Birthday Cakes

I had taken up the challenge to bake the Cakes for Annabel's Birthday. From a week before the event, i was busy doing some research on the net for the perfect cake and finding shops where i can get some Wilton's decorating stuffs in Cyprus.

Winnie the Pooh Cake

Barney Cake

The receipe for the sponge cake is from JoyOfBaking. The butter cream receipe is from Wiltons decorating site. The characters i made, are based on the BUTTERCREAMTRANSFER method, i came across in this site.

There is a shop in Cyprus, named Pergamos, near the Tsiro stadium. Its a must go for all the cake enthusiast! Check the wikimap link for where exactly this shop is.

Direction to Pergamos: From Troodos roundabout, take exit towards Mitsubishi Fairways. Take the first left and drive straight till you get to a 'T' junction. From the 'T' junction take left . Go straight and you will come to a junction. At this junction Pergamos shop is at your right.

Celebrations at Burger King

We had a party at Burger King, Makedonias for Annabels Birthday. We had a great time! I hope everyone else too had a good time. Here are some photos from the party..

Ready for the Party .. :)

We played musical chair and spoon race for the little children..

Cake cutting.. I had made this Barney cake.. Barney is Annabels Favourite TV program! She keeps on watching it over and over again.

Birthday Bash!

Annabel turned 2 year old on 16th of January! It was a big day for us and for her.. We had some surprises planned for her.Early morning we started the day with a "Winnie the Pooh" cake. She was very excited when we sang her the "Happy Birthday " song and blew the candlle..

Later that evening, her daddy surprised her with a gift.. The expression in these photos tells u how happy she was!!

We took her to Galatica (luna park) where she played till she was tired :) It was a beautiful day and a great start for her New Year!

Holiday Cakes

I baked some cakes during this holiday season.. It was fun to experiment with some new techniques I learned reading several blogs.

The chrismtas cake was the traditional plumcake with dried fruits and roasted almonds. The Icing didnot come out as I expected. It was supposed to be more solid with a shine.

New year cake was an Orange sponge with "paraline crisp" insert. the frosting was with Whipped cream and flowers with icing sugar.

A snowy experience

This year, it snowed much earlier in Troodos. The day after Christmas, we went to enjoy the snow. It was fun sliding down the slope on a sledge and to play in the snow covered park. On the way back, we enjoyed a hot corn and a rather sweet Cyprus delicacy.