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Heinäkuun alussa juhlittiin veljentytön synttäreitä. Jälleen kerran täytyy hämmästellä miten nopeasti aika kuluu! Aivan justiinhan päivänsankari oli sellainen pieni käärö ja nyt jo 11 vuotias ihana hippityttö. ♥ Tänäkin vuonna sain tehdä pienen kakun päivänsankarin toiveiden mukaan. Kakkuun toivottiin teemaksi Animal crossing-peliä sekä hunajameloneita. Tärkeintä kakussa oli kuitenkin suklaa! Toiveena oli suklaata suklaan päällä, joten siitä sitten löytyi neljän munan kaakaokakkupohja, maitosuklaamousse valkosuklaarouheella ja päällä vielä kaakaolla maustettua kermavaahtoa. Suklainen kakku, pikaisesti sokerimassasta tehdyt koristeet sekä 30 asteen helle meinasi olla vähän huono yhdistelmä, mutta kyllä kakku kasassa pysyi. Koristeet kyllä alkoivat sulaa melko nopsaan, mutta sille ei vaan voinut mitään. Suklaatäyte (halk. 20 cm kakun kahteen väliin) 5 dl kermaa 200 g mascarponea 175 g maitosuklaata 50-75 g valkosuklaata rouhittuna Paloittele maitosuklaa mikron kestävään kulhoon ja sulata 20-30 sekuntia kerrallaan. Sekoittele välillä. Jätä suklaasula jäähtymään. Vatkaa kerma löysähköksi vaahdoksi. Vatkaa mascarpone notkeaksi omassa kulhossaan, lisää joukkoon suklaasula ja vatkaa tasaiseksi. Kaada suklaa-tuorejuustoseos kermavaahdon joukkoon ja vatkaa tasaiseksi, napakaksi vaahdoksi. Rouhi valkosuklaa ja nostele suklaavaahdon joukkoon.
Don't miss this unique and perfect Japanese Sushi Chef Birthday Party at Kara's Party Ideas! See it here! Yummy and adorable all in one!
Sometimes it's really funny (and bittersweet) to look back to this exact time one year ago. I see my kids all day every day, so I don't notice how much they're changing. But when I look at pictures of them from last Halloween or from last year's birthday party, it strikes me how much they've grown up. Case in point: it feels like our six-year-old has been a major, hard-core tomboy forever, so it amuses me to think that for her birthday last year she wanted a Sleeping Beauty party! This year, in fine tomboy form, she wanted a body birthday party (she wants to be a "tummy doctor" when she grows up). Since her birthday is less than a week after Halloween, we were careful not to make her party Halloween-y at all: no bloody body parts, no gory limbs, etc. When the party-goers first arrived, we traced their outline on a big piece of butcher paper and gave them crayons to do a life-sized self portrait. We hung all of the self-portraits in the hallway and took pictures of each kid with their artwork! We had some unexpected down-time between activities and lunch (because I completely forgot about one of the activities we had ready to go), so I put some Yoga for Kids on the TV. And they LOVED it! Seriously, those children were positively spellbound! We tried to keep lunch easy and relatively healthy, so we had pizza delivered, and carrot and celery sticks, red and green grapes, and juice on the side. After a failed attempt at a homemade pinata (it cracked), we bought a white baseball pinata from the party store, picked off the red detailing, and taped on some construction paper to make it into an eyeball. That seemed way less weird than buying a person pinata and having the kids bash it, which just seems creepy and inappropriate! The birthday cake was actually really easy. A homemade chocolate cake with homemade chocolate frosting, and then a skeleton torso made from white store-bought fondant. It was just like play-dough. (idea from Country Living magazine) Our party favors were inspired by the Scooby Snacks we had at a friend's Pink Puppy Party over the summer. They're shaped like bones and taste like cinnamon grahams. We just dipped them in white almond bark and made them into "Bone Cookies." I ate a ton of these! Luckily, I saved enough to give away as party favors. The other party favor each child got to take home was this cute, very scientific book full of facts about skeletons. I spotted it in one of the Halloween book orders that came home from kindergarten.
Image credit: Polyvore Morning one and all! We’ve made it to the hump day and as it’s been a little greyer this week and the sun seems to have elusively retreated back into to hiding, I thought I’d…
Our pretty little shop has recently launched a Strawberry Tea Party Pack in support of Breast Cancer Care’s annual Strawberry Tea. It has certainly put me in the mood to plan some outdoor parties this summer (including a Strawberry Tea). I hope this inspires you to take the party outdoors and put on the kettle. Pretty
Host a magical day for your little one with these Fantasy Themed Birthday Party Ideas.
Whether you're baking a cake for a child's birthday or as a housewarming gift for friends, you want the cake to look as good as it tastes. These essentials will help you achieve confection perfection.
This sweet little piggy 4x6 art print was created by corid at Etsy.com. So, here's a theme that's a bit unique. I was thinking about how sweet and charming fairy tales are...and what an adorable birthday party for a baby girl this might make. I just have to share my ideas with you! Invitations: Create these fun invites using the template from this site. Decorations: Decorate using three of these jumbo foil pig balloons from Amazon. Paint three large recycled cardboard boxes to look like the three little pigs' houses- one of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks. If you'd like, cut doors and windows in the houses so that your guests can play in them. Using a stamp, make wolf tracks across your tablecloth. Pink balloons, streamers, etc. Make pig party hats as instructed on this website. Activities: Make mini houses from straw, sticks, stones, and any other natural elements you can find in your yard. You can also use buttons, toothpicks, etc. Let your guests be creative!You can find instructions for this easy-to-make pig puppet at marthastewart.com. Make pig and wolf paper bag puppets and let your guests act out the story. Read The Three Little Pigs aloud. Play "Pig, Pig, Wolf" like "Duck, Duck, Goose" Play "Wolves and Pigs," similar to "Sharks and Minnows" Refreshments: Pigs love mud- so why not feed it to your guests?! Treat them to these yummy-looking Mini Italian Mud Pies, courtesy of Rachael Ray. (To make them more kid-friendly, use chocolate ice cream instead of coffee, and omit the espresso bean garnish.) Serve your guests "straw," "sticks," and "bricks," using cheese straws or Golden Oreo straws for straw, pretzels sticks or Pixie Sticks for sticks, and wafer cookies for bricks. Make these festive piggy cake pops as instructed on Bakerella. Decorate a sheet cake with three decorated Rice Crispie Treat "houses," made to look like a house of sticks, a house of straw, and a house of bricks. Or... Make this easy pig cake from Family Fun. Favors: Purchase inexpensive pink headbands and attach pink felt ears with hot glue for pig ear headbands. The sweet, vintage Three Little Pigs Goldenbook can be purchased inexpensively at Walmart- send each guest home with a copy! Make these cute pig cupcakes from Taste of Home, place in a cellophane bag, and tie with pink ribbon. I also found some sweet little Etsy goodies for your viewing enjoyment... Three Little Pigs and Big Bad Wolf Finger Puppets Three Pigs Pigtail Set Three Pigs Cake Shop Skirt (Love it!) This Little Piggy Hairclip
This is a devil's food cake with mint buttercream frosting shaped like a slightly-wonky cat. This was more of an experiment based on what ...
Wow, it's been too long!! My apologies for being a little quiet...I just cannot believe how a year of 'not doing cakes' can still be so craz...
