Charity bake sale

Here are some pictures from the charity bake sale last week in aid of Breastfeeding Awareness week.

Mine are the purple roses and the garden themed cakes. I had so much fun making the garden cakes for my father in law a few weeks ago and I thought they looked so cute that they may raise a bit of money for the charity.

I did flower pots, ladybirds and small flowers on top of grass buttercream icing. I just love the grass nozzle. I also tried to do the watering can run outs again, but they all cracked when I tried to remove them from the greaseproof paper. I think next time I may try cling film instead. 

In the top picture you can see my friends put more thought into their cakes than I did - they both did boobs! One friend even made two versions, chocolate flavour and vanilla flavour! Love it! 

Charity cake sale

A friend just texted me and asked whether I want to bake some cakes for a charity event she is part of?

Er, YES! It took less than five seconds to consider the request and already my mind is a whirl of potential cupcake toppings and biscuit designs.

The event is organised by New Cross hospital maternity unit in Wolverhampton as part of National Breastfeeding Week 2012. It's planned for Thursday 21 June at Bantock House in Bradmore, Wolverhampton.

Pregnant mums, new mothers, families and health professionals are invited to bring a picnic and join in the fun, including live music presentations and activities. The event runs from 10am to 3pm.

More information can be found on the West Midlands regional infant feeding coordinators network web site http://www.infantfeedingwm.org.uk/nbw.aspx.

I'm thinking big buttercream toppings for the cupcakes, in typical candy colours and some simple heart and circle biscuits with patterns from my new embossing mats. I am going to pack them into little cellophane bags to make them more hygienic for the stall and hopefully easier to transport.

The problem won't be making them it will be knowing when to stop!