ago!
I think we all know a Phillipa pig from our lives from somewhere - whether we'd want them on a cake or not is a different matter!
DeleteI wonder what cakes I'll end up making over the next ten or so years?
As I am now reading this it means 2 things,
ReplyDelete1) I'm now only a year behind on the blog from the very beginning and;
2) It must be time to wish a very happy 5th birthday!
My eldest turns 10 in two days and all I can say is cherish these times, soon it will be electronic gizmos like handheld consoles and mobile phones that are the order of the day. No matter how hard you try to shelter them from the brain cell killers, all their friends will have them so you've already half lost the battle. You do have one advantage over me though, you have a homestead garden and plenty of space to run around, vs my flat in a city.
I think I'm going to give you top marks for dedication - I can't believe you're reading them all in order! And you're right about the 5th birthday! She's had a great day and has asked for nothing and been very pleased with her gifts. We've been out for the day as well which has been brilliant despite the rain. I'm hoping the space will encourage them out more when they're older although I know I loved my computer when I was a teen and they weren't even very good in those days!
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