Orange Cardamom Cookies

I made these very yummy Orange Cardamom Butter Cookies as a thank you gift for someone.  I like the way the orange polka dots make the packaging bright and cheery. 

Bee Hive Cake

It has been a while since I've decorated a cake and I was feeling itchy to get creative in the kitchen again.  So, I sent this bee hive and dragonfly cake to work with my husband .... just because it was a Friday.  ;)

Very Hungry Caterpillar First Birthday

We celebrated my son's first birthday party in January.  I decided to give the party a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme and drew inspiration from the children's book - polkadots, bright colours, lots of fruit.

The cake was simple (we didn't want anyone breaking their New Year's Resolutions, after all), a six-inch chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and a cute Very Hungry Caterpillar on top.

Bunches of fruit from the book were set around the cake with little flags quoting the book stuck in them. All the food I served was inspired by the book, salami, swiss cheese, strawberries, apples, chocolate cake, ice cream, etc.

Meringue cookies dipped in chocolate and topped with colourful chocolate sprinkles fit with the colourful palette of the party.  

Italian sodas (chosen for their bright colours and fruity flavours) were served in tall glasses.

Sparkly New Year's Eve Cake

We were invited to a 'Sparkly' New Year's Eve Party for People Who Go To Bed Before 9pm (ie. a baby party), with our one year old this year.  I took along this sparkly cake to help celebrate the occasion.  It is difficult to tell form the picture but the cake had a very sparkly look.  In hindsight, I wish I hadn't covered the board in that wrapping paper ... it does not go at all - lesson learned.  

New Year's Eve Penguins

This Sparkly New Year's Eve cake was made for my Aunt and Uncle's annual party.  The bottom layer is chocolate cake with chocolate fudge buttercream filling and the top layer is a white chocolate cake with white chocolate sour cream filling.