It's my birthday tomorrow and, unusually for me, I'm going out! It's not really a birthday night out but my friend was going out with her friend and has invited me and a joint friend out too.
It also means winning a prize from the
Lucy 'In The Sky' blog was great timing! In the spirit of passing on the good fortune I'll start a
giveaway tomorrow to celebrate. I think I can find some hand-dyed yarn that needs a home ;-)
Of course, it can't be a proper birthday without cake. I was hoping Orla would want to bake with me but despite saying yes she refused to come into the kitchen :-/ so if it tastes awful I've no littlies to blame it on!!!
The recipe I used is from
this book, which was a Christmas present from my sister.
Every time I use this recipe I have a slight panic that it's gone horribly wrong. It never seems to have the usual cake mixture consistency, it's more like pastry when it goes into the cases/tin. I've never had a problem with the taste of it though ;-)
I also got to try out my butterfly cake silicon mould. I've had this one and a train one for ages now. they came from a clearance sale at
Lakeland some time ago and I've just not used them. One thing that has put me off is I threw away the cardboard that was around them that told me how much mixture to make. Anyway I was brave and it seems the recipe I followed (Vanilla Cupcakes) makes pretty much the right amount!
See what I mean about the consistency????
But it seemed to turn out ok...
I'm hoping Erin might help me ice it when she gets home from school. I might use this mould and recipe for her birthday cake as the plates & party bags are butterfly themed.
