It's time to Party!!!!

How was your weekend? Mine was Awesome!!!

So I overcame my cake dilemma... it took me a while to come up with the perfect cake! But after a lot of searching I finally made my decision (I take forever to make a decision... I always over think things) and found the cutest cake! Following a picture I found online, I adapted the cake and made it mine:)

And here is my beautiful cake...

Tea for one?! I love love love it!!!
When I started considering doing this cake a few issues came up. One of which was related to humidity... the weather here in Porto was terrible and we had way too much rain. As a result my house was very humid which makes it very hard, well nearly impossible, for the fondant to dry. But I really wanted this to be my cake so I tried all the tricks in the book to make it work.

To all the fondant pieces that required to be fully dry to hold I added powdered CMC and placed wire inside them to keep them stuck to the cake. I then ensured I had the heating on in my bedroom to dry the air and left them in there to see if they dried quicker. Luckily the weather changed completely and the cake came out a success!

I also had to change the cake batter from carrot cake to a vanilla and chocolate chip cake because I was afraid the lightness of the carrot cake wouldn't hold the teapot structure and height. And to make it my own I had to go for Polka dots ;) It looked amazing and I was very proud of how it turned out!

And you know your cake is good when your friend walks in and asks 'show me the cake! I'm very curious to see what you made!' and you reply 'you just walked past the cake... it's in the middle of the table!' hehehe

I had an amazing party surrounded by friends and family. A truly amazing Birthday! Thank you!!!!! 

It's my party...

Another Valentine's day gone by... How was your day?

Mine was spent working and then I had a wonderful dinner with amazing people:) We had so much fun !!

This year I had less orders for Love day, but it was good because I got a chance to focus more on those orders and create some gorgeous and delicious cupcakes.

And look at what I created...

A cute couple in love having a cuddle :D

It turned out to be so easy and quick to make! And definitely worth making just for the expressions on people's faces when they saw the cupcake.

Now that love day is over I have to focus my attentions on a very special cake... Mine!!!! but unbelievably I have no ideas for my OWN cake!! How is that possible?!

Well lets just hope I get a burst of inspiration in time for my party!!!

Love is in the air...

And it's February... can you feel the love floating around?! Valentine's Day is just around the corner. 

Although I am not a big fan of the day, I do enjoy being busy and preparing yummy creations for others to enjoy and celebrate the day. It does feel nice to be surrounded by red, pink and hearts, but to be honest I'm not the most romantic person in the world!!! 

So today I spent the day in the kitchen creating some delicious goodies for others to share :D 

After the success of the chocolate lollipops I made for Christmas, I decided to make some for Valentine's. 

 

Some of these were made with raspberry flavoured dark chocolate, which turned out really good and others were made with dark chocolate and candy melts. They look really good!! and I hope they taste amazing :) 

Give them a try! they are so easy and fun to make. Kids will love to help make them and will definitely enjoy eating the end result. You can also use candy melts to add detail to them. I used a mix of candy melts, marshmallows and other type of candy.