Over the weekend it was my birthday which generally is exciting, however after a week of everyone else in the household being sick, it was not ideal to wake up the day before my birthday unwell 
Unfortunately, it continued for the entire weekend and it’s only today that I feel like getting out of my pyjamas!! Nonetheless… before getting sick, I managed to make my birthday cake…
A very simple cake in which I made the ribbon and flower decorations a few days before because I knew I’d be busy with the daisy and birdie cakes.
To make the flower, I used 2 different sized rose cutters and cut out a white and purple rose.
I frilled the petals using my bone tool and then stuck the purple rose onto the white rose (I used a wilton flower forming cup for the flower to dry in)
After stick a small ball of white fondant, I dabbed it with water and attached some small silver edible balls.
For the stripey ribbon, I used the same technique as I’ve previously given a tutorial on, but I used an actual ribbon cutter for the shape.
I then let it dry upright against the flower.
Here’s a pic of me celebrating my birthday the night before with some girlfriends (before I slowly went downhill! I think I had started shivering and getting feverish about an hour beforehand)
