birthday celebrations – Mummy To Twins Plus One

I loved this cake I made Alexander for his 2nd birthday – it is so easy to make. Your little one will love this fun digger birthday cake.

Do you have a construction mad person at home?
Are they having a birthday soon?

If you answered yes then this simple but effective cake might be something that is of interest.

How did I make this cake?

Firstly I made 2 cakes so that the diggers had the height for the rubble to be coming off the side of the cake
I made it easy and used a vanilla cake mix.
I then iced the outside of the cake with chocolate icing
I printed out a big number 2 so that I had the size and shape right and cut out the paper for a template.
I then filled in the template area with the M&M’s or you can use smarties to create the number on top of the cake
To create the rubble on the side of the cake and in the diggers I used Violet Crumble and purchased a few bags to crush and have around the side of the cake
To make sure it is indeed a digger cake I added 2 diggers scooping up the Violet Crumble
You will need to have diggers for the decoration for this cake and some can be easily purchased online.

To get the most chocolatey icing
do the following

Get organic Cocoa Powder from the health food shop, then mix it with just icing sugar and a little water or maybe some juice (apple, orange or even just lemon juice is nice) This icing is like pure chocolate and is so yummy.

This cake is super easy to construct and decorate and looks fantastic. It was made for Alexander’s 2nd birthday. It is easily made for any birthday number, all you have to do is to change the number on top of the cake.

Alexander’s digger cake for his 2nd birthday

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Three Busy Days

Tomorrow will be the third busiest day as it is my birthday, and will be a chance to relax and have fun. I will do no housework or very little tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday are the days that I will make up for this time off. Last Friday as most of you already know: I graduated from my Master’s in Project Management, and I now have the degree to prove it.

One major surprise was that my mother turned up for my birthday, but I had no idea she was coming. So that was a pleasant shock! She planned all the travel arrangements many months ahead so having graduation so close to my birthday was just a coincidence. Was very nice that my mother got to see me receive my degree, I was very pleased she could attend.

Saturday were celebrations for graduation, my birthday and hubby’s birthday so a big day yesterday. We had lunch and a dinner to celebrate, so very spoilt.

Check out some lovely pictures of my graduation below. I just adore the lovely old buildings and all the history, I could just wander around the grounds for hours taking it all in.

Hubby gave me some lovely bling for my wrist a classy bracelet that was a nice pressie for my birthday, graduation and our wedding anniversary that is next week. Yes May is a big month.

I hope that all will be good for tomorrow and will take myself off for a lunch somewhere, just need to drop kids at school first.