Chocolate Birthday Cake {butterfly}

A little something for the weekend!! I just wanted to share some pictures of my daughter's birthday cake from last weekend.

She turned five. Five is a big deal! It means she's officially left the toddler stage, even if she can still throw a great tantrum and has entered the world of being a proper little girl.

There are a few things I miss about her being little, but I love watching her become herself more! It's the best part of being a parent seeing them grow up and watching them discover who they are even though you already know! 

I was instructed that it had to be a chocolate cake and turquoise and have a butterfly. I think it was a bit more green than blue to be turquoise, but other than that I think I did alright! 

M&M Cookies!!

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup of butter (2 sticks or about 225g)

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp vanilla

2 ½ cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 ½ cups of M&M’s or Smarties if you’re living in the UK.

Cream both sugars with the butter. Add eggs one at a time blending well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda and slowly add to the sugar mixture until fully incorporated. Stir in ¾ of the M&M’s. Roll cookies into 1 inch balls and place on a prepared baking sheet. Press remaining M&M’s on top of the cookie dough. Bake at 350F/180C for 8-11 minutes until golden brown.

~ Indiana Baker aka Janet