Well, its a bit of a different Bake of the Week from me this week. I hadn’t realised how long it had been since I did a properly decorated cake until Tara said ‘Wow Mummy, did you do that ALL by yourself?!’ Bless her! We had our crazy happy week last week, when Tara & Dermot celebrated their birthdays on the same day.
There was no question that the theme of Tara’s party was going to be Minions – She’s mad on them. Her nursery bag has to be Minion, her favourite t-shirt is her Minion one (That has to be washed and ironed in lightning quick speed).
It was rather strange to get back into my sugarcraft drawers and I was a bit apprehensive that I might have forgotten how to do cake decorating. I think the results were ok? In fact, I really enjoyed an afternoon of creating Creme Egg Minions So much so, we started talking about maybe taking orders for some cakes after Tara starts school in September and saying YES to a possible wedding cake in November!
The party itself was a real traditional one in our church hall which is a lovely, light, clean and spacious place. We were gifted some Minion party supplies courtesy of Party Bags & Supplies and added to the rest ourselves. That giant Minion balloon has been everywhere that Tara has this weekend – It even went strapped in the car to Manchester for synchro practice!
Ready made party bags from Party Bags & Supplies
Homemade Party Bags made by Millie
I love a 4th birthday party, its great to see children dressed in their party gear – Girls wearing their party dresses and the boys with their little body warmers on. Too cute!
Tara was wearing a gorgeous yellow dress and navy card from Next – It wasn’t intentional that she matched the Minion colour scheme but rather fitting! Even Violet was colour co-ordinated, also wearing a yellow top and cardigan from Next.
For the entertainment, Tara chose Fran from Jo Jingles, Warrington. We attend Fran’s class every Monday and Tara just loves it. It has really brought her out of her shell and she talks about Jo Jingles all the time. Fran has amazing control of a large group – All the parents were marvelling at how she gets them to join in and keeps them contained!
Older sister, Violet with her mates, cousin & a HUGE handmade Minion!
So many amazing creations entered for our previous Bake of the Week – One flavour combination really stood out for me as a must to try …Apricot Cheesecake with Amaretto Caramel. This sounds just too incredible and right up my street from a newcomer to the Bake of the Week family, Giraffes can Bake
1. Pretty Triple Chocolate Hidden Heart Cake from Mummy Mishaps
2. Perfect pastry from Winnie with her Chocolate Halva Tart
3. Goodness me, these Red Velvet Brownies with Oreo Cream Cheese look tasty – Domestic Gothess
4. This Chocolate Chip Layer Cake is certainly the ultimate as its name suggests from Giraffes Can Bake
5. Classic combination of strawberries & White Chocolate from Baking Queen 74
6. A warm welcome to Mrs B’s Kitchen with her stunning Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies
7. Introducing us to Milano Cookies with her Chocolate Cake is Dream Baker
8. I can’t get enough of cheesecake brownies – one of the best inventions ever! Jibber Jabber Uk
9. A very pretty Flourless Chocolate Orange Cake & another warm welcome to Chardonnay & Samphire
10. Looking simply heavenly …Mars Bars Stuffed Salted Caramel Blondies from Baking in Pyjamas
11. The crazy for Salted Caramel is still as popular as ever with these brownies from Baking in Pyjamas
12. If you are trying to be healthy with your baking, try these Blueberry & Orange Muffin Bars from Tales from the Kitchen Shed
13. Super pretty Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes from Searching for Spice
14. If you are still feeling romantic, try these Pink Velvet Lofthouse soft cookies from Baking Chocolatess
15. Super cute Heart Oreo Sandwich Cookies again from Baking Chocolatess
16. I really fancy trying these Pineapple Cookies from Dream Baker – They are dairy free too!
17. We have got in the habit of buying Peanut Cookies for after training, I’m going to try making these from Dream Baker
18. These Lemon Velvet Squares from Baking in Pyjamas would be perfect to fit in with the yellow theme at Tara’s party
19. Tempting me away from my classic lemon & sugar with her Nutella Spelt Pancakes is Baking Queen 74
20. Adding Cranberry to the classic combo of Maple & Pecan in her cake is Jen’s Food – A warm welcome to you too!
21. Tasty looking Chinese Chicken Pie (but also make sure you check out those super cute Tunnocks Teacakes Sheep!) from Foodie Quine – Welcome!
22. I can’t resist a good Orange Sponge Cake & this from Snap Happy Bakes looks very tempting – a warm welcome to you too!
23. Loving these Lentil Stuffed Peppers from Herbs, Spices & Tradition
24. For the vegans amongst us, we have Valentines Vegan French Toast from the Free From Farmhouse
25. A comforting, gluten free Prune & Raisin Loaf from Lancashire Food
26. Much underused Grapefruit is added to this Honey & Almond Cake from Chocolate Log Blog and a Happy Bloggiversary to you!
27. Apple & Almond perfect pairing with My Little Italian Kitchen’s Pie – Alida seems to love almonds almost as much as I do!
28. How beautiful is this Heart Swiss Roll from Winnie’s Blog? The decoration is so clear.
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Helen I’m speechless! This cake so sooooooooooooooo BEAUTIFUL !!
It looks absolutely amazing!!
I’m waiting for you to tweet it with a photo, so I can re-tweet it
Thank you for hosting another party and thanks for you kind words regarding my previous entries
Aw Winnie, what a lovely comment. I’ve shared the pic on Twitter – So pleased you are such an active member of the #Bakeoftheweek gang x
I love your Minion cake & looks like you had a busy but lovely week. Must try the Apricot & Amaretto Cheesecake, sounds delicious 🙂
Thanks Sarah – Yes crazily busy but all lovely stuff (apart from it taking 7.5 hours to get back from London!) x
That cake looks absolutely stunning!! My children would be mad if I baked something like this. Not sure I could. I have never been that good with icing. I love it, what a treat for your children. You made a really nice party for them.
I am looking at all those yummy entries of bake of the week. Thank you for hosting again 🙂
Aren’t there some positively mouth watering recipes? Practice makes fondant so much easier to work with x
What an awesome cake! Very well decorated 🙂
Thank you – I had great fun having a dabble with sugarcraft again x
That cake is incredible! I was pretty chuffed with my 4th birthday efforts until I saw your amazing creation – I really need to polish up my icing skills!
Aw thanks Helen – very kind of you! Hopping over now to see your 4th birthday creation x
Amaze balls like completely brilliant cake!! i wish i could use fondant like that! xx
Thanks Jenny – I’ve got itchy fingers to go and play with more fondant now! x
Thank you so much for featuring my bakes 🙂 Love your themed cake, have a great week!!
Thanks for joining in Laura – you do some marvellous bakes! Enjoy your week too x
Wow that cake is awesome! I used to decorate cakes but I know if I broke out my sugarcraft supplies again my results would be no where near as good as that! I bet Tara was very happy!
Thank you so much for the shout out 🙂 Will be linking up again this week!
Oh Michelle, I’m sure its just like riding a bike! Have a go. Tara was really cute – She had no idea what to expect. Have a good week x
You do make such amazing bakes, the cake looks fantastic, in fact the entire party looks brilliant. Nice job 🙂
Thanks Jenny – do you know it was one of the most relaxed parties we’ve ever done. Jam buttes are the way forward! x
You need to bake for my kids. Seriously. Both them and I would be forever grateful.
Send them round! The more the merrier 😉
WOW! Amazing cake! And looks like an amazing party too, some great ideas. Well done!
#brilliantblogposts
Thanks SIan – A week later and Tara is still talking about it to everyone. She must have enjoyed it! Phew x
Wow that cake is fantastic. You most definitely should take orders, you’d be so good. We had one for z too for his birthday 🙂
Thanks – I used to do it as a business – Time constraints made it too difficult though. Nice to do one for pleasure x
The cake is amazing!!!! Party looks fab!
Thanks Rachel – We really enjoyed the party and really enjoyed eating all of the cake last week! 😉 x
Oh my gosh! I LOVE that cake! Minions are awesome! And I wouldn’t mind some of that cheesecake either. Came over here from Honest Mum–love your site!
Oh thank you Ginny! We are big fans of the Minions in this house – there is so much yellow everywhere! x
Wow that is amazing. I will definitely be giving you a call for birthdays 🙂 so impressive
Thanks Emma! Little G will be celebrating a birthday before we know it! x
Well now how cute is this? Gotta love those Minions! You did a fabulous job! Thanks for sharing it with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Hi Jann, thanks for your lovely comment – I really enjoyed having a cake play and will be back visiting SYC soon x
What an amazing cake! Both of my children would to have a birthday cake like that. Thanks for featuring me this week.
Thanks for joining in Ness! x
What an epic cake!
Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested this week x
My kids are too old for a Minions party now…but your cake!! wow, I so want to make one now.
Ah thank you – that is very kind. Minon cakes are my favourite to make. Who could be grumpy with those little yellow fellows around?