Little girl's Tea Party

Tea pot cake made by milinerky@msn.com (Marie-Eve Girard located in Montreal)

My daughter who will be 3 next week is having a tea party birthday this Saturday. A few weeks ago she was sitting on the couch looking through my Living magazine when she spotted a photo of Peanut Butter and Jelly cookies. She came to me and asked me to make them for her. I asked her if she wanted them for her birthday and of course she said yes. It is certainely my pleasure to oblidge her request. Whenever asked what she wants to eat she has few answers in her repetoire: Macaroni and cheese, toast and a cookie pretty much sums it up. I, like my kids, love desserts containing peanut butter and with the ban on peanuts in schools and daycare we don't enjoy peanut based treats very often. Click here for the recipe link. The photos for this post are a little amateurish due to lack of time and my work schedule!

Cookies from Living magazine

Scones ready for oven

Also on the menu is mini scones which I will prep tomorrow as well as mini drumsticks because my daughter loves chicken, tea sandwiches of course, pocky sticks, little lavander meringues, pink jelly bellies, lilac smarties, fresh fruit, vegtables, dip and cheese...and maybe some little rolls.

Tea Bag Loot bags

Goodies

Bits and Bobs

Lots of work these last few weeks have left little or no time for blogging I am also gearing up for my daughter's birthday and Christmas. All the shopping I have been doing for work allows me to find cool food items for my daughter's birthday party which has a tea party theme. The color scheme...surprise surprise is pink & lavender. I have picked up some strawberry pink pocky sticks and some very pretty little blueberry meringues and am going to try and squeeze in a stop by Sugar Heaven for some jelly beans and m&m's in the colors mentioned. Sugar Heaven sells many different colors of m&m's that dispense from separate containers. Very Handy.

Up until the day in question I will treat my daughters party as an upcoming photo shoot but on the day I hope to be able to shed the anal tendencies that come with planning such things and be a more relaxed momma who doesn’t need everything to be perfect. In that vein I have asked a fellow food stylist to make a Tea pot cake and will be photographing said cake and providing contact information for the baker...who is really an artist. I cannot wait! I do hope to have time to make some tea pot cookies myself...

The Christmas Bazaar at my children’s school is also forcing me to get my act together a little earlier and I hope to have my tried and true gingerbread recipe up, as well as a simple truffle recipe with pics. Truffles can be made by anyone and baking skills are not required. What you really need is good quality chocolate and cocoa. The gingerbread recipe I use is very flavourful and spicy and the dough can be over manipulated by little warm hands and still turn out a good cookie! So that is that.

Sugar Heaven
705 St. Catherine Ouest
Eaton Center
Montreal, QC
H3B 4G5

tel: (514) 843 2005
fax: (514) 843 2001