Has it really been two years since I celebrated my 30th birthday in Dublin?! It’s difficult to believe, but it’s true.
Last year I spent the day driving in remote areas of Australia. And yesterday, for the first time in two years, I spent St. Patrick’s Day/my birthday at home.
Over the years I’ve collected quite a few St. Patrick’s Day bears, buttons, shirts, decorations and pieces of jewelry.
I wore the new handmade green and white necklace I purchased from Laura (who still has beautiful items from Kenya to sell for an education fundraiser — check out the link!).
No birthday would be complete without dessert. And I couldn’t choose just one. So I made cupcakes AND cake pops.
Yellow cake colored green — baked, cooled, crumbled, and fluffed:
Mixed with a bit of cream cheese frosting and rolled into balls, waiting for the white chocolate to set on the cake and the stick:
Covered in white chocolate and green sugar — I need to work on my coating technique a bit!:
Everyone loved the cake pops, but I preferred the Guinness chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and cream cheese frosting.
I had a fabulous time with friends and family, talking, laughing, dancing, and of course, eating.
Hope you had a happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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I’m so happy you had such a wonderful birthday and baked some amazing food too! You didn’t mention your mom’s burgers though 😉
So gutted I couldn’t be there for it, but so happy I’ll be sharing your next birthday with you, amongst other things 🙂
Lovely pictures too Mrs P to be 😉
I’m excited about the cupcakes we’re talking about making for the engagement get together in London!
Loved the cup cakes and the cake pops….DELISH! Mom cheated and ate some gluten.
Even tastes great defrosted from the freezer 🙂
A few years ago I made red velvet white chocolate balls just like how you made your cake pops. They were sooo good. Your desserts look amazing. Happy birthday!
Hmmm, red velvet! I think I told you already, but next time you’re in DC, check out The Sweet Lobby. I haven’t been yet but they won an episode of Cupcake Wars and their products look so good.
Guinness cupcake recipe, please!! Looks delicious! 🙂
I made the cake and frosting from this recipe and the ganache from this one.
Belated happy birthday and OMG, the pop cakes look amazing and the cupcakes and the green teddies are so cute! Salivating…