What a cake!
Tomorrow I will be taking you on a lovely walk around Kew Gardens with me, but today I had to share with you the absolutely amazing cake my Sister made for my nephews 2nd Birthday party.
Isn't it just gorgeous?! The party was a joint one with three other little ones, and another Mum was supposed to make the cake and Catherine was just going to decorate it. But something went wrong with the cake so on Saturday it was decided that they would forget it and use all the little animals Catherine had make to decorate some fairy cakes. But my Sister being my Sister and not liking to do things by halves( sorry Catherine but you know it's true and we love you for it!) decided that she would make a cake so that the animals that she had spent all week making could be used properly. So I think the cake was made late on Saturday night and she had just finished decorating it when I arrived to help with preparations around 11.30 yesterday morning. The kitchen looked like a whirl wind had just swept through but I think you'll agree it was worth it. I'm not sure about the other children, but Hamish was certainly very impressed with his cake and he had a lovely party. His Birthday is not until a week on Thursday, and I suspect his Nana will be baking him another cake on the day, followed by one from Aunty Nonnie at the weekend after when he comes to visit, but I'm not sure any will be as fanastic as the one his Mummy made him.
Good morning,
Just wanted to stop by and leave you a little message. How was your weekend?
I hope you enjoyed it too. Have you been eating some chocolate? I shure have!! Oh, i really have to be more careful :)) I love chocolade you know and i have been eating sooooo much lately!But my skin really hates it though..I came to ask you a question really, about your book "At home with white", written by Atlanta Bartlett. What is your evaluation? Because i am wondering buying this book. Please let me know!
Enjoy your day Nonnie (",)
Posted by:Aina | October 22, 2007 at 10:15 AM
That cake is amazing!! What a talented sister you have!
Posted by:Kim | October 20, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Wow, that cake is amazing.
Racheal x
Posted by:Racheal | October 20, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Wow! What a fantastic cake. Oliver would love it too.
Time does heal...it's only when the time has passed that you can realise it. I hope it's not too long before you can move on. Thinking of you.
Love Kew...will come back to see your photos soon,
Janie
Posted by:Janie | October 17, 2007 at 07:28 PM
Oh! I keep checking and the Kew pictures are not up yet.
Posted by:Barbara | October 17, 2007 at 04:51 PM
Hello Fiona,
What a lovely cake and it's sounds like you all had a fun time. Aren't they just great at that age? Everythng is so new and exciting.
Happy birthday to him for a couple of weeks.
Hugs.
Catherine x
Posted by:catherine | October 17, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Oh my, that cake is incredible! Your sister is incredibly talented, she should be very proud of herself.
All that hard work was definetly worth it!
Jennifer x
Posted by:buttercupandroses | October 16, 2007 at 08:58 PM
I have loved reading all these lovely comments about my cake. It was a pleasure to make something special for my best boy. I really enjoyed doing it and glad it has given people pleasure to see it.
Hope you feel better soon. I meant what I said about coming over.
All my love, Catherine.xxxx
Posted by:CATHERINE | October 16, 2007 at 08:49 PM
what a wonderful cake - creative talent obviously runs in the family! If I were a little one I would have been so pleased with this cake. I LOVE people who don't do things by halves btw.
It's little things like this that enter a childs conciousness and make up the happy childhood memories. Even if hamish doesn't remember the cake in years to come he will remember the love and that's what counts. Looking forward to your walk around kew, how lucky to live just around the corner!
Love S xx
Posted by:sarah | October 16, 2007 at 09:27 AM
What a fabulous cake, those children were sure lucky. Your sister should go into business cake decorating!!!
Posted by:Janice | October 16, 2007 at 12:27 AM
What an amazing cake!! Your sister is extremely talented! A beautiful cake indeed...
Smiles...
Beverly
Posted by:tea time and roses | October 15, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Now that's what I call a cake!!! What fantastic fun! Glad you had a good weekend!
Posted by:Sue | October 15, 2007 at 11:16 PM
Wow this is some cake Nonnie.
I will look forwrd to walking around Kew with you. I have not been there for years.
Posted by:Barbara | October 15, 2007 at 11:06 PM
Wow, what a great cake.
Too cute to eat.
Rosemary
Posted by:Rosemary | October 15, 2007 at 10:50 PM
What a terrific cake! I love all of those cute little animals. I think that the sheep is my favourite. No wonder your nephew was impressed.
Marie x
Posted by:marie | October 15, 2007 at 10:12 PM
That's one fantastic cake! I'd love to have a cake like that for my birthday, it's gorgeous. Such a waste to eat.
Posted by:Yvonne | October 15, 2007 at 08:11 PM
Hi Fiona,
It certainly was looking good. What a shame to eat it! x
Posted by:Posy | October 15, 2007 at 07:25 PM
Hello Fiona
Thank you so much for your hugely supportive emails re: blogging.. onwards and upwards I say.. well maybe not today !!
The cake looks soooo scrummy....almost a shame to eat it with all the hard work that went into making it. I am sure it tastes as good as it looks.
Hope you manage to glimpse the sun today.. it is so beautiful and mellow here in the south west.
TTFN Michele
Posted by:Michele Chivers | October 15, 2007 at 04:25 PM
Thats an amazing cake. Glad the flat is feeling better. I would put a energy saving lightbulb in your timer light they use so little electcity, I have changed nearly all our bulbs to them. Look forward to seeing pictures of Kew I have always wanted to go there.
Posted by:joanna | October 15, 2007 at 03:17 PM
What an amazing cake!! How lovely, I bet Hamish was over the moon.
Looking forward to the trip to kew!
Kim x
Posted by:kim | October 15, 2007 at 03:14 PM
What a fantastic cake!
Posted by:Ruth | October 15, 2007 at 01:59 PM
Your sister is one talented lady, that cake is brilliant, just brilliant.
Posted by:carolyn | October 15, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Hi Nonnie!
I am sitting here in front of my computer, then i receive a message from you. Oh, feel soooo bad! Yes, i know i haven`t been visiting you that much lately. Sorry about that. Well, now i am here, looking at all your gorgeous products at the Christmas fair. It looked great! The cushion design, is it a new one? I can`t remember have seen that one before. Or did i? I see that you also make a lot of cards, fun :) I am planning to make a set of products. (sorry, i don`t find the right words today, still tired i guess) Maybe people would appreciate to buy different iteams with the same design.What do you think about that?
The cake your sister make is fantastic! Those animals are so well made, first class!! I would have loved to get a cake like that, my eyes would have popped out, haha :) I hope you are not to bored at your work today. What do you really do again? What kind of work? I hope you feel good, that you enjoy living by yourself again. Giving you a warm hug (",) Aina
Posted by:Aina | October 15, 2007 at 10:47 AM