Dessert Buffet with Beer Bottles made from Sugar

It's quite a while that I was here life was way to busy. But I had such a wonderful experience and opportunity last week with my baking that I have to stop by and talk about it. My neighbors hubby had his 50th birthday - I guess it's not bad to tell you the number because it's a man - and I was the lucky girl who was in charge of the dessert buffet. It was like a dream come true even it meant to bake for 60 people. In the beginning I was nervous if I could pull this off but than I sat down and planed the whole thing. It was so much fun to look for delicious recipes, to write an unbelievably long shopping list and to think about in which order and how to bake it.

Throughout my "baking marathon" of three days I was calm and most of the time feeling really serendipitous. To think about the birthday guy and how he will react to his amazing birthday cake and to know to make a lot of people happy with all the yummy things gave me a lot of positive energy.

I did a first attempt of making beer bottles from sugar and at the end it worked wonderfully. In the beginning I couldn't even believe that it was possible, than I saw this video: http://youtu.be/hinQva4cZyQ for making a mold and this video: http://youtu.be/mjTvSQezy0I about making the bottles and did it. Not only me to be honest but with my hubby who was a great great help!

The cake was the hit of the party. Anyone was touching the bottles in disbelief and amazed when it felt sticky. The cake got facebooked, twittert and was photographed like nothing else on this night. I can't even describe how pleased I felt and how thankful I am about every single compliment. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I had and even after a couple of days now I still feeling "high" about that opportunity and blessed with this inimitable outcome.

Now it's time for some pictures, right ;)

I guess I found my calling :)