80 Chinese Lanterns
Ouma Mavis will soon be 80 years old and to mark this auspicious occasion, I grabbed some Chinese New Year decorations, flew to George, and threw her her pool party! In fact, it was a triple celebration for Malcolm (age undisclosed) and Oupa Kenny, also 80! February 10th was also our late Ouma Ada's birthday. A family celebration indeed. I got this romantic cake stand and cup cake sleeves in Cape Town when I visited my son Willem in August last year. The cup cakes are Mandy's Orange Cake recipe. She substituted the milk for orange juice which resulted in deliciously moist cup cakes. Mandy also made her speciality: Milk Tart! It was smooth as silk. The chocolate ganache on top of the chocolate cake has the same texture as a Lindor Truffle but these "truffles" are actua-hally, Manuel, giant chocolate-coated jelly tots! All these goodies were washed down with tea, Masterton's coffee, A...