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A week back we celebrated Arjun's First Birthday,can you believe it?He turned ONE,I mean,wasn't it few days back I shared the Happy News with all of you?Apparently not,time just flew past without us even noticing and just like that he grew up from an infant to a toddler :)
Just like every mother does,I started planning for his birthday right from the time he was a few days old.Plans kept changing a number of times and in the end we decided on having a small get together of very close family and friends.Date was fixed,venue was decided and menu chosen too.I had decided to bake his Birthday cake despite knowing I get stressed if at all there are any glitches.I chose quite a few cake designs and discussed with Ajay.He was very clear-I…
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%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EJust%20like%20every%20mother%20does,I%20started%20planning%20for%20his%20birthday%20right%20from%20the%20time%20he%20was%20a%20few%20days%20old.Plans%20kept%20changing%20a%20number%20of%20times%20and%20in%20the%20end%20we%20decided%20on%20having%20a%20small%20get%20together%20of%20very%20close%20family%20and%20friends.Date%20was%20fixed,venue%20was%20decided%20and%20menu%20chosen%20too.I%20had%20decided%20to%20bake%20his%20Birthday%20cake%20despite%20knowing%20I%20get%20stressed%20if%20at%20all%20there%20are%20any%20glitches.I%20chose%20quite%20a%20few%20cake%20designs%20and%20discussed%20with%20Ajay.He%20was%20very%20clear-I%20either%20bake%20a%20simple%20cake%20or%20else%20we'll%20outsource%20the%20cake.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EHe%20knows%20me%20too%20well.Whenever%20there%20is%20a%20cake%20order%20and%20if%20there%20is%20even%20a%20minor%20problem,I%20stress.It%20is%20a%20different%20thing%20that%20I've%20overcome%20that%20stage%20of%20fearing-if-anything-goes-wrong,but%20I%20didn't%20want%20to%20take%20a%20chance.I%20chose%20a%20very%20simple%20cake%20design%20and%20decided%20to%20stick%20with%20it.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3ECall%20me%20fortunate%20that%20I%20have%20the%20Cake%20Goddess%20Subhashini%20at%20my%20beck%20and%20call%20for%20any%20doubts%20I%20have%20and%20I%20had%20plenty!I%20hadn't%20done%20a%20tiered%20cake%20before%20and%20she%20rendered%20her%20full%20support%20to%20me.A%20week%20back,I%20purchased%20all%20the%20ingredients%20required%20and%20planned%20on%20a%20timeline%20around%20which%20I%20had%20to%20start%20baking/filling/crumb%20coating%20the%20cake.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThe%20flavors%20were%20decided%20much%20earlier%20too.I%20am%20a%20big%20fan%20of%20Neapolitan%20cake%20and%20the%20flavors%20were%20inspired%20by%20that%20one-base%20tier%20was%20Vanilla%20with%20Caramel%20filling,middle%20tier%20was%20Chocolate%20with%20ganache%20filling%20and%20top%20tier%20was%20Strawberry%20with%20ganache%20filling.I%20baked%20the%20cake%20one%20day%20in%20advance,cling%20wrapped%20and%20refrigerated%20it.The%20fillings-ganache,caramel%20sauce%20and%20the%20frosting-white%20chocolate%20ganache%20too%20were%20made%20a%20day%20in%20advance.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EI%20thought%20I%20had%20everything%20planned%20and%20ready%20but%20things%20were%20not%20supposed%20to%20be%20so%20smooth.Sadly,Arjun%20fell%20ill%20on%20the%20day%20of%20the%20party.He%20was%20running%20high%20temperature%20and%20all%20my%20cake%20plans%20came%20to%20a%20halt.Luckily,I%20had%20both%20sets%20of%20parents%20around%20and%20somehow%20I%20managed%20to%20pull%20it%20off.Not%20without%20the%20help%20and%20support%20of%20our%20parents,Ajay,Subhashini%20and%20last%20but%20not%20the%20least,my%20maid%20who%20made%20sure%20everything%20was%20cleaned%20and%20organized%20:)%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EParty%20went%20on%20well%20by%20God's%20grace%20and%20seeing%20happy%20faces%20all%20around%20made%20every%20effort%20worth%20it%20:)I%20am%20already%20looking%20forward%20to%20his%20second%20birthday%20:)%20:)%3C/p%3E){kind=link}