Sunday, May 8, 2011

Lovely Alice's First Birthday

It was my cousin's lovely baby Alice's first birthday this weekend, and she had a Minnie Mouse themed party. It was such a lovely day cause all the family were together, plus lots of little friends of Alice's, all playing together.

Alice was mainly being passed around for cuddles, and I got plenty of cuddle time with her. I even held her why my sister fed her jelly, which was just the cutest thing! Its safe to say I was feeling more than a little broody as we left, boyfriend was ushering me away by the end...shame.

We made Alice a pink Minnie Mouse cake to celebrate the occasion, for which my little sis made loads of lovely Minnie Mouse's (Minnie Mice...?) with lovely pink bows that we put all over the cake:

I think my little sis did an amazing job with the Minnies! The hardest part about this cake was covering it in the icing, it was so big that the icing was really heavy, and I had visions of the whole thing cracking before I could get it on. Luckily enough all went smoothly - no pun intented!

And as she's such a beautiful little lady, here is a picture of little Alice looking utterly bemused when she's given her cake!


What a gorgeous little Angel!

Ciao for now xx

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Ron's 60th Birthday Cake - Wurlitzer Jukebox

It was my boyfriends step-dad's 60th birthday the other week, and when they got home from a celebratary holiday, we tottered over to take them out for dinner. Birthday Boy Ron has an amazing Wurlitzer jukebox in his lounge, so I decided to create an edible version for him to enjoy as much, if not more, than the original. It couldn't play records, but then the jukebox doesn't have a buttercream filling.

So...here we have a picture of the jukebox in all its glory:
And here is my edible representation:


I had so much fun putting this cake together, and looking through my parents record collection for some 45's to put in the pictures! Ron was delighted with the cake when we went over, and it was really nice to have something a bit special to give him for his birthday.


Anyway, hope you guys like it! x