October 03, 2007
Monster Birthday!
Half a week later, after the bedlam of a monster party (16 children and at least 20 adults squeezed into our little home) I am finally posting pictures of my little monsters! I don't know what it is about birthdays, I always start off small with the odd bit of embellishment and bit by bit I just seem to lose control. I probably invited too many people, baked far too many buns (including 24 for all the kids in pre-school!) and spent too much time deliberating over party bags and what should go in them. I really have to try and learn to rein myself in - if its all possible...which it probably isn't!
But everyone had a great time and there were some really fab monsters. It was great that the kids got into the spirit of it and dressed up! Not that they needed to dress up to become monsters! Finally here is a picture of my monster cake that I made. I was so unbelievably chuffed with this! I have only baked cupcakes before so I was slightly nervous about attempting a proper cake, but all in all it turned out really well and tasted yummy which is the most important thing of course.
I used one sandwhich tin for the base and baked the top monster bit in a pudding bowl (it took a bit longer than expected, probably about 45 minutes in the oven in total). I then cut the cake in half to add buttercream and jam and finally just covered it with roll out icing. The spots are white chocolate buttons. It was a lot easier than I anticipated and I will now vow never to by a shop cake again!
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