Hayder's first birthday

My gorgeous nephew turned 1 last month and I had the honour of making his birthday cake for him. I have realised that planning, planning and planning is what it's all about.
The theme of the party was the jungle. His name in Urdu means Lion and he is such a lion. As Zak is a monkey Hayder is a Lion.
I loved making his cake. Loved making all the different animals and experimenting with some different way of decorating the cake. I was really happy with the outcome and I hope you agree too. So here it is....

I absolutely love this guy.

Been too long

Been a while since I have been on here just not had the chance. things have been getting really busy on the home front.

I was hoping to use this blog as an opportunity to share with everyone all my culinary experiments but have failed miserably. I have been fortunate enough to have tasted and tried some of the most amazing meals but alas nothing to show for it, other then a some extra weight...... (oh dear).

I am going to start on my new years resolution early and make a promise to myself to update this more often.

With that said here are a few of the cakes that I have worked on recently, I apologise there are quite a few of them. Enjoy.

Twilight cake for a 16th birthday. I had just finished reading the last book when I got this order so really happy to make it.

A 60th birthday cake for a friends mum.

I have wanted to make a slice of cake of so long because I thought it was the cutest thing ever and even if i do say so myself I think it really is. I made this for a friends 30th birthday. It was a Red velvet sponge with a cream cheese frosting. Surprisingly it was really easy and quick to make.

Golf cake for a friends husband who was turning 30.

A box of Jaffa cakes with a few out for a very good friend who loves Jaffa cakes surprisingly.

This was for one of Zak's friends who turned 2. I absolutely fell head over heels in love with this lion. I seem to be falling in love with a lot of fondant animals (may need to get help for that).

A princess and pirates theme for a 5 year old.

OMG, had the most fun making this cake.Came out better then I even imagined myself. This was for Zak's best friends brother. Bertie is the cutest kid and was having a Wizard of OZ birthday party. He was my actual client and was a dream to work with, hehehe.

Need a holiday after a holiday!

Just got back from a holiday in the Costwolds.
I had a great time but it was a nightmare of a holiday.
Zak got ill the day we got there and as a result was very clingy. He made me ill on the second day. Irfan, who was only there for the weekend ended up spraining his ankle playing tennis. To top it all off my tyre burst on the way home and seeing as my lovely car has no spare as standard I had a nightmare of a journey home.
Safely home and glad to be reunited with my lovely husband.

Hand Bags and Glad Rags

This weekend I had a cake order for an 18th birthday. Mille the girl that it was for works at Clay Salon and her mum saw my cards there and wanted to order a cake for her.

Now Mille is a true girl, who loves makeup, handbags and shoes.

After a few discussions with her mother we decided on a cake that was based on a Juicy Couture handbag.

Her friends call her "Minky" so we replaced the Juicy logo with her nickname.

I was really excited about making this cake and was really pleased with the results.

She loved it!

Farm Fun!

So Irfan and I took Zak and my gorgeous niece to Bocketts Farm in Leatherhead the other week and they had a fantastic day, we on the other hand were exhausted.

Sofia is a true horse fanatic so when I saw that they did pony rides, we had to make her dream come true and 3 rides and a lot of tears after, I think we might just have done it.

She was a true natural.

Zak was only pretending but seemed to enjoy it too. Maybe next year he can have a go.

They fed the animals......

Petted some bunnies and chicks.

They had a great time playing in playground

All in all, was a pretty fun day and both the kids loved it.

Hello

The other day I was told a 5 year old wanted her own blog!!! Can you belive it! So, I thought if she can do it why can't I.
My main aim is to just have a record of my life I guess. This blog is gonna be about my life, my family and of course food (glorious food).
Hope you enjoy.