SATURDAY
A certain blogger's birthday.
39 - OMG!
SUNDAY
"The greatest thing a Father can do for his children, is to love their Mother".
(Apologies for the lack of picture quality in the above photographers, but they are very old and the quality wasn't much cop to begin with).
Unfortunately, the fabulous gentleman above is no longer with us, but it doesn't mean I can't share these with you, in tribute. He was my Father afterall, and it was a day for celebrating fatherhood.
Violet wanted you to see a photo of her Daddy too.
She's pointing him out to you - just in case you fail to recognise the only male in the photo. And, before you ask, the woman with the big gnashers behind said 'Daddy', is me. The baby is Violet, and the dog is our chocolate Labrador, Eliza.
She helped me bake and decorate a scrummy Chocolate Orange cake for him.
I used the Chocolate Layer Cake & Chocolate Buttercream Icing recipies from my Primrose Bakery cookbook. I added the rind of 2 oranges in the cake mixture and the rind of 1 orange in the icing. As you can see Violet's tastefully(?) decorated the top with mini marshmallows and jelly tots.
Hope you all had a fun weekend.
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Belated Happy Birthday, hope you had a wonderful day. Love the piccie of you all, nice to see the face behind the blog albeit a few years ago!
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Happy Birthday! Your Father looked gorgeous, I bet you have many wonderful memories of him. And what a fantastic cake you and Violet cooked for Daddy, scrummy. Loving the family photo :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Hope you had a lovely day!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos! Do you still have Eliza?
Belated Happy Birthday Jill, hope your day was fun!!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of your dad. :)
What can I say, I think the cake decoration is absolutely wonderful, I'm sure Violet's dad loved it!!
Vivienne x
Happy belated birthday. What a lovely tribute to your dad for Father's Day. The photos really tell a story, going right through the years. I love how Violet is just as proud of her daddy too. The cake looks scrummy.
ReplyDeleteBelated Birthday wishes to you! The big 4o next year? Really, its just a number.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful family! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!! You are such a whipper snapper!!! Let me have your new address. xxxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!!! We don't really have any photos of my Dad either, mainly because he was usually taking them. Lovely to remember them though and I love the cake with the idea of orange in it - yummy :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday :) Don't worry about being 40 - I actually rathered enjoyed all the fuss :)
ReplyDeleteScrummy looking cake btw - I am a firm believer in the lots of decorations on the top style.
Happy Birthday Jill!! Hope you had a great weekend, what a yummy looking cake Violet is making! x
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! I passed the same birthday at the beginning of the year and am quite looking forward to the next one....godd excuse to party methinks!! Cx
ReplyDeleteHappiest b-day (even the wishes come a bit late this year!), Jill! And the cake, it's just fabulous, I'm sure it was the best dad-day cake ever!
ReplyDeleteSunny Midsummer-week!
Yours,
Mia
belated happy birthday - which you share with Me! xxx
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