Sweet Treats: The Cake Thief

My hubs turned 32. His work had some big shenanigans, than gave him this monster cake. I, (okay, my mom) baked him a b-day cake (chocolate by request), and me not being a fantastic decorator (which I fully intend to remedy one day, well my Halo one was awesome)... outright STOLE the flowers off of the store cake and put them on the chocolate one. Ah-ha! It was spectacular, trick candles and all. And oh boy, did that bad boy smoke!!

The pilfered flowers had some smudging, so I just did some slight camouflaging with the chocolate icing

and used a toothpick to blend the weird edges, and it turned out alright. Sprinkles helped, naturally. By putting foil around the bottom of your cake, you can freely frost it without getting icing smudges all over the cake stand. Then you just pull the foil bits out and it's nice and clean!

 

 

 Yes, he got a venus fly trap, homemade cards, balloons and hugs and kisses for his birthday. 

I also made his favorite dish, chicken enchiladas... my first time! Recipe coming soon :)

 Some people say we look alike. We got confused for a brother and sister the other day  Oo

The trick candles kept relighting, it was a family effort to get them all out. In order to avoid a cake full of spit, we eventually resorted to throwing them in a bowl full of water.

 

 

Sweet Treats: A Mad Tea Party, 2011

 Welcome to my Mad Tea Party! My party last year was so much fun, I had to host another. 

So, thank you Vanessa of A Fanciful Twist for the wonderful inspiration and tea party hopping.

 My Valentines paper heart garland came out to visit. Along with a few old frames and shutters.

 Little lemon muffins topped with chocolate frosting, polka dot sprinkles and maraschino cherries...

my 3 year old pilfered all but two of them.

 

  Fancy that, a colorful bag of marshmallow stars, and a few clock gears

would serve as the cake's decoration.  

 Mr. Rabbit, who made his debut this year on the Easter mantel, is mighty jaunty in his WWII medal.

 

 These roses were the perfect pinky shade of coral, with such large, open blooms.

I simply couldn't resist. If no one else will buy you flowers, I dare say, buy your own.

I hope your blog visit was sweet and that you stay a while and visit often. 

If you held a tea party, please link your party in the comments. Let next year's preparations begin!

Happy 30th Birthday to my Sweetheart!!

I can't believe I'm married to a 30 year old. It's great, and one day, I'll even be married to a 50 year old! We celebrated with the things that mattered most. Family and food. His wonderful parents came down, we made yummy ravioli, garlic bread and squash, ate lots of yummy cake, (the cake I made was just like this cupcake, cream cheese frosting, sprinkles and those same exact candles). We took the kids to the dinosaur museum to see the dinos, Robots exhibit and the butterflies, watched Flight of the Navigator and Sum of all Fears for an interesting mix. What a very full, adventurous and happy weekend. I'm very thankful!