A CAKE FOR A BABY SHOWER -3

Iam so happy to have made this cake because this was for our very good friend, D, for her baby shower.When I was pregnant,4 of my other very good friends from Minneapolis were pregnant too! It was so much fun discussing all the little things that mattered the most to the pregnant women and funnily not that much for others, especially for those who haven't had babies yet. D,has cooked many many Biriyani's for me and every time I felt like baby shopping, we would get together and hit the malls. Not to mention, accompanying me to the French Bakery at the mall to quickly eat a small Opera Cake!
Whenever we meet up, I tell Ian Vaava that Aunt D, was the one who cooked Biriyani's for him when he was busy eating inside my womb.

I wanted this cake to be as perfect as I could make it. D, loves crafts and stitches up quite a few stuff too! She made a cute little blue cap for Ian Vaava for my baby shower and that was what he wore when we brought him home, from the hospital. I wanted the cake to reflect what she loved doing,so keeping that in mind, I made something which kind of looked like an embroidery,to me. The baby carriage had a little bit of detailing around it's canopy, like a lace. Everything was handmade and I am so happy,really happy that I could pull it off ,for D.

A CAKE FOR A BABY SHOWER - 2

Last time, it was just the cake whereas this time, we hosted a baby shower on Saturday for a dear blog reader turned a very good friend of ours, R & R. It's really amazing how people get to know each other and how things turn out to be in a matter of  a few months!! R & R are expecting their first baby GIRL in April and we are super duper excited to have hosted her baby shower and also cannot wait to hold that precious little thing!

If you know me any bit, you will know that I can really get into the details of each and everything if I wanted to.That reminds me of our wedding. I was a bridezilla. I went crazzzyy with details and still feel that I could have done a LOT better.I really feel sad for all those who were a part of that journey with me.I must have fought with every possible person who I came across to get those things done :-) I think everything would have been under control if we lived anywhere other than Kannur because sourcing anything is a big thing there :-) Whatever said and done, Kannur is my most favourite place on earth!!

This time, I was bent upon finishing all the baking, decorating and shopping a day before R's big day. I couldn't afford to miss on anything and then have a panic attack at the last minute. I have had enough of those and I'm not up for any more of it ;-) So 2 days before their big day, we both sat down and sorted out all what we bought. I was telling Jobin that I love doing such stuffs and that it reminded me of my birthday parties Appan & Amma used to host when I was a kid. I remember fighting to get a 'carry home' gift for myself.

So that night once I finished baking the all the cakes and cupcakes, I sat down to pack the cupcakes up which would be the favors. I asked Jobin to help me with it because it was already late in the night and I was really sleepy after the productive day. But once I was on it, there was no looking back, I don't know where I got the energy from and where all the tiredness went off to.

Jobin told me we could finish the later next day. I just smiled and told him,'I could do this all night!' :-) Give me something to do creatively and I can be up all day all night!

I baked 2 x 8inch  Chocolate Fudge Cakes , 2 x 6 inch Chocolate Fudge Cake cakes which were sandwiched and covered with a rich chocolate buttercream. The cakes and 24 cupcakes were later covered with fondant. It's that simple! : ) 

I really hope you enjoyed looking at the cake as much as I enjoyed baking and decorating it. I just love such days. It gets the best out of me. Once again...oh how I love saying this...I'm not a Wilton product :-)

LIFE IS WORTH LIVING!

We were busy for the past 2 days. What did we do, you may ask?They ate and enjoyed shopping around my little town, Kannur. I enjoyed seeing them eat and driving them around this little town.I got to meet these 'komali's'/clowns almost after 2 years. They couldn't come for our wedding but we made up for all that now! :)

We are the hostel friends. None of us studied in the same class or even the same college.Some of them are my juniors but as friends, we are one good gang. We've met each others friends and some of them are our good friends now. We know each others family and now we feel like we all are part of one big family.

No matter how far away we are from each other or how rare we speak or write a note to each other, we know we are in each others thoughts.It's amazing to realise that nothing's changed between us even though some of us are married! We are still the laughing bunch of crazy girls, who still don't care about who's looking at us except for when I remind them that people may recognise me who lived all her life in Kannur! :-) I am so blessed to have such a great bunch of real real, real good girlfriends!

Life is worth living

Wherever you are,

Deep down in dungeon

Or high on a star.

Life is worth living

It all has a plan

When God knows

you're giving

The best that you can.

The saint and the sinner,

The great and the small,

We all are God's children

And He loves us all.

So pray when you're happy

And pray when you're blue,

For life is worth living

When God lives with you.