“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Year 12's last day in class today so I thought I'd make something that represented the four years we had together- a visual representation of some sort. So I decided to make my melting moment biscuits (see recipe on recipe page) but with a twist.

Bought some marzipan and fondant and created some books to represent our love of literature, all things English and all the books we read during those years.

It was extremely fiddly- I dyed some of the marzipan in different colours (aka green and pink  food dye and kept left overs for the cream pages).


Got the hubby to find images of the book covers and shrink them to size and print (not edible). 

Then I basically moulded the outside of the book to the picture and slotted in some pages. Finishing touches were stick paper on with butter cream and add some spine indentations.





Not bad for a first time. And I made a play list to go with it all!!!

yr 12 with their books

And they were much appreciated!!!! It was all oooohh and aaahhhhhhhhh! Everyone fought over their favourite book. Another success methinks, for food and literature.

Good luck in your exams!!

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom Isaac Asimov

Been so busy marking...(it's that time of year) that I haven't had a chance to get in the kitchen and whip us some sweet yum yums! So with my Yr 12 English Extension class about to leave school forever i thought I'd make them a little parting treat- so that they can remember our class fondly (hopefully!)
We have been studying Science Fiction for a whole year so I thought I'd carry the theme by making these alien monster cupcakes ( and yes they understood the reference and thought they were cute). Quite appropriate methinks.

Basically I just got a basic cupcake recipe (You can buy the pre-mixed packet) if strapped for time.
Then I made a butter cream frosting, which is basically 100g soft butter (whipped) and then add 250g icing sugar and beat together, and then add the food dye for your desired colouring.

Spread this on top. Buy some green spearmint leaves for the ears, a sour green strip for an antennae and some menthos for the eyes. I then grabbed the ice magic chocolate and dipped a chopstick in and made the dots on the eyes and mouth with this, as it then hardens. I also cut in some mouths for a different effect.

Result= no left overs and plenty of photos were taken so success!!!