You can't stop the music!

Just a quick cookie gift box with a musical theme...

And, in case you were curious, the musical notes are the actual tune to the "Happy Birthday" song. Yes, I am a bit crazy that way...


Happy 50th David!


Kat

Original Gift Idea

When it comes to buying a birthday gift for a woman, there is certainly a list of generic gifts you can choose from. Candles, soap, stationary to name just a few. But a gift box of personalised cookies? Not generic at all, and certainly not something you could re-gift! 

And to make it even the better, you can tell the recipient that the cookies were purchased with a donation to Tear! Surely now you will be in the running for an award for creative gift giving.

Finally, if you needed any further convincing, they come packaged in a gift box, with ribbon and a home made gift tag. No wrapping required!

So what are you waiting for? Don't waste your time getting lost at the Mall, send Baking for Goats and email and order your cookie gift box today!

Oh, and Happy Birthday Alicia!

Kat

PS: Did you realise that Mother's Day is a little over a month away? Get your orders in now!

Heel the world...

When asked to do my first shoe cake, I must admit to being a little nervous. But thankfully the cake decorating world online is a generous one, and Pink Cake Box have a detailed tutorial on their website. The brief for this cake was something with a high heel in the colours blue, silver and white. Here is the finished cake:

I'm not sure it is a shoe I would actually wear (not really a high heel kind of girl) but it looked pretty and that was good enough for me (it's about a size 8 if you were wondering). The cake (shoe box) was 6"x10" of white chocolate mud goodness (to feed about 40-50).

Also, in exciting news, this cake brought up $1500 of funds raised for Tear Australia! Considering Baking for Goats has only been operating since September 2010 (6 months), that is a great result. Thanks to all my clients!

So Happy Birthday Tracy,

30 is the new 20!

Kat

Super Mario Cake

My family are quite the nerdy bunch. My kids (3 and 5) love to game with their dad, with Super Mario Bros being a favourite. So when I was asked to make a Mario cake for Scott, there was no way I could say no.

Here is the final result:

It was only a little cake at 5" diameter (feeds about 15) and was dark chocolate mudcake with dark chocolate ganache. Yum!


Happy Birthday Scott!


Kat

To be a princess...

I had the pleasure of recreating my Sleeping Beauty cake for my little friend, Catherine, who was turning 4 in style - with a party at Fairyland! The humid weather did not like my tall behead so it had to be shortened to comply (click here for an image of what it looked like after a night of disgustingly hot weather). Anyway, the final product looked like this:

I was also asked to do some matching cookies for a take-home gift. Nothing says "Princess Party" like a pink crown!

The cookies were packaged up with a handful of Smarties for good measure.

I was also lucky enough to take my daughter, Libby, to the party, and to watch as Fairy Sparkles hacked into the cake. At least I got to eat a piece!

Happy Birthday Catherine!

Kat

A Regal Cause...

This week I had the pleasure of teaming up with the Tear Supporters in Orange. They are hosting a movie night tomorrow, playing "The King's Speech". Somehow they had heard of what Baking for Goats was all about and asked if I could make something to go with their event. Of course I said yes!

I came up with these crowns, which will be sold individually in the hopes of raising even more funds for Tear.

Good luck for tomorrow night Orange!

Kat

High Tea

This cake was for a birthday tea party for my friend's Mother-in-law. I had wanted to try a teapot for a while so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I decided to put some roses in for fun. A little later I wondered if I was subconsciously channeling Dorothy the Dinosaur and her love of rosy tea (did I mention my son is a huge [read obsessed] Wiggles fan?) Anywho, I guess Dorothy hosts a pretty mean tea party so who am I to argue...

Inside is a dark chocolate mudcake with dark chocolate ganache. It is quite a smallish cake, only about 5" across and made to serve 8 (with a little leftover).


Happy Birthday to Ella and Abbie's Nanny!


Kat