The end of the summer vacations are nigh. 11.5 weeks and we've all survived it unscathed, well except for my baking or rather lack of it. Temps of +100ºF have meant that I've been poolside for most of the summer. Honestly it's all a girl can do to keep cool in those temps without the oven adding to it, of course the cold beer helps too ;-)
The start of a new school term also means it's Sophie's birthday, this year it's the day before school so we had her sleepover party last night (Friday). 7 girls partied, 6 stayed over and had a blast. Who knew that after pizza, cookies, cake, candy, more fizzy than the World of Coca-cola, and 2 movies that there wouldn't be time for tattoos, nail painting and karaoke? Lights were out at midnight, lights back on again at 5 minute intervals there after until 12.55am and they were warned to sleep or they'd be separated - sometimes being a grumpy Scot. with wild hair has it's advantages, lol, but it did the trick. Silence fell until 8.45am and I was delighted. After a big breakfast of fruit, croissants, pan au chocolat and juice - okay not so much fruit but I did try, they went off to complete total destruction of the basement phase 2!
Sophie had asked for a lemon/blueberry pound cake with a buttercream finish, using light pink, dark pink and light purple. This is the same girl who 2 months ago tried to tell me she was a tomboy, yeah right! And that's what she got. The buttercream finish is worse than shoddy as I had next to no time left to actually ice the cake, all of the time went on the very fiddly but fun gumpaste popcorn box & popcorn, the pizza, the heads & hands (with painted fingernails), not so much on the sleeping bags, I did mention they were fiddly right? As usual, I was lastminute.com with the cake but it tasted good and that for me is the main thing.
The start of a new school term also means it's Sophie's birthday, this year it's the day before school so we had her sleepover party last night (Friday). 7 girls partied, 6 stayed over and had a blast. Who knew that after pizza, cookies, cake, candy, more fizzy than the World of Coca-cola, and 2 movies that there wouldn't be time for tattoos, nail painting and karaoke? Lights were out at midnight, lights back on again at 5 minute intervals there after until 12.55am and they were warned to sleep or they'd be separated - sometimes being a grumpy Scot. with wild hair has it's advantages, lol, but it did the trick. Silence fell until 8.45am and I was delighted. After a big breakfast of fruit, croissants, pan au chocolat and juice - okay not so much fruit but I did try, they went off to complete total destruction of the basement phase 2!
Sophie had asked for a lemon/blueberry pound cake with a buttercream finish, using light pink, dark pink and light purple. This is the same girl who 2 months ago tried to tell me she was a tomboy, yeah right! And that's what she got. The buttercream finish is worse than shoddy as I had next to no time left to actually ice the cake, all of the time went on the very fiddly but fun gumpaste popcorn box & popcorn, the pizza, the heads & hands (with painted fingernails), not so much on the sleeping bags, I did mention they were fiddly right? As usual, I was lastminute.com with the cake but it tasted good and that for me is the main thing.
Bottom tier of the cake before it was smothered in white chocolate buttercream and topped with 2 more layers of cake and cream = yummy!
A bird's eye view!
The whispering and gossiping of a slumber party!
"So she said, that I said that you said..."
"No way!"
So adorably cute, Kerie!! I love it. Love the photo's captions, too!
ReplyDeleteThis looks absolutely fantastic and I'm sure it tasted it as well. Your a very talented lady :-)
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