Just Peachy!

So it has been a while between posts... apologies for my laziness!

But what better way to get back into the swing of things than with a peach- coloured feast of tiered cake, macarons and cupcakes!

And flowers. Don't forget the flowers.

Despicable Me Minions Cake

Like many Tumblr trawling, movie loving dorks my age; it seems that whilst my taste in foods, art and fashion has matured over time, my love of childhood cartoons has remained as fierce as ever! Seriously, my ability to recite every line (and lyric!) to most of the classic Disney movies has become the stuff of legends! 

So, when a friend of mine came to me requesting a 21st birthday cake in the shape of a minion from the movie Despicable Me (possibly the cutest characters to gain a cult-like following since Shrek's Puss in boots pulled his famous 'innocent kitty face') I became unnaturally excited. I may have even squealed a little... 

If you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years and don't know what a minion is:

1. I feel very sorry for you! Patrick Star is the only one who should be living under a rock.
2. Never fear, check out the video below and witness their goggled adorableness! 

Naturally I immediately agreed to make this wonder-cake! I had everything planned out: I gathered my ingredients and had my time plan written out for which days I would make the decorations, the cakes, assemble everything etc. All was going according to plan. So naturally, a spanner was just waiting to come flying into my works! 

Four days before I was planning to start baking a trip to the doctor saw me being booked in for surgery on a busted hand three days later (who says playing sports is good for you?!). This was a bit of a problem as anyone who may have attempted to make and decorate a cake one handed would know and so I ended up having to hurriedly do the cake earlier than I would have liked. Nevertheless, despite a few imperfections I was really pleased with how it turned out and the birthday girl was totally thrilled with it! Winning!

FYI I am typing this post one handed (with the other stuck in a sling!) and up to my eyeballs on painkillers and codeine, so please excuse any grammatical errors and/or generally terrible writing!  



I used two chocolate mud cakes and a white chocolate mud cake but you could use whatever type or flavour of cake/frosting you want, just make sure the cake is dense enough to support the weight of the other cakes being stacked on top!