A week or so before the party I baked some trial cakes and was quite happy with the outcome.
And so came the day to make the cake for the party!
Obviously the novice I am didn't expect it to take so long to make! However, I pushed through the 4 or so hours it took to create the cakes and I was very happy with the outcome (and so was Kara-lee!) and it was a wonderful birthday and everyone had a fun time!
The cupcakes were vanilla cake and butter cream icing with hearts that I had ordered from a cake decorating shop locally (the lady there is lovely and can make you anything that you want on a cake!)
