My Little Pony Cake.

So as I have mentioned before I recently had some problems with my health. More specifically and without getting all morbid ;-) I was diagnosed with MS. Even though I luckily have not gotten any major symptoms yet, I have been plagued with some crazy fatigue. I am ALWAYS hopelessly tired. So the thought of taking on a whole kids party was just to much in the heat of summer. A dear friend of mine who just had a little baby suggested that we put two and two together and have one party for our two girls who both were turning 5. Magic.

She provided the location, the garden (it's amazing) and the games. And I brought the cake and desserts. It was perfect. I could focus on what I know how to do and she didn't have to do all that with a newborn plus 5 other kids in the house! Yeah, we both got a big win out of it :-)!!!

Check out her blog where you will find some of the pictures I have here too, as well as plenty more.

Here are some of her pictures and some of mine.  Hope you like them!

Some of the decorations provided by Linda!

Cakepops made of Ballerina cookies, Philadelphia and nutella!

The drinks setup!

The cake! I am personally quite in love with it, if I may say so myself ;-)!

Ellie's favorite MLP, Rainbowdash! As you will also see by her outfit......

 

Details!

The gals! Ellie with her Rainbowdash attire on... of course!

Massacred!!! 

I live the history behind these delights. Spike's jeweled cupcakes and the chocolate raining clouds. Both from separate episodes of MLP.

Some healthy stuff on an otherwise sugar covered table.

Some of the little tags on the food!

Here is my little birthday girl! I love her so much, and there is no way I could ever express it to her.  Maybe one day she will understand. <3

Enjoy!
-J.

Super Hero POW Cake.

So I am BACK! With a POW!!! I am in the cake mode again! After a loooong time out it is nice to back, though it certainly is stressful making cakes. I always make sure I have nothing on the day after completing a cake as I am out cold or slouching on the couch recuperating. I really put my heart and soul into it and then I need a day or so to grow a new one ;-)!

By NO means an original design, but a very fun and satisfying cake to make all the same. It was also a blast to take pictures of, that's for sure! Loving the colors! 

As I only make cakes for friends and family, this one is once again for a friend of mine who's son turned 5! I'm not used to making boy cakes so this was fun not making loads of flowers and pink. It can get repetitive ;-). Though.... I can't say I ever want to mix black marshmallow fondant EVER again! That was ROUGH. I had achy arms for days after :-)!

Anyway, hope you like this one!

Enjoy

-J.

A Quilted Knitting Cake

 

Here is another one of my favorites.. And quilted cakes are quickly becoming exactly that. My Favorites!!! After the last quilted cake, a friend of mine wanted one for her grandmother who was turning 80. The requests she had were that it should have something to do with America, as it is her second home after Sweden. Also she wanted a knitting or crafty theme, with some evidence of the missions (yes many) that she has served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She wanted at least one tier to have a filling that they usually have in their family. This was a banana in one layer and vanilla cream in the other. The other tiers were up to me. So I filled two tiers with the Herrey Family special and the other two I filled with my personal favorite... Chocolate sponge filled with whipped cream cheese frosting and Salted Dulce de leche. Yeah... that one is a definite winner. FOR SURE! 

Now this Lady whom I was making the cake for also happened to have another achievement under her belt ;-). She is the mother of one of Sweden's most famous trio of brothers. In 1984 they won the Eurovision for us with an absolutely great song, that is still sung often here in Sweden. Diggelo, Diggeley by the Herrey Brothers!

My mother told me some amazing facts about this wonderful lady. And even though I only know her as an acquaintance, I am so impressed with how she has lived and is living her life. She has truly dedicated her life to helping others. What a lady! She now has a great huge family that Love her so much. She is truly loved!

Here is about a hundred pictures of the quilted cake and of the sketches I drew to send to the granddaughter. Hope you like them!

Planning the "fabrics"

Sketching

Enjoy!
-J

Dessert Table Cake - My Birthday

 

 "Happy Birthday to meeeeee...."

"It's my birthday and I make my own cake if I want to..." I totally wanted to! What better than to make a Dessert Table Cake for me?! 

 

("Hjärtilycka till miiiiig..."

"It's my birthday and I make my own cake if I want to..." Och det ville jag verkligen! Vad skulle passa bättre än ett Dessertbordstårta till mig?!)

 

I'm not complaining or anything, but we are not rich. We don't have much but we are happy. The thought of making a dessert table like this in real life makes me sweat at the cost. So Naturally I thought why not make one in miniature form :-)?! What could suit a cake-enthusiast like me better?! 

(Jag klagar inte eller så, men vi är inte rika. Vi har inte mycket, men vi är LYCKLIGA. Tanken att göra ett helt sånt här bord på riktigt får mig att svettas med tanke på hur mycket det skulle kosta. Min första tanke var då att jag gärna skulle vilja göra ett "perfekt" dessertbord fast i miniatyrform. VAd skulle kunna passa en tårtfantast som mig bättre :-D?!)

 

 

  

 

  

 I need to highlight something that might sound like I am boasting, it might sound like I am trying to highlight how imperfect this cake is, or like I feel sorry for myself. But like I said earlier we don't have a lot of money, I have not been able to buy all the equipment that I would like. I don't have a beeding mould (For the beeding arround the cake), loads of flower cutters or ANY leaf cutters and veiners. I don't have one of those mats to thin the edges of the flowers and i don't have the color dusts to make the flowers "pop". What I want to say with this is that it is possible to make OK looking flower-arrangements without all the fancy gear! If you want them to look real, then yeah, this wont cut it, but for a cake like this, yeah just go for it!

  

(Nu vill jag uppmärksamma något som kan låta som jag tycker att jag är bra(O-jante), eller så låter det som jag vill uppmärksamma alla fel med tårtan, eller att jag tycker synd om mig själv. Men som jag sa förrut så har vi inte jätte mycket pengar, vilket gör så att jag inte haft råd att köpa en massa utrustning. Jag har inte en sån pärlform att få helt jämna pärlor runt tårtan, utan har fått rulla alla för hand, en och en. Jag har inte alla blomutstickare som igentligen krävs för ett sånt här blomsterarrangemang. Jag har inga blad utstickare eller veiners. ingen sån skummatta att tunna ut kanterna med, och inga färg "dusts" att borsta blommorna med för att få dem att "poppa". Vad jag ville säga med detta är att DET GÅR ATT GÖRA HELT OKUTSEENDE BLOMSTERARRANGEMANG UTAN ALL UTRUSTNING!!! Om du vill att blommorna ska se verkliga ut, så duger naturligtvis inte mina metoder, men för en sån här tårta så funkar det ABSOLUT! SÅ SÄTT IGÅNG!)

 

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My Sister-in-law and I

For my birthday I was surprised with a dinner out with my family. I am the youngest of 6 siblings in total and almost all of them were able to make it. It was great. Like GREAT. Amazing company, Crazy yummy food. And I even got dressed up. 
 :-D

My GORGEOUS sisters

(På min födelsedag blev jag överaskad med en middag på stan (Göteborg) med min familj. Jag är yngst av 6 syskon och nästan alla kunde komma. Det var SÅ kul. SÅÅÅÅÅ kul. Undebart Umgänge. Galet god mat. Och jag hade t.o.m. tid att piffa till mig :-)!)





 

My nephew, Brother, other Nephew and Niece (In that order)

Then a week later when my parents were back from Teneriffe we had a get-together where I was able to bring this cake with not just my siblings but with all my nieces and nephews on my side as well. I love having a BIG family!





 

The food... Oh the FOOOOOOD!!!!

(Sen en vecka senare när mina föräldrar kom tillbaka från en semester i Teneriffa hade vi en till liten fest dit jag tog med denna tårtan. Denna gången var det inte bara för mina syskon utan även för alla mina syskonbarn på min sida av famijen (Nick's är ju i England). JAG ÄLSKAR ATT HA EN STOOOR FAMILJ!)

MORE PICTURES AND DETAILS OF THE CAKE

ENJOY.

-J.

Post update: I tooooootally thought I had published this! Seriously, looking through my entry's and realizing I could not find this cake, shocker! So yeah here it is :-)!!! Also, I do now have a few of the things I mentioned above that I didn't, and it does make ALL the difference ;-)! Can't wait to get the rest! Xxx

Princess Barbie Cake - Ellie's 4th Birthday

(Smaller text is swedish translation - Svensk text i kursivt)

The cake - Princess or Barbie Cake

 

 So once again this entry is almost a year late. Ellie is now almost 5 and looks so different! Insane how fast the time goes. I finally found the cord for my camera to transfer the pictures so I can finally make an entry about this most wonderful day!

(Ännu en gång så skriver jag detta inlägg nästan ett år sent. Ellie är nästan 5 och ser helt annorlunda ut. Helt galet vad snabbt tiden går! Jag har äntligen hittat min kabel till min systemkamera, så nu kommer lite bilder från denna underbara dag.)

We had only lived in sweden for a few months and this is evident in the emptyness of our house. Ellie's room has NOTHING in it. Mainly because this is her bedroom and she has her playroom downstairs. It still looks so sad though. A little girls room should be filled! That's what we planned on doing with her birthday. There was no expense spare on this birthday(or at least in our eyes)! 

(Vi hade bara bott i sveirge i några månader och det märks på hur tomt vårat hus är. I Ellie's rum finns INGET. Mest för att hennes lekrum är på nedervåningen och att hon bara sover här inne. Men det ser ändå tomt ut. Tanken var dock att ändra på detta med hennes födelsedag. Här sparades inte på slantarna till denna födelsedag (vilket är ovanligt för oss)!)

Her main present was a bike, but anything we felt she needed to fill her days with activity we got. we aren't the type to spoil our kids on an everyday basis. Ellie won't just get something  because we would like to get it for her. We usually wait for birthdays and christmas to spoil. 

(Hennes stora present var en cyckel, men vi köpte även allt annat som kunde fylla hennes dag med aktiviteter. Vi är inte de som skämmer bort våra barn i vardagen. Hon fårn inte allt hon pekar på kan man säga. Vi väntar istället på födelsedagar och jul...)

We want her day to be special. And I think this day was great for her. Starting with present opening in the morning....

(Vi ville att hennes dag skulle vara speciell. Och jag tror att denna dagen blev underbar! Den började med presentöppning på morgonen...)

 So the day before I finished as much as I possibly could. Like the cake. Her very lovely princess-cake. It was a white velvet sponge coloured into Ombre shades of pink. It was filled with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and raspberry curd and lemon curd. 

(Dagen innan gjorde jag så mycket jag bara kunda så att jag kunde fokusera på Ellie på hennes födelsedag. Jag gjorde t.ex. hennes princess tårta. Det var en White velvet tårtbotten färgad till rosa i olika toner för att få en ombre effekt. Den var fylld med Swiss Merigue buttercream och halloncurd och citroncurd.)

Anyone who has followed what I do when it comes to cakes knows by know that I tend to do the... stupid... the over the top... the time consuming... and this cake was no different. sitting with tweezers putting clusters of 3 sprinkles on the cake... took approximately 2 hours!!!

(Alla som har följt det jag gör vet vid det här laget att jag har en tendens till att göra det som inte behövs.. bara det tar tid och blir detaljerat typ... Jag vet jag är tokig. Även denna gången gjorde jag det. Att sitta med en pincett och sätta fast små strösselkulor en i taget för att skapa en liten samling av 3 pärlor... ja, det tog mig 2 timmar bara det...)

Here are some pictures of The dessert table I made. On the dessert table I had the princess cake (barbie cake), cakepops with the taste of "Ballerina Kladdkaka" (a brand of cookies in sweden) and chocolate balls (Swedish kiddy nobake classic), Chocolate cupcakes filled with lemon curd and with a white chocolate buttercream, Swedish crumbly sugar cookies (drömmar) and vanilla panacotta with lemoncurd topping. I also had a raspberry lemonade as a beverage.

(Här kommer bilderna på dessertbordet jag gjorde för kalaset. PÅ bordet fanns tårtan(naturligtvis), cakepops med smak av ballerina kladdkaka(de rosa) och chokladbollar(de bruna), chokladcupcakes med lemoncurd fyllning och vitchokladfrosting, hemmagjorda drömmar, vaniljpanacotta med lemoncurdtopping och hallon lemonad som dricka.)   

The dessert table - sorry I don't have better pictures!

The Princess cake/Barbie cake

Princess cakepops, Her Highness Cupcakes, Princess cookies

Princess Cakepops  and Raspberry Lemonade

The coveted goodiebags - folded from wrappingpaper!

My first pompoms! Not all that easy to make! Not at all!!

I use "pxlr" to edit my photos, and I used the same program to create the little tags on everything. The names on the goodiebags, and the little tags by each dessert. picked a pink polkadot background that I saved from the internet as a picture. I then edited it with the free shapes and images within the pxlr program. Pxlr is free online. Just do a search in google and I use the express version.

(Jag använder "pxlr" att redigera mina bilder, jag anväänder även det programmet för att göra alla små brickorna du ser på allt. Även namnen på godispåsarna. Jag valde en vit och rosa prickig bakgrund som jag sparade som bild. Sedan redigerade jag den bilden med alla gratis bilder och former som finns i pxlr programmet. Pxlr är gratis på internet, du behövr bara söka i google. Jag använder "express" versionen.)

Her Highness in all her glory :-)!

This was officially the Pink Fluff Party :-D!!!!

Me and my pink fluffprincess ;-)

Cut opened to give the surprise ombre effect! It gave the awaited "ooo" effect ;-)

Enjoy.

-J