Anyone for dessert?

The dessert table is always a favourite. Even before your guests have sat down to their main meal, they are already trying to sneak a peak at the dessert table to see what is deliciously waiting for them to add that sweet cherry on to a good meal.

Nicolette laid out the following dessert table for a 21st in earthy tones of orange and pink with Barbeton daisies.

The table was laced with popular cake pops, gold dusted chocolate truffles and simply delicious vanilla cupcakes.

No other word can describe this dessert table but decadent!

Fun-in-the-tub Baby Shower

Don't these cute little ducks just make you want to break out in song...

Splish splash I was taking a bath...

Long about a staurday night...

Rub dub just relaxing in the tub...

Although there was no relaxing in the tub for Nicolette just yet.

She was too busy having a creatively fun moment, moulding fondant cupcake duck toppers for a Fun-in-the-tub Baby Shower.

They was a-splishing and a-splashing, reelin' with the feelin'
Moving and a-grooving, rocking and a-rolling, yeah!

A Golden Celebration

Half a century ago, a wonderful marriage began when two fine people joined as one at a modest wedding.

Fifty years later, their proud children wanted to honour their parent’s great achievement and hosted a wonderful 50th Golden Anniversary Party. 

What better way to commemorate this special day than with a tower of golden cupcakes and a signature cake.

 

 Nicolette baked these vanilla cupcakes and cake with much love, frosted them with butter cream, filled them with caramel butter cream and decorated them with gold dusted flowers and cheerful sunflowers.

Not only did they taste divine but when the daughter of the anniversary couple saw the tower, she shed a little tear at the thought of how delighted her parents would be.

A half century of marriage deserves beautiful speciality cupcakes and cake such as these.

Om nom nom nom, me eat cookie

Best known for his voracious appetite, Cookie Monster from Sesame Street entertains many children.

Cookie Monster’s favourite cookie is the chocolate chip cookie and he devours them with much gusto. However, he teaches young children that although cookies are a “sometime snack”, he also likes fruits and vegetables.

But moms, birthday time is no time for fruits and vegetables and every child can indulge on their birthday.

Nicolette created Cookie Monster cupcakes for a children's party this past week and boy did the kids go...

Om nom nom nom, me want cupcake...

Country Style Brunch

What better way to enjoy a September birthday than to have a country style brunch in the warm spring sun, under oak trees on a wine farm. It is also quite fitting when the birthday boy is a country boy at heart.

Playing on this theme, Nicolette and I planned away with grass baskets, enamel crockery, wooden cutlery, copper pots, hessian and gingham.

As it was country style we used fresh spring flowers from the farm which consisted of sweet smelling lupines and lilies delicately plonked into steel buckets.

We scattered the garden with old farm implements to set the mood and guests could enjoy the rural atmosphere sitting outside on hay bale chairs.

To ensure our city friends had a good hearty brunch we served scrambled eggs, wors en pap, not forgetting the smoor with farm style whole wheat bread.  We offered a scrumptious rusk and crunchie jar, along with muffins to be enjoyed with a steaming cup of coffee.

Nicolette once again out did herself and spoilt the guests with a charming farm cake that not only tasted divine but without a doubt, looked fabulous.

We hope our birthday boy had a great day and we wish him a fantastic year ahead.

Cheese and Wine Party

This past weekend we hosted a Cheese and Wine Party for Nicolette's husband's birthday.

We all enjoyed good food, wine and company in a beautiful setting. As you can see from the collage, guests were truly treated and no wonder the last guests only left in the early hours of the morning.

Playful Puppies

Rottweiler Theme Cake

Nicolette's fingers have been working their magic once again and created these adorable little Rottweiler puppies playing around their mother.