CAKE!!!

Hello World, Todays blog is all about cake! Since my first birthday my mum has always made me amazing birthday cakes that have always followed a theme. Normally they are about something that I'm obsessed with for that particular year. So Let's start from the beginning, well not the beginning because i can't remember the first 10 birthdays or so but when I was eleven I loved Ballet so she made me a white cake with pink frosting and a ballerina made out of icing sugar to decorate it. On my thirteenth birthday I loved my Daffy Duck toy so she made me a cake in the shape of a free standing bath with a Daffy Duck swimming in it (all out of icing sugar), and the list goes on.

She told me she would stop making me these amazing cakes every year on my twenty first birthday so for my twenty first the theme went to owls. I love owls, yes i know a little weird! My Mama (who I posted about previously) has always had a thing for owls and I guessed i just followed in her footsteps. When I turned eighteen, my best friend and I thought i would be a really good idea to go and get tattoos. I always said I would get an owl, might I add hat this was the worst idea ever and my tattoo is kind enough to be hidden away as often as humanly possible! So yes, I went and got a small tattoo of an owl between my shoulder blades- again, worst idea ever- but none the less it reminds me of my school years and my grand ma and there is nothing I would want to be reminded of more.

So, back to the cake! She made me this huge marzipan, sponge and icing chocolate cake in the shape of a tree with a big owl in the middle. My friends were gobsmacked! I've put a little picture below (if you need any cakes making she's the person to ask)

Naturally my brother got the same treatment. His cakes went from a pair of squash shoes to a set of golf clubs etc etc. My mum and I were always the more creative ones in the family (although i say that but my brothers are pretty amazing at drawing, designing etc.). When I moved away from home, I started making my own pretty cakes. I started with yummy cakes rather that aesthetic ones. I then went on to my make Mama's 90th birthday cake (my masterpiece), and my best friend Rosie's 22nd birthday cake. I love baking but don't get much chance to do it. I'd love to see anyone's amazing creations so please do share some links with me :)

Mama's 90th birthday

Hello all, This is a little update on some bits and bobs from last year. My grand mother (Mama) turned 90 last year and I think (I obviously would because she's my mama) she's the most beautiful little lady in the world. Sometimes she thinks she the queen but she's soooo funny! I've put a few pics below for you all to have a look at. Let me know what you think :)

The Rolling Stones

So this is the first big adventure i went on this summer: THE ROLLING STONES IN HYDE PARK!!! This gig was incredible. this may sound weird to some but I went with my 68 year old dad, my 40 year old brother, his wife and her parents. We even got seats because they were so old (just kidding, my dad will kick me for that comment). On a more serious note the hole thing was amazing! I'm not a big festival goer, I've been to loads f gigs but nothing like that. We got to see Jake Bugg, The 1975 and obviously Mick Jagger strutting his stuff.

I live in Cornwall so coming to London with hundreds of thousands of sweaty people around was pretty crazy. It was scorching hot, crazy busy and pretty damn stressful with all that tube catching but an unforgettable experience none the less. The whole point of the gig was to celebrate my dads birthday (I know: daughter points. Right?!). He loved it, have a look below:

Last but not least, a lovely picture of Mick Jagger strutting it hard!!!!! If you managed to go to Glast to see them or at Hyde Park I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know