And so the thirties begin.............

June 2012..........the dreaded time when I will turn 30 and enter that scary decade where we're all expected to settle down and become responsible. I've started thinking about this recently after noticing the start of all the 30th birthdays for all my old (being the operative word :) ) school and university friends.  The party invites are being received, birthday wishes being posted online and most importantly birthday cakes are being made!

I've made two 30th birthday cakes in the last couple of months and I'm sure there will be more as the year progresses.  The first was for my boyfriend Steve who turned 30 in August.  I've been teasing him about turning 30 for months (much to his annoyance) but when the big day came around I was actually quite nice and along with his family we threw him a big birthday party.  No birthday party is complete without a cake and for Steve I created this three tier vanilla sponge cake in red and white (Man Utd colours of course).

This was the first time I'd created such a big tiered cake but with the help of some sturdy dowelling rods I was quite happy with the way it turned out.


The second cake I made for my good friend Nicola who turned 30 last Saturday.  Again she had a party to celebrate and asked me to make her a cake to match her pink and purple theme.   I went with a two tier vanilla sponge covered in white sugarpaste and decorated with pink and purple sugarpaste flowers (more about these in another post).

I have a few months to wait until I hit the big 3 0 (as I keep rubbing into everyone!) but I'm sure it'll be here before I know it.  It'll be very strange not to be a twenty something anymore and I'm not quite sure I feel old enough to be a sensible thirty something yet.  Although I think Mark Twain had it right:

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”