I don’t like to offer just a gift card, I like to create a personalized holder.
My niece, young mother, went back to painting and the gift card is intended for artistic supplies. The theme is found and this card is… magic!
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In France, for snack time, children often eats “BN biscuits” and the small “mini BN“. It has the same size as an Oreo.
Even if my daughter is quite old (19), I found funny to make such a birthday cake.
As usual, a cake queen of Sheba and homemade marzipan.
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For her latest decorated cake my daughter had frustrated me “I want something simple.”
This year she competed in her brother challenges:
– I know you’re very strong (flattery) so I increase the level of the challenge : I want a dragon (ok)… Chinese (oh)… in 3D (gosh 
). But I’m sure you will succeed. (flattery again !!)
I should mention that this year my daughter is 18 years old!
30 friends in a rented room, I must cook 2 Queens of Sheba.
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No it’s not a football match but a school exchange.
Queen of sheba cake and homemade marzipan.
Not yet translated.
You can find the french post HERE.
My daughter begins to worry about my decorated cake delirium : “This year I want a pure and simple cake…”
What a pity, I like colors.
But it’s HER birthday cake !
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This year no idea for my daughter’s birthday cake…
Then I saw on the web the topsy cake.
As usual a queen of sheba cake and homemade marzipan.
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Exactly one year ago, I went to Paris with my daughter (my “mice”) to see the “Mamma mia” show.
By herself, she made a cake to celebrate this wonderful evening.
Thank you my darling, it was a special day between you and me… and the cake was very nice and delicious.
Our children are a SMS generation.
This one is the most used by my daughter.
Unfortunately, I mixed too much coloring food in my homemade marzipan, it’s more orange than yellow.
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Though it was my son’s birthday, I wanted to try something : shaded almond paste…
I prepared homemade marzipan (recipe HERE).
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Looking at these pictures makes me furious.
All the same, I show you this cake made for my daughter’s birthday (she loves this devilish cube).
For the first time I made marshmallow fondant :
Good : texture is pleasant and food colororing is more homogeneous than in the almond paste.
Bad : needs to be warmed to become smooth but it also becomes sticky ! and if you add too much icing sugar it becomes stiff…
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For an algerian friend.
As usual : Queen of sheba cake and homemade marzipan (you can find recipes in COOKING).
At the end of the year, the swimming club of my daughter is doing a picnic.
I had already made a swimming pool cake so I thought “Holiday”.
I didn’t saw when they cut the cake, but it was a multicolored marble cake.
You can see the soles HERE.
Some green and orange homemade marzipan, smarties and melted chocolate.
Strips are made with bristol.
This is what I want to trace on my cake.
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As usual, homemade marzipan.
The cake is hollowed (1″) out in the middle.
Branded marzipan for the stone floor.
Melt chocolate spread onto starting blocks.
marzipan strips for the lanes.
For water, gummi Smurf candies : melt them in microwave oven (cut the red and yellow caps).
