An Australian Themed Cake for an Australian Themed Trivia Night

It was the night of Liam's school Trivia Night.

Blissfully Sweet donated a gift voucher into the silent auction and this was the "display cake" that I designed and presented for the auction table.

The theme of the night was Australian Icons, Idols and Oddities. I tried to encapsulate a little of everything.

The cake was foam underneath and then completely covered in fondant. All the cake decorations were handmade from icing and completely edible.

Such a fun night was had, but more importantly, a lot of money was raised for our wonderful school, St Charles.

Our school decided to generously donate 10% of all proceeds to a fabulous and worthy charity, Giant Steps. Giant Steps is a leader in providing new horizons for children with Autism.

Why not donate now? Click here.

Ready for the display table.

The East Coast icons - Ned Kelly and convicts, the Opera House, the Big Banana and the Big Pineapple.

Probably our most recognised Icon, Uluru, with some icons of our original heritage - the didgeridoo and the boomerang.

Some West Coast, and national, Icons - the humble surfboard, BBQ and the gumnut.

Great whites can be found off our shores.

Our largest living icon - the Great Barrier Reef

Many states have their own prize winning wine regions and one of our best known is the Barossa Valley in South Australia.

Very proud to call Australia home.

Congratulations to Thelma - the highest bidder on the evening.

I look forward to creating a Blissfully Sweet cake for you.

xoxo

Cupcakes for the School Cupcake Day

Last week, Liam's school had its annual cupcake day where all parents are asked to bake and then the yummy treats are sold to all students at recess and lunch.

Of course, I wanted to bake and bake I did!!

I made 60 cupcakes for the day and all were completely nut-free vanilla cakes topped with a light as air swiss meringue buttercream.

The toppers were a mixture of little and big girls and boys delights.

PS - Apologies for v. bad quality photos, I was runnign out the door to help at the canteen and the day was a rainy days treat, hence no natural light.

Some of the girls delights - shimmery butterflies, gift bows and tiaras

A mixture of girls and boys -

for the boys - martians and Transformers (I was told to hold a transformers one for me please Mum!)

for the girls - hearts and daisies

and the rest of the boys treats - basket and footballs, stars and x-box controls.

All monies raised went directly to our school's Parish, St Charles Borromeo. A very worthy and successful day.

xx

Cakes & More at Christmas Carnivale

More than a few months in the planning, but the day finally came for the bi-annual Christmas Carnivale for Liam's school, St Charles.

Myself and the delightful Lisa Anderson ran the cakes stall, Cakes & More, and we killed it!!

Not only did we have a dedicated staff of beautiful mums who helped on the day as well in the months leading up, we were blown away by the generous baking donations of our wonderful school community.

setting up on the day

I am Cakes and Lisa is More and together we are one great team ... she is the best!

Even more beautiful women. Every single woman has a small empire to run (their own family) and yet they generously gave so much of their time on the day - it was great!!

100 Blissfully Sweet cupcakes donated to the cause

The Blissfully Sweet cakes section

Our homemade bottled goods walked out the door

as did our homemade Limoncello gifts

Setting up on the day

& ready to go. Look at that fantastic display.

A great day, great women & the most successful cake stall to date!!

yeahhhhhh us!!

Bring on 2011!