9.06.2018
Don’t worry, I haven’t made disgusting cupcakes using bees and insects as the title might suggest! But today’s post has a mixture of photos and I couldn’t think of a fitting title.
Anyway, I visited my Nana & Grandad today and we did a bit of baking together.
When I was a child, my Nana would often bake with my sister and I and it’s one of my fondest childhood memories. At the time, we weren’t really interested in the technicalities, we were really just there to lick the spoons and taste the cakes. Now that I’m older, it’s still a lovely thing to do together but this time I didn’t even lick the spoon!
We made these lovely pink butterfly cakes. The cake itself was supposed to be pink but after baking, they came out grey! (Oops!)
The butter cream, however, was a lovely pastel pink shade. I used mini marshmallows to make the body of the butterfly before sprinkling the whole thing in icing sugar.
They came out quite well, if I do say so myself! I can’t wait to tuck into them later.
As we waited for the cupcakes to bake, we spent a little bit of time in the garden. Today was an unexpected warm day and the garden was alive with insects. I took my camera and snapped some photos.
This is my favourite photo from today. There were two ants inside this flower bud, running around and disappearing between the unopened petals. I love peering into their tiny world.
My Nana has a few bee boxes in her garden so we checked them to see if there was any activity.
The first one was empty, but as you can see by the last photo, the bees have been pretty busy in the other one! I found this really fascinating!
That’s about it for this blog post, I hope you liked it!
-Holly
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Love baking and photos Holly…we are out in garden now having a coffee…we keep seeing things and saying oh Holly would photograph this or that. I even told the assistant in M&S about the fun we have baking together….she thought it was really sweet….told her you are grown up Granddaughter and she said oh thats even sweeter.. look forward to next venture……xx 😊😊
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Awh, and the cupcakes are delicious! xxx
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Yay! You did make cupcakes in the end. Love the Bee photos, but my favourite is that frog 😛 x
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I cheated a bit by having some help from my Nana! There’s 5 different frogs all in different positions lol x
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Beautiful clicks !
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That looks like a gorgeous garden! Can’t beat a bit of baking and then enjoying the fruits of your labours in the great outdoors. I did a double take at the ants photo – thought they’d found a way onto your cakes, but thankfully not!
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It’s my Nana’s garden so I can’t take the credit, but it is beautiful and full of life! Thankfully the ants didn’t get a chance to get near the cupcakes!
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The cupcakes look very tasty! Sounds like a lovely day 🙂 x
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They were so tasty! x
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Some really stunning photos in this post and those cupcakes looked devine!
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Thank you! I don’t mean to brag but they were delicious! I’ve somehow managed to save some for today though!
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The icing/frosting looked really pretty too! Even with a fancy nozzle my piping always looks a bit clumsy
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I don’t use a piping bag very often for the same reason! The ‘wings’ help to disguise any messy areas!
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This is such a sweet post! I love baking too and the cupcakes looked yummy 😊 I absolutely love bees and I’m very happy to see that they’ve been making full use of one of your nanas bee houses! 🐝
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Thank you for reading! The cupcakes were delicious!
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This is so so sweet! I used to love baking when I was younger, it’s something that I need to get back into! The cakes looked fab, would have eaten them all!
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I went through a phase of baking most weeks but recently I’ve not been doing much. I’m planning to get back into it! x
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Those cupcakes look and sound delicious! You and your Nana seem like you have such a sweet bond. It’s beautiful!
Love your pictures!
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Thanks for reading! I see her as more of a friend than a grandparent, I love her to bits! x
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