Android Birthday Cake

It was Mr Mi's birthday recently and after our successful Red Velvet Cat Cake, I wanted to have another attempt at making rolled icing cake decorations. His favourite colour is green and Android devices seems to be his latest obsession (well...has been for a while!) so it seemed fitting that I make him an Android birthday cake. For the cake, I used the same recipe for Pandan and Coconut Cupcakes, it's so lovely and moist! I sliced the cake in half and filled the middle followed by cake top with a variation of Na's butter cream, replacing vanilla essence with 1/2 tsp pandan and 1/2 teaspoon coconut essence. The Android or "Andy" as Mr Mi likes to call him was made out of rolled icing and coloured using Wilton Gel Colours bought from The Raspberry Butterfly. Andy was then outlined with chocolate writing fudge. The cake turned out pretty well and was enjoyed by all. Happy birthday Mr Mi! Mi xo

P.S. Did I mention that I made him an Android softie too? :)

Andy softie can't wait to try the Android birthday cake!

MiNa Softie Dolls

This post falls under the category of miscellany (that's for you Na), while not food related it is a project that was inspired by our blog. A few years ago, Mr Mi and I were at the art gallery shop browsing through some books when all of a sudden Mr Mi with much excitement shows me a book he has found Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals. Really? I mean sure, I thought it was a pretty cute book but had no idea that Mr Mi was interested in making hand sewn toys made out of felt! And so began our softie adventure.