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The Cake Smash Alternative

21/2/2018

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Recent studies show (one of my favourite expressions) that eating sugar does not make children hyperactive.  It's probably the situation in which children find themselves - parties, the beach, groups of friends etc - that makes them hyperactive, and the sugar just happens to be there. It's an interesting proposition.  That said, no-one is encouraging the over-eating of sugar without any balancing goodness e.g. fruit is sugar but it also contains so much more.

​So how about this wonderful watermelon birthday cake for my niece's little treasure in New York?  To the right is the traditional birthday cake, blue icing for a boy and a proud number one stuffed into it.

Interestingly, she told me the children at the party demanded and devoured the watermelon, leaving the cake for the adults!  

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Helen Frances Lindstrom
22/2/2018 07:21:00 pm

Oh Cath, the news of the Cake Smash and the attendant merchandising made me shudder ......or perhaps "shutter" as I heard someone say recently. But I thought that the watermelon cake was such a good idea!

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Cath link
23/2/2018 07:41:40 am

You shuttered, did you, as a pose to crying, left alone tearing your hair out?

I swear I have seen this in the last two days!

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Angela
25/2/2018 12:12:01 pm

Love the watermelon cake, it looks delicious.

I was delighted by a cheese wedding cake that was displayed in a shop window in the Cotswolds. A subsequent web search showed fanciful, celebratory creations with cheese, nuts and flowers. Not sure what you would make of these Cath given your January blog on serving cheese.

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Cath link
28/2/2018 09:35:58 am

I have seen this here quite a bit Angela, especially if the reception is a buffet. While not traditional, it probably rounds off a meal nicely, especially now that the wonderful glory of a British "fruitcake" is no longer popular nor appreciated.

The cheese "tower" needs to be dismantled by the caterers and arranged so that guests can eat it, following my guidelines, of course!!!

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