I was strong today but will fall tomorrow...

[anjuschka]

Hi all, just had to share. I've just had a day of preparing for DD1's birthday party tomorrow. Baked & decorated a chocolate cake and a batch of cupcakes, never even licked my fingers. Phew. Got harder as I was trimming the cake to shape and decorating it! Hope you like the picture!

Now tomorrow, I will allow myself a small piece of cake, at least it's a PV day so I can snack on veggies.

Have a good weekend!

 

[dizzydelly]

what a fantastic cake!
well done on not being tempted.

 

[PennyJane]

Hat off to you for restraining yourself and maintaining your resolve!

I love the cake

 

[alottolose]

it was a kids party that did me in I'm thinking of changing my name to "kidsmademefat-mk2" good luck tomorrow - it's killer I'm useless with buffet foods!

 

[LVLLM]

oh wow that cake is amazing !!!!! you are very talented.
hopefully you can eat lots of protein to make you feel full so you wont be tempted!!!! be good

 

[sona1980]

WOW! that cake is amazing and so are u if u have avoided it!!

can i ask a cake related question? how on earth do u make that?! do u have special tins? i cant even make a normal round cake without it sinking in the middle!! lolz my special ring donut cake! hehe

 

[anjuschka]

thank you everyone. Well I had one plain cupcake (with raisins in), and a few hula hoops... Doesn't seem to have done too much damage

As for the cake: it's really simple - bake a round cake (10in) cut into two halves and sandwich the two together & stand on end - I had to trim a bit off the bottom to make it stand. Then ice and decorate with chocolate fingers and maltesers.
This is a good site for party cakes, where I found this design:
Themed Cakes | Birthday Cakes | FamilyFun

 

[jaqys]

Well done on your restraint and amazing cake.

Did they love it?

 

[anjuschka]

Of course they did! Also, 6 year-olds still need remarkably little entertaining if allowed to play in the Garden! We only played a couple of the things I had lined up for them... Plus a good treasure hunt that sent them from one end of the garden to the other and back again many times over.

 

[LVLLM]

good for you babe xxx

 

[alottolose]

well done!

 

[cherl889]

You should have followed, might have been enough exercise for another slice of cake!!!