Bakery Love

Some people LOVE chocolate {as do I} but a block of chocolate can sit in my home for two weeks untouched. A finger bun on the other hand ... or a cookie, or a tart, pie, bread roll, brownie, fruit flan, slice, cupcake and all the other aromatic wonders that a bakery has to offer, well they don't even make it home! You wont find a girl who loves a bakery treat more than me. And a little while ago I discovered the most gorgeous bakery. 

Miette. I love everything that owner Meg believes in when it comes to cakes and just like the cakes the bakeries {there is more than one} are decorated in the most beautiful way. So I used the bakery as inspiration for Mias birthday party this year. They also have a cookbook just released that I am definitely getting.

Now that is a cake. Luscious tempting and sweet to behold. When it comes to kids birthday cakes I am usually a more is more kind of girl. But I fell in love with this immediately. So this is my MIAette bakery. 

I finally got a mirror over my buffet and it looks great but I wanted to cover it for the party. Having the mirror actually makes it possible to hang fabric as a background, I found a fabric that looks like the wallpaper in the bakery and just stuck it at the top of the mirror with tape and tucked it in at the edges. I did a small version of those pom poms again and added a $3 lantern.

I wanted to do patisserie style treats much like this. 

Ooh La La. But a pastry chef I am not. So I set about designing pretty food that didn't require any effort. At all. And I kid you not it was the easiest party food I have ever done. Usually the night before a party my kitchen looks like a disaster zone. Frosting on everything, batter, cookie dough, sprinkles and all sorts spread everywhere. But this was so easy I kept thinking I was forgetting something. Everything came from a packet or a jar and I just put it all together and made it look pretty. 

These are 'wobbles' cups. Wobbles is made by aeroplane jelly and you can find it right next to the jelly in the supermarket. My kids LOVE it. You make it exactly the same as Jelly but add milk instead of cold water, it tastes just like a milkshake with the texture of jelly, so easy it even sets really fast. This is banana and strawberry with a marshmallow on top. Dip the marshmallow in water and roll in sprinkles. 

Party bags from here.

You would think the kids would go straight for the bakery treats but they all rushed for the jelly beans and lolly bracelets first. My kids are always reminding me that simple is best.  

Ok from left to right: Mini cupcakes from a packet mix, melted chocolate and a single concho on top. Packet mix brownie, with a sliver of dollop cream {comes ready to dollop} and a chocolate freckle on top. Mini cupcakes again with ready made packet frosting and a sugar flower on top. Packet tart shell filled with dollop cream and lemon zest topped with a raspberry and sprinkled with icing sugar. Tart at the back is filled with lemon butter {from a jar} and topped with meringue {which I did beat myself} Here are these chocolate cups again you can now buy them pre-filled for an extra .50c but to be honest the ones I filled myself tasted way better. 

And here she is before the party posing {trying to sneak a treat}.