Practicing Birthday Cakes

My friend wanted to give me the chance of practising cakes

so she asked me to make her kids birthday cakes!

one 14 year old wanted a union jack.

its all chocolate on the inside!

her other 14 year old (yes twins) wanted a chocolate galore cake

this was my favourite to do maybe cause there was no expectations

3 layers of chocolate sponge with butter cream

with dairy milk icing on top

and as you can see chocolate fingers and buttons around the outside

and flake on top

then her 16 year old wanted the little character from the edf energy adverts

I'm still learning to work with regal icing so this cake isn't covered up as much as I'd like but like I said these are practice cakes and like everything else I don't get much time with my cake baking.

This cake is 6 and a bit layers- was kinda fun to make.

also chocolate!

all 3 cakes were very well received and thoroughly enjoyed!

My Baby is one!

OK so I didn't make this one myself but we all still enjoyed it!

lots of pressie's for the birthday girl 

there's even a zebra hiding behind all those presents! 

here's what we bought with her birthday pennies 

"peepo mummy"

One of Melissa's presents was a pushchair

which she absolutely adores!   

          " I love my pushchair mummy"

and off she ventures into her second year.......... 

Update

Wow 4 kids really take over your life! no card making or scrapbooking and no blogging either!! well I thought I'd catch you up on a few things and then I'm sure ill be a way again for a while! :( the reason I'm on now is cause its the October school holidays so the older 3 are glued to the T.V and Liss is down for a nap (don't know how long for tho) so lets crack on.............

CAKES!!!!!

So unfortunately card making (and much to my annoyance) scrapbooking have gone on hold for now :(

I have however taken to baking (which really may not be too good for my waist line :/ ) but they definitely taste good! 

                              ones with lots of sweets on them! Then there's my personal favourite......

                                                         CHOCOLATE!!!!!

MMMMMMMM chocolate biscuits!

Last night daddy wouldn't share his biscuits with me but lucky for me today he's left them on the floor and I found them on my travels!
 First ill try one then maybe ill have another and another untill no more are left!!! That will teach him not to share with me!!

'this biscuit is really yummy, better than those rusks mummy keeps giving me. Speaking of which where is mummy?......'

......"oh hello mummy! It wasn't me, don't tell daddy!

"all gone now mummy! Don't worry about the mess
I'll come back to the crumbs later"