The Princess Castle Cake

This is the cake I baked and decorated for N's 4th Birthday. Had some scary moments when the butter cream icing started to melt and separate ('cos I forgot to turn on the aircon in hot humid Singapore) and I thought it would just dissolve in a messy buttery heap! So I had to put it in the fridge every now and then, which fortunately, did the trick. Good thing I started work on it early in the day or I wouldn't have finished it in time for the party.

Anyway, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out in the end. And it apparently tasted good, too - or maybe the guests who said so were just being polite! :)

It also was a perfect opportunity to use this lovely candle train set that Farmor gave to N last year. We realised, after of course, that we should have turned the train the other way so that the number 4 would face the right way in the photo!

And here is my little princess with her castle cake! All in, it was a nice little birthday party and I think N and her friends enjoyed it.

Birthday Party coming up soon!

Wow, my little girl is turning four this June. I guess all mothers say this but gosh, she's growing up real fast.

Party's just 2 weeks' away and apart from making and sending the invitations, I haven't done much else. Oh dear me, time's running short! At least this year, the guest list small - only 10 kids! So different from the massive parties of previous years, with invites to 20 - 30 kids. (It was hard to cut down as there were - and still are - so many different social groups....family, friends, playgroup, preschool, neighbours...! But the parties were a blast anyway!)

And unlike before, where she wanted to invite the whole world, this time N's very very selective about who she'd like as her guests. So I didn't have to make too many invitation cards this year!


She wanted a princess theme but since there are boys being invited, it's now a "Prince and Princess" theme. For the invite card, I chose to do a neutral castle design - but still in girly pinky colours. I handcut the castle from off-white shimmer card and the turrets, windows and drawbridge from printed paper and cardstock (I used American Craft and Prima). The rest is hand drawn and hand coloured to give a whimsical kiddy feel.

The drawbridge opens to reveal the message printed on vellum paper - "Princess N cordially invites Princess (or Prince) so-and-so to her 4th birthday party....". I'm now more into interactive paper stuff and cards with moving parts!


And now that the invitation cards are out of the way, it's time to prep for the party itself. Have a nice weekend!