First Communion Cake

I’m so delighted with this First Holy Communion Cake – Yes, it has flaws, the perfectionist in me is trying not to point them out but its pretty amazing that it got made in the first place. It would have been much easier to tell Violet that there just simply wasn’t enough time to get everything ready, clean the house, make a buffet AND make her a cake but I just couldn’t do it. She went to bed on Friday night with a severely unfinished cake, a house that still needed cleaning for her party the next day and a buffet still to be made. She was so sweet when she woke up on the Saturday and told me she loved her cake (which had miraculously been finished over night) and gave me a big hug. It was totally the right thing to do and I will never go for the easy option ever again!

We’ve still not cut into it but will probably do so tonight – The top is vanilla sponge and the bottom a rich fruit cake (with no mixed peel!) The little Violet is made from a mixture of flower paste and fondant with a marzipan head. I had to include her freckles (dots of brown food colouring with a cocktail stick) and her veil is made from a piece of lace ribbon.

We had a lovely day – You made have already seen Vi’s picture on my Silent Sunday post. The church service was lovely – her special friends all made their own First Holy Communions and Confirmations at the same time. My sister, Rachel was Violet’s sponsor and did a brilliant job of keeping her calm just before it was her turn to go up to the priest.

We had plenty of photo opportunities afterwards – even us mums got involved! Tara and her special friends had a great play – we will be doing it all over again in 5 years with these little guys!

As usual, thanks so much to everyone who got involved with last week’s #Bakeoftheweek. Great to see some new members too – A warm welcome to you!

I couldn’t ignore Kirsty’s Bailey’s Cheesecake – Aside from being one of the best culinary inventions ever, this recipe comes from Sunrise Senior Living in aid of supporting people with dementia. I’ve written before about how dementia has affected my family. Particularly apt as this weekend we missed Dad being at Violet’s communion.

I also have to choose this amazing Happy Rainbow Cake from TrulyMadlyKids – This cake just makes me happy looking at it. And there’s no calories involved with looking is there?!

1. Making Peanut Butter cool again with these perfectly formed Peanut Butter Spelt Scones – The Lass in the Apron
2. Snap Happy Bakes has made a much better job of her Sweet Potato Fries than I did a couple of weeks ago – I’ll definitely be following her technique than my own soggy, burnt mess technique!
3. Eileen from ET Speaks From Home describes her Cinnamon Waffle Dippers as the ‘Perfect Party Treat’ – I think she may be correct!
4. Warm welcome to Kidgredients with her fantastic Apple Pie Yogurt Dough Scrolls
5. Hannah from Domestic Gothess with her incredibly pretty Lemon Shortbread served with Camomile Tea
6. I have to award a special mention to The Green Gourmet Giraffe for being so unusual and dramatic with these Kale Cheesecake Surprise Chocolate Mint Cupcakes – Don’t they look amazing? That colour green is stunning.
7. Julie’s Family Kitchen Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes – These look so tasty!
8. Cardamom Almond Cinnamon Buns from Domestic Gothess – Catering for my love of all things almond!
9. Kirsty from Hijacked by Twins has the genius idea of using up leftover chocolates (Yep, I know, its not a concept we are familiar with in this house either!) with her Chocolate Cupcakes – and very pretty they are too!
10. Alida from My Little Italian Kitchen Quick Muffin Pizzas – Perfect for an after school snack!

Our other bakes are all ones that we can help ourselves to a generous portion or slice of – There’s even a couple of warm dishes in there too!

11. The ability to make a summer crumble look gorgeous can not be sniffed at! Truly Madly Kids has definitely achieved this with her Rhubarb & Strawberry Crumble
12. Hoping that these Oatie Choc Nut Breakfast Bars have helped to make the Gluten Free Alchemist feel a bit better this week.
13. Making the most of a well yearned for long weekend with an utterly beautiful Cream Cheese & Raspberry Puff Pastry Tart is Petite Raisin.
14. Mummy Mishaps’ Sugar Ice on her Frozen cake is so striking – Perfect for any Frozen loving birthday parties.
15. Chewy and Juicy Banana & Date Flapjacks from the FreeFrom Fairy
16. Ultra seasonal and some great tips for getting the ultimate Rhubarb & Custard Self Saucing Pudding from Tales from the Kitchen Shed
17. Calling time on the amount of refined sugar her son consumes and a lesson for us all to consider is Sneaky Veg with her Courgette & Lemon cake – complete with green bits!

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Same linky as usual for this week – I have left the link open until the 2nd June just in case I don’t get back from Aldershot in time to open a new linky. Feel free to add up to 3 bakes per blog – No theme, savoury, sweet, hot, cold, fruity, slow cooked – they all count! I’d love it if you could pay a visit to another entrant and share the #Bakeoftheweek love.
I’m finally catching up on all the commenting and should be completely up to date by next week – Phew!

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