The challenges of FONDANT

Costa Rica is a beautiful country

with many flowers...

...but fondant flowers like this will

have to wait till we

return home.

You can fine the tutorial on these flowers

 HERE and HERE

High - heeled shoes are

also so very much a

part of Costa Rica...

...but ones made out of sugar,

non-exsistent.

See the original post of these shoes HERE.

Have a blessed day!

Another Birthday...

It was three years ago when I started

 the cake decorating adventure.

My first attempt at fondant

 was for my daughters 8th birthday,

and since than I have made

 alot of cakes and I

am still learning as I go.

It is still fun and a way that I

use my God-given creativity.

Just to show you a little of the progress

 here is my first cake...

And for her 11th birthday

a giant Popsicle!

She is a beautiful, sweet girl and I

can hardly believe how fast she is becoming

a young lady. 

We love you,  and are so thrilled that you 

are part of our family.

FELIZ CUMPLEANOS! 

You can find her 10th  birthday cake HERE.

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Coffee time...and cake!

So as a family living in Costa Rica we have found many places we love to visit.

And since Mr. Sweet and I

enjoy drinking coffee each day,

We needed to find our favorite coffee shop

with fresh roasted coffee.

Coffee beans are dried in the sun and turned every 15 min.

The first week after living here we found it...

our favorite coffee comes from a little shop

in Central Market,

that roasts their own coffee.

While drinking a fresh cup of coffee one day

sitting at Cafe Central

my husband mentioned that I make cakes.

So for more than 8 months everytime we go for

coffee

they ask,

"Where is our cake?"

Yesterday, Mr. Sweet delivered

their CAKE.

They were super excited and were showing

all the other venders

around them.

And in return they gave me a large

burlap coffee sack.

Yes, that made me happy!

Graduation at ILE

Since Mr. Sweet was in charge of the graduation reception for this trimester,  he ask if I could make the cake.

Top layer- chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.
bottom layer - yellow cake with dulce de leche
filling and toffee nut buttercream.

I was excited to have the chance to make a cake for many of our friends that were graduating from The Spanish Language Institute here in Costa Rica. 

With the help of other students we had plenty of sweets to satisfy all, and a beautiful graduation.

Congratulations to all the graduates!!

A teenager is in the HoUSe

While spending a year in Costa Rica at language school,

we became the parents of a teenager.

WOW!

REALLY??

Yes, our dear daughter turned 13 in Costa Rica!

We celebrated with roller skating party and of course, CAKE!