Birthday Bash

Remember,I was cake hunting and wanted it to be a surprise for my son’s seventh birthday.And Guess what! Who do you think came to my rescue ! 
Spider -Man of course!

                                                A  birthday surprise 

                                                His favourite snacks

I made his all time favourites : Tuna and potato cutlet , cheese mini toast and rainbow sandwiches.  I used ,carrots,beetroot and lettuce to get the colour in the sandwich.  After the wishes,kisses and blowing off the candles, when it was time to cut the cake, my son quickly  whispered, ‘Please Mom ! don’t cut SpiderMan’. So keeping spider-man intact, we enjoyed the rest of the cake.

For refreshments- I made Faluda, a milkshake with rose syrup and condensed milk , with scoops of vanilla ice cream for extra flavour.  

There’s No Party , But Still..

As if he read my mind, my soon- to- be- seven- year- old son said to me ‘Mom please don’t make the same kind of  cake  for my birthday this time too'. Well , what was I supposed to do after he said that! Obviously, I had to start looking for a new cake recipe .I am a bit concerned because there isn’t much  time left for a trial. In actual fact, for weeks it was on the preparation agenda , to bake the same simple chocolate cake that I have been making for the last few years, for all of my children’s birthdays . When I told my husband about the cake dilemma, He solved the problem in a jiffy.He suggested  to get a cake made by a  professional.Now why didn’t I think of that before?  After an exchange of discussions , we have now decided to go for the  specialist’s touch. I still haven’t told the rest of my children as we want to give our son ,the birthday boy, a surprise. He is a great fan of cartoons. Almost certainly we will get it designed accordingly. I am also planning to make some of his favourite hor d’oeuvres. I wish I could surprise him with a big party, but unfortunately I cannot at this juncture , as my oldest daughter’s grade 12 th board exams are going on and I would’nt  want to disrupt the studying atmosphere at home. I am sure our youngest wouldn’t mind when he sees his little surprise.