Lia Ballerina

One of the benefits of being the daughter of a wannabe cake decorator is that you get to be the lab rat. This is probably also one of the downfalls depending on how you look at it.

Lia's request this year was Angelina Ballerina, so I reluctantly agreed to attempt it, knowing that if it didn't go to plan I could always revert back to the original request of a unicorn. I also wanted to try those cute piped rosette thingies, and a little surprise inside.

All in all I was pretty happy, albeit with a couple of things I'd to differently next time. Lia was wrapt so I suppose that's all that matters!

We've brought her new bike to the park and I'm writing this while she alternates between playing on the equipment and riding her bike up and down the path. Happy 4th Birthday Lia x

 

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Squee!

Mini cake!

 

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Pasta Resistance

Home made wholemeal fettuccine

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Dani's Baby Shower

This one was a pleasure to make, I love the oversized bow and the little building blocks. Sometimes cakes just turn out exactly how I planned and I love it!

I hope you like it girls! Chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache inside this one.

I just had another idea. Off I go to write it down...

 

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My first macarons!

 

Need I explain? I had my first go at making macarons today, and I think I was pretty successful. Ok, I'll admit a few weren't salvageable but it was more to do with the baking than the execution and they were still yummy (I ate too many, I feel sick. Sugar overload sick.)

Next time I think I'll make plain ones then once I have the recipe tweaked I'll try the new flavours I have invented! Watch out Zumbo!

Oh and go Andy!

 

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Cake on my mind

I have been thinking about cake all day today!

Lia's fourth and Mum's 60th birthdays are both coming up, so I have a couple of ideas for their cakes and I even ordered something to make them on eBay today.

I can't wait for Masterchef tonight, Adriano Zumbo is on. I wonder what he'll make them cook, we already know it will include macarons in some way. His creations have so many elements to them, some of the techniques are quite simple, but the whole thing is complicated by the sheer intricacy and scale of the whole thing.

I have a recipe in my head for a macaron I haven't seen anyone do before so maybe I'll attempt that this weekend.

The farmers markets are on too so Lia and I might go and grab a few things and have a cook up this weekend. I can do virtually all my shopping there, I just love it!

I think I need to make a bucket list... you know, of things I want to do? Visit Zumbo, do a course at Planet Cake, visit Carlo's Bakery in New Jersey (Cake Boss) not to mention all the other chefs, cake decorators and bakeries, restaurants, destinations - I want to visit every continent, 3 down, how many to go? 4? That's not enough!


I have so much going on in my head - can you tell? And not just cake stuff! I also have my family, work, my running goals, study, and the list goes on.

Phew!

I love cake

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Home made meat pies

Ok, Shane made them. But I made them look pretty. I want to make our own puff pastry next time, stay tuned!

 

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