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work outfit pt 2, blueberry crepe cake

Phew!  I’m currently feeling like the Red Queen! in that I’m running as hard as I can just to stay in the same spot…  anyway, a bit late, but here are some more random things I’ve made recently.

Items 1 and 2;  new things for the little work capsule-wardrobe I’m making for Cassie… and btw, WHY am I making so many capsule wardrobes lately?!  Actually it is kinda fun, so I’m not complaining 🙂

The pistachio green cowl neck top is similar to the previous, avocado green one that I made for her, with a few improvements…  I made it from the leftover cotton jersey that I made Theo’s little panda romper from… so they have a matching mother/son ensemble, should they want to wear something like this!

The mint green skirt is from fabric that I inherited from Mum’s stash, when she cleaned it out… it’s a really lovely suiting fabric and we have enough leftover for a little top too, which I’m planning to make next  #spoilers

The skirt is another heavily modified Vogue 8363, and lined with mint green lining fabric from my stash; this is an absolutely perfect colour match which is nice!  It’s the exact same fabric that used to the blue skirt I made for her recently.  Again, the only new thing I bought for this outfit is the invisible zip, yay!

Item 3; I rarely post cooking/baking projects here, but this one was kinda… out of my comfort zone, should I say!  I recently came across the Cooking Tree on YouTube and quickly became slightly obsessed with her beautiful creations, her beautiful videos and was completely inspired to give it a go.  I picked something super easy, haha; the Blueberry Crepe cake; and for my first crepe cake I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.  The mixture was supposed to make 21 layers; my crepe cake has 20 layers because my first crepe was a fail which means there is absolutely zero excess for spares!

Anyway, it was quite yummy and I really enjoyed the challenge of making it, so I’m definitely going to have a go at some other of the Cooking Tree’s recipes  🙂

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a bumblebee cake

I know I don’t do baking posts here very often, but I actually make a lot of cakes! and if I get to decorate them in a exuberantly fun way like this one then I will be tempted to write a post about it here…

My niece Jacinta was having her 21st, with a yellow-themed birthday party… and what with one thing and another making it very busy for my brother’s family I ended up offering to make the cake.  Time was pretty short and the pressure was on! and I’m so glad I could spare the time myself, as well that I had already prepared my own yellow outfit well in advance!

I made two batches of cake, flavoured one with the grated rind of two lemons for a lemon flavour, the other one with vanilla essence…  baked each in halves to make 4 flat cakes, and layered them alternately. I made lots of batches of plain icing to glue them together and give the cake a crumb crust, and coloured the outer layers with yellow food colouring… finally it’s decorated with real flowers and mini chocolate bumblebee cake decorations.  I wound gold jewellery wire around my finger to make spirals, speared the bumblebees on and secured them with a tiny blob of icing.

I was so happy with how it turned out! Also, we had such a wonderful time at the party and it was so lovely to spend time with all the family!

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