It was Oliver’s birthday today (and it was my good friend Sue’s 70th today, too) and so Grandpa had been tasked (as is tradition) with making the birthday cake for the young man.
We mulled over what shape cake we might make….. we always like to choose something that the child is keen on. William had a banana-shaped cake for his 1st birthday, because he was keen on eating bananas; Thomas had an aeroplane-shaped birthday cake for his, because he was keen on aeroplanes; and Oliver? Erm……. well, you know the Kenilworth Newbies have a dog? Oliver is obsessed with…. have a guess?
……..Chester’s Dog Bowl!!! Although, to be fair, this picture is of Oliver in the park with any old dog bowl which, it seems, will do.
Now, this has become a family joke, so what else could we do but make a copy of Chester’s bowl? I know it may not look like a dog bowl to you but, I assure you, this cake is a replica of Chester’s water bowl….. 😂😂😂
And boy, did we have fun making it! Chocolate cake with butter cream filling on the inside and fondant icing on the outside. We made the icing with a little bit of food colouring and then we painted it with sparkly stuff to try and make it look like metal.
And we had hours of fun making a sugar glaze for the water effect. We reckon it took 8 goes to get it something like, and even then, I wasn’t altogether happy with it, but John said, “Oh, come on!! Oliver is one year old – he won’t even notice the water effect!” Oh…. alright then…….
We went round to the Kenilworth Newbies for a party tea, and were delighted to see the Kenilworth Originals there, too. So lovely to have them back from Florida.
A little drop of champagne to toast the boy? Don’t mind if we do!!
We had a lovely time together – the boys, in particular, were happy to be playing together again, and we were delighted to be catching up and sharing our news.
We are not sure what Oliver made of his cake – he looks a bit bemused – but both William and Thomas thought it was cool…… and here is William blowing out the candle for Oliver, like the good big brother that he is!
And a good time was had by all.
Take care everyone. God bless.
If my memory serves me right, I remember this little chap being born into this wonderful, caring, close loving family 💙 my how quickly a year rushed by ! It also means I joined your blog a year ago, yikes, thank you for including me or i would have missed out big time – Happy 1st Birthday Oliver 🎂 p
Indeed it is a year ago!! Thank you for reading the blog – makes it all worth while to know aty least a few people get some pleasure from it.
The cake is a masterpiece – a true show stopper!!
Glad you all had a good time xx
Hehe! Thanks Dawn!