Thinking this the perfect occasion to pull out the baby hat pattern I purchased a while back and use up some of my Alexander Henry fabric stock, I got started on a quick sewing project 
Saturday morning. Choosing the Henry apple and pear fabric in the bold prime colors of red and yellow, on a background of chocolate brown I decided to line the inside with a Kona yellow solid for a nice contrast. Last minute I added some red piping for a tye to hold the hat from figidity childrens fingers. It turned out precious on Deja and I could kick myself for not bringing my camera to the party. I did take some shots prior to the gifting and the best model I could find was Michael's gift to me, a beautiful buddha statue. When he saw what I was doing I heard some murmured something about sacrilegious...not okay... and a chuckle, which made me laugh and fall in love with him all over again.Sunday was my friend's first year wedding anniversary so being that I was their cake baker and someone accidently served their top tier at their wedding, I was requested to recreate their top tier. Did I not mention it was vegan, yep. I recreated the four-layered vanilla cake with strawberry spread and mousse filling with a vanilla 
vegan buttercream frosting. I used a different vegan butter than last and it didn't set very easy so the frosting job is far from perfect and a little annoying for me as I love a smooth surface. She was placing a cake topper on the cake so I frosted so that it would sit within the frosting fringe and had fun with the cake since it wasn't an actual wedding cake. My only thing with baking vegan is I still don't have a lot of recipes for making tasty fillings that aren't based around soy products with high sugar content. I hope to glean more from the internet and friends before venturing too far into vegan baking but for now am happy with my last feat (and apparently by the scraps being eaten up my Michael so was he :)
vegan buttercream frosting. I used a different vegan butter than last and it didn't set very easy so the frosting job is far from perfect and a little annoying for me as I love a smooth surface. She was placing a cake topper on the cake so I frosted so that it would sit within the frosting fringe and had fun with the cake since it wasn't an actual wedding cake. My only thing with baking vegan is I still don't have a lot of recipes for making tasty fillings that aren't based around soy products with high sugar content. I hope to glean more from the internet and friends before venturing too far into vegan baking but for now am happy with my last feat (and apparently by the scraps being eaten up my Michael so was he :) 
