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9 comments - February 10, 2011 11:35 PM - category: Cooking

Two of my cupcakes *proud*

I was invited to decorate and eat cakes and cupcakes by the sweet Manuela from the blog Passion4Baking and Dr. Oekter at Bølgen&Moi Nydalen. Armed with frosting, cake decorations and and pre-made cakes&cupcakes we learned how to make roses and swirls. I am not really that much of cook, I like to eat food but I prefer to leave the making and baking to other people. Decorations are of course another matter entirely, but I still pretty much suck at it. But with Manuela’s help I managed to make a chocolate frosting rose and some other nifty little decorations that would surprise anyone who’ve seen me in the kitchen. Got a goodie bag filled with cake decorations and forms, and I am looking forward to trying out some of this at home. yeah.

Got to take the cake and cupcakes home, which meant a rocky road by bus from Nydalen to St Hanshaugen with Nora, while trying to protect the cakes from the constant lurks of the bus. And they actually survived. Now I am contemplating whether or not I want to eat them now, they are nearly too pretty to eat.

My cake, not entirely finished, but nearly there. Very pink and full of pearls.

Manuela in action (making her famous rose cake-decoration).

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  1. Tone Bø - February 10, 2011, 11:50 PM

    Når du sier “my cake” så regner jeg med at du mener den lille cupcaken i bakgrunnen? :-)
    Så helt fantastisk godt ut! :D


  2. MAREN BJØRGUM - February 10, 2011, 11:54 PM

    Tone: hahaha, no no. Min kake er det store fine hjertet! King size.


  3. Maja - February 11, 2011, 12:04 AM

    Wææææ! FINE! NÅ fikk jeg lyst på kake. oh-em-gee. Eller. Egentlig mest frosting.


  4. Sunniva - February 11, 2011, 8:57 AM

    Åh, så flink du er! De så nyyyydelige ut. :)


  5. Luisa P - February 11, 2011, 10:40 AM

    Sitter med seriøse cravings her nå..


  6. MAREN BJØRGUM - February 11, 2011, 12:28 PM

    Maja: vi kan ta en cupcakesession her en dag, jeg har utstyr.

    Sunniva: haha, tusen takk ! :)

    Luisa: har bestemt meg for å ta dem med i bursdag ikveld, og har problemer med seriøse cravings selv.


  7. Rose - February 11, 2011, 2:29 PM

    yum :D


  8. Jessica à Paris - February 11, 2011, 10:40 PM

    Åh vad fint!!


  9. - maren bjørgum - January 4, 2012, 8:22 PM

    [...] frosting, and the pearls and all the other decorative things from Dr Oetker when I was decorating cakes and cupcakes with Manuela of [...]


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