Joanne's 30th birthday cake

I know I've been quiet these last few days. Struggling with homesickness at the moment. Still trying to re-adjust after Mel's visit. The packing and moving and unpacking didn't really help the situation much. Our bedroom is finally sorted, but the room upstairs is still a MESS! I need to get it sorted because Karl's friend is coming to visit for a few days next week and there is no space to move in that room. 

It was Joanne's 30th birthday party on Saturday, and I baked her a cake as her present. The theme was black and white, and so was her cake. I baked the cakes on Thursday, decorated them on Friday and then did the stacking and last bit of decorating on Saturday at the party. So this time around it wasn't so stressful! Here are the pics.

Bottom layer - carrot cake

Middle layer - chocolate fudge

top layer was lemon drizzle

weekend activities

Spent the morning cleaning the house. We have another busy weekend, but its my birthday weekend, so I am looking forward to it! Waiting for a friend, Sinead, to arrive for lunch. Made some pasta, YUM!
Then tonight we are going out in Belfast for Sinead's husband's birthday party. He works with Karl. We are going to the Duke of York.

Tomorrow I am baking. Gonna try a 3-tiered topsy-turvy cake and it might be a bit of a technical challenge, will post pics. 1 tier is choc fudge, another one is lemon and the last one is coffee and walnut. Everyone is coming over for cake on Sunday afternoon, so gonna be spending all of tomorrow baking: cake, cupcakes, scones and maybe some bread...

Also found these in our front garden

I wonder what they are....