Tuesday Bakesday!

So today I thought I would share with you a birthday cake that I made for one of my best friends birthday! We are fans of the enchanted, mythical and faerie world so I took inspiration from this. This has to be the most intricate cake that I have made to date and to complete... it took roughly 6 hours!

The cake itself is a madeira cake (i won't bore you with a recipe, I just took a simple one from a google search) and in the center is vanilla buttercream. I covered the cake in green fondant icing and used decoration tools to make the swirls across the cake.. looking like climbing ivy across a forest floor. Then I added sugar flowers across the cake and freeze-dried strawberries to look like tiny flowers. 

On top of that, I made three mushrooms with fondant icing and gave them cute faces. The baby .ushrrom was so small i painted on the face with food colouring. Then if you loom more into the cake you can see a catterpillar on top of a mushroom and a tiny ladybug on the forest floor. 

Finally i added three butterflies flying suspended from wire to add more illusion and depth to the cake.Oh and not to forget the edible glitter! For a bit of a magical touch :)

I loved decorating this cake, its full of things to look at any way you turn it and its like you can reach out and touch the fantasy.

I hope you enjoyed taking time looking at the cake. I can tell you... it went down a storm! Let me know if you'd love to see more baking adventures!

XOXO

I've Been Gone For So Long!

Slap on my hand for being such a bad blogger! University deadlines and a new job have halted any of my blogging opportunities.Nothing much has changed whilst I've been AWOL, just stress! But now I'm back and i thought I'd bring with me an old school blogging tag. So here is the 20 questions tag :) 

1. Thing you cannot leave the house without?

My phone, my purse, my keys and i can't leave the house without saying goodbye to my beautiful kitty cats! 

 

2. Favourite brand of make-up?

I think it has to be Bourjois at the moment. I'm in love with their glitter nail varnish, their 1 2 3 perfect liquid foundation and their Little Round Pot Blusher in Rose D'or!

3. Favourite flower?

My all time favourite flower is a red Amaryllis. I received one for Christmas and it has just bloomed! A beautiful sight in this dreary English weather I can tell you!

 

4. Favourite clothing store?

This is hard. I like to shop everywhere and don't usually shop in specific stores... I'd have to say it's a mix between New Look and Topshop at the moment, but this may change in a month or two... it tends to fluctuate! 

5. Favourite perfume?
At the moment, it's Taylor Swift... by Taylor Swift.

6. Heels or Flats?

Flats! I feel too tall and awkward if I wear heels. Just not right! Also It's hard for me to wear heels as i have a metal rod in my left leg which doesn't make walking in heels all that comfortable!

7. Do/Did you get good grades?

At university I'm at a steady grade of 2:1-2:2 which is good! I finish in four months so just need to keep the work up to a good standard i suppose!

8. Favourite colours

Black, red, pink and grey

9. Do you drink energy drinks?

I used to, but they just make me hyper and then fall asleep! No point drinking them really!

10. Do you drink juice?

Again I used to, but not anymore. Fruit juice is very bad for your teeth and I'm cutting bad foods from my diet, including fruit juice.

11. Do you eat fries/chips with a fork?

Ones from the chip shop - no. Ones at home, yes. Depends if i have a fork near me! 

12. Favourite moisturiser?

Nivea Daily Essentials Day Cream. So soft and smells great.

13. Do you want to get married? 

One day! I've been with my boyfriend for nearly 3 years now, and hopefully we will...

14.Do you get mad easily?

Not really. Sometimes I do, but what woman can say that she never gets mad?

15.Are you into ghost hunting?

I believe in ghosts, but not ghost hunting, I get scared too easily!

 

16. Any phobias?
Wool on teeth! bleeeeurgh! Hate it!
 
17. Do you bite your nails?
Nope!
 
18. have you had a near death experience?
I've had a major accident before, broke a few bones in the process but it wasn't a near death experience by a long shot.
 
19. Do you drink coffee?
EEEEEWWWWWWW no haha.
 
20. Do you like swimming?
I don't mind it but i'd rather sunbathe!

Hope you enjoyed reading guys! 

XOXO