Welcome 2013

Hello, I really intended to post this yesterday so I had a post for the first day of the year.  Sadly my days don't always go as planned with a eleven week old boy. I don't know how the ladies with more then two children do it. 

Carter is a awesome contented baby and easy, he doesn't complain much. If he does it is for only two reasons, feeding and put me to sleep please.

I just realised in New Zealand we are a day ahead so the date of this post is still the first, yippee.

So I thought what better way to start the new year then a nice chocolate cake. Since Carter has been born and I was able to function again I have wanted cake. Michael has been to the shop to buy it which was great. But there is nothing like home-made cake.

It is a chocolate cake filled with fresh cream and because it is summer what better then fresh Strawberries. Topped with a ganache.

My piping nozzle kept getting blocked by chunks of chocolate I may have chilled it too quick, so I ended up just squeezing it out in a random pattern.

It didn't effect the taste, which was beautiful not too sweet and just right. Goldilocks would have loved it.

Mini Ganache Cake

Hello, what a busy week. It was Michael's birthday so I practised my mini cakes. 

I brought the curls, which topped them off nicely.

I also have been practising with my camera. 

In the end I had 16 mini cakes and we shared most of them with work mates. 

I read a book about styling a photo so this was my quick attempt. I was late for work but needed a shot before anyone got to eat cake.

For Bond

I love to bake for others, After Just having recovered from the Dora Cake it was another tiny humans Birthday. I didn't have time for a cake but I always have time for cupcakes.

 Bond loves Chocolate Ganache covered cupcakes. I made him mini ones last time it was a few years ago, so this year he got bigger ones. 

I did two different toppings, and since I had blossoms left over they fitted well.

I laughed at myself yesterday, as when I finished icing them and turned and skipped, Oh I have it bad.