S’s 3rd Birthday

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It’s a wonderful time to get together with special friends and family to celebrate the life of a child or person when it is their birthday.  Our youngest daughter turned 3 and we had a wonderful day surrounded by love, laughter and fun. This…

Z’s 12th Birthday

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With busy afternoon schedules of dancing and sport we had to squeeze in a quick birthday celebration afternoon tea for my eldest daughter this year.  She had chocolate-raspberry cupcakes for afternoon tea with whipped cream and fresh strawberries.  Luckily she double dipped and had…

Z’s 10th Birthday

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My eldest daughter celebrated her 10th birthday with 10 girlfriends invited for a slumber party.  They had an afternoon celebration with a fruit tower made from melons, strawberries and grapes, avocado dip and corn chips and Bubbly Cranberry Drink.  The number 10 birthday cake…

Z’s 6th Birthday

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My eldest daughter’s birthday was celebrated with her cousins and grandmothers and aunts.  Being a winter birthday citrus is in season so the chosen birthday cake was an Orange & Almond cake…also a recipe of our famous friend Ni who invented Ni’s Million Dollar cake….

B’s 2nd Birthday

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My youngest son’s 2nd birthday was celebrated with his cousins and siblings.  He had a teddy bear cake which turned out to be a little on the skinny side for a bear!  Our same favourite cake has been used here; Ni’s Million Dollar cake,…

S’s 5th Birthday

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This is my youngest daughter’s 5th birthday cake ~ an owl.  Made with Ni’s Million Dollar Cake, covered in a thin layer of jam and whipped cream. We used desiccated coconut coloured with hoppers food colouring, shaved Loving Earth Chocolate, liquorice, dried fruit and…

B’s 1st birthday

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Once again, the go to birthday cake is Ni’s Million Dollar cake.  Covered in a thin spread of jam and whipped cream, then topped with sliced strawberries and shaved chocolate. 

T’s 1st Birthday

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Ni’s Million Dollar cake is without a doubt the best cake to turn to for birthdays.  With added berries it is pretty just as it is.  For my son’s 1st birthday we imbedded a collage of photos from his 1st year onto the cake…