Halle's Boston Tea Party - The Sweets

Well, Halle's first party has come and gone and it was a success! Despite the cold that she caught, and keeping both B and I up the night before the big day, we all did pretty well. Of course, like any party the highlight of the whole day was the abundance of sweets that were on hand. B's Mom went all out picking up all kinds of yummy treats to make a cute little sweets table. In the end, we decided to keep it all inside in the dining room, since it was an extremely hot and humid day and there was also a bit of sprinkling happening from the skies.


Even after playing with the settings on my father's camera the white balance still wasn't very true in the pictures, but I did my best to correct that. Please forgive any strange colouring in my photos.


We used mason jars for the variety of treats, and some pretty pink platters for the sugar cookies that we made. B's Mom made the cookies, I found this recipe for royal icing and then we decorated them. We still need to practice a little more on our decorating skills...

B's sister, on the other hand, needs no practice on making candy necklaces and bracelets look fancy...

I colour sorted all of the chocolates that were on hand...

And B's Mom used the batter that was left over from Halle's smash cake to make some tiny cupcakes. They looks so cute on the stand that she used.

Speaking of smash cake - Halle's little smash cake worked out wonderfully. We followed the same process that I shared with you last Thursday, but we used a Sugar Free from the box mix and bought a cream cheese icing. B did all of the slicing for me, to make sure that it was nice and straight, and when we were done stacking the layers we used bamboo skewers in the middle of the cake to hold it together and let it sit in the fridge while we went out to dinner. When we got home I iced the edges of the cake and afterwards my Father and B's Mom alternated holding the skewers with the palms of their hand and tilting the plate that the cake was on so that I could add the sprinkles. At the end of it all, the cake looked like this (Yes, the only photos I actually got of it, were the ones of Halle attempting at eating it)

One of the things I was most excited about was the big cake that we ordered, and B's Godmother purchased for us. Both myself and B's Mom loved this cake from the moment that we spotted it on Pinterest...

{pinterest via Country Cleaver}

So, I called White's Bakery in Brockton, MA and described the cake to them. We opted for white cake, strawberry preserves between the layers and whipped cream instead of icing. After I told the girl on the phone what my picture looked like, we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best. So, how did they do? Well, wonderfully, really (again, my apologies for the white balance being off - how annoying, it didn't look this bad on the camera screen)...

The pink was much brighter at the bottom, and was air brushed on since we had opted for the whipped cream (which was DELICIOUS by the way). I also loved that at the top of the cake just the tips of the rosettes were slightly pink. It looks so pretty in person and had to be one of the most delicious cakes I have EVER had in my life - seriously. 


So there's the first peek of her first party. It was just so lovely and it really made all of us so happy. It really made us realize how lucky and loved we are. I'll be back tomorrow with a look at all of the pretty decorations that adorned both indoors and outdoors at B's parents home.