Happy New Year

Hi Everyone, wishing you all a happy & healthy new Year and may all your wishes and aims for 2014 come true. December is always my most favourite baking month, with all the lovely Pre-Christmas bakes. And as every year, I was looking forward to bake my favourite things as well as try new recipes. Unfortunately we all got struck down by this annoying flu bug and I didn't get the chance in making half the things I planned. Well I am sure my husband and extended Family and Friends were secretly relieved they didn't have to face the temptation ;)
Anyhow, I still managed to make a 50th Birthday Cake for my friends husband - who's a Leeds Utd Supporter, for the 21st December. I must admit, I really enjoyed making the Shield and to figure out how to write LUFC onto it without a pen (it was already 9pm at night)! Icing Sugar, Blue food colouring and a good old fashioned tooth pick worked very well!
I made a 10'' Square Madeira sponge and filled the layers with Mascarpone & White Chocolate Icing, topped the cake with a bit of Apricot glaze to hold the Roll Out Icing. I cut the snowflakes out of light blue coloured icing and sprayed them then with some Silver Shimmer Spray. Overall I was quite happy with the result.

and for the kids I made a few chocolate cupcakes, which my girls helped me decorate.

Hope you all had a few lovely Festive Days. Wishing you all Happy Baking in 2014 - and remember 'Life's what you bake it' :)