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Saturday 13 February 2010

Hogwarts.....

tomorrow is not only Valentine's Day - not a reason for us to have major celebrations... it's also DS's 12th birthday! only, it being sunday - his friend wouldn't be able to come over for a small (do 2 kids count as a "party"?:)) party, so we had our very first pre-birthday party! normally we try to avoid this, but it just wasn't possible any other way... Stefan is a bit spoiled where birthday cakes are concerned - a simple cake just won't do. it had to be another castle... Hogwarts in small, if possible. well, I wasn't going to do arches and bridges and turrets etc. - this is what I managed:
not too difficult, the base inside is sponge cake in layers, cut to form. the outside is a ganache cream - which was a bit iffy to work with. I already put less chocolate into the cream, but it was still a bit to hard and slightly crumbly, when whipped. well, Hogwarts is rather old and a bit damaged in places - it didn't matter after all:)) the pinnacles are made from Toblerone triangles and instead of windows I put bought shapes made from white chocolate on. the "grass" is green butter cream and this is how it looks after the wild hordes had their fun with it:
due to the ganache that didn't spread so well, the "floors" are a bit wonky, but the stairs inside Hogwarts move anyway - so this might be a picture in motion:)) I think it might be enough for tomorrow as well (no guests) - so I am free to spend my evening with embroidery instead of making more cake:))
I started a cross stitch project again - I haven't done a larger one for some time, but I am working in tandem with someone on this - we try to keep each other going by comparing progress:)) some of the bothy thread designs are really funny, have a look here:
I am making the dictionary of teas first, but I also have the one with bras here - and hope I can keep going through both of them....
I like word games - and the designs are not too large and complicated, so I am in with a chance to finish this within a reasonable time frame.

7 comments:

Leigh said...

Happy Birthday to your son! That cake looks like a real work of art. And yummy to boot.

Delighted Hands said...

The cake is just amazing! Happy Birthday to your son!

Woolly Bits said...

thank you - I'll let him know:)) and yes, the cake tastes nice - as long as you forget about the millions of calories....:)) one small piece fills me up for hours - but of course boys of that age are never really full? mine isn't!

Eliane Zimmermann said...

geniale idee, toblerone-zinnen, das werde ich mir merken, mein kleiner wird in drei wochen 11!!!!! er liiiiiebt die dreieckige zahnkiller-schokolade. gruß momentan aus wien (mit toll schnellem internet) eliane

Uli said...

ah, I had hoped for a pic of the cake *g* it looks gorgeous ;o)

Janet said...

Happy Happy Birthday to Stefan. The cake is a work of art and looks delicious to boot.
Is Stefan a fan of The Chronicles of Narnia? My son and I watched the film last night - looks like something Stefan would like if he is a Harry Potter enthusiast. Very good.
Janet

Woolly Bits said...

Janet, thank you - he has one of those nintendo games about it, but when I borrowed the dvd from the library, we didn't find the time to watch it - yet! at the moment we have "a series of unfortunate events" standing here.... to be honest - I like watching those films myself:)) we just watched "the golden compass", but I was disappointed by the film, the books were so much better!