Happy New Year everyone! How was the New Year? I had great fun with mumma, dadda and my friends. Lots of baking, cooking delicious foods and fun! We went to Trafalgar Square on the New Year’s Eve and it was great fun! It is one of the most popular places in London where people (both locals and tourists) gather to celebrate New Year. Even though there is no firework in Trafalgar Square, a large screen is set up where you can see the fireworks from South Bank. Then we had dinner in a plush restaurant and went around the city in our car. It was an amazing day! We came back home and wished our neighbours who were still partying; we were also

2017 is already here and it is time to make some New Year resolutions. I have heard people saying people make resolutions just for the sake of it but do not follow it; I don’t know how true it is but this year I have decided to make some New Year resolutions and I will surely follow them throughout the year. I have thought about it a lot and have come up with the following resolutions:

• I will be a good girl and listen to mumma and dadda
• I will eat healthy foods. I will eat whatever mumma gives me (I will have some good foods only on weekends)
• I will be good with my friends (I will share things and I won’t fight with them anymore)

I told mumma and dadda about my resolutions and they were very happy with me but dadda said I must decide on things that I will be able to achieve. I asked mumma and dadda about their resolutions – mumma said she would cook lots of good food for both of us and dadda said he would take us long vacation this year. I am so happy! I asked my friends about their New Year resolutions as well, they also decided to listen to their parents and study well.

I asked mumma why people make resolutions during New Year; she said resolutions are about making life happier. People promise themselves about doing good things that improve their lives as well as improve the lives of people associated with them. For instance, if someone decides to quit smoking he/she decides to lead a healthier life and also saves other people from passive smoking and causes less harm to the environment. All resolutions are linked with the well being of human beings and nature. So on the first day of the year we all make resolutions to make the Earth a better place. She also said that if we decide to do something, we must stick to it and follow it all round the year.

So I promise myself that I will stick to my resolutions and make my parents happy and proud of me. What are your New Year resolutions? Do you think you can follow them all through the year?

Can you smell the aroma of freshly baked cakes and cookies? I can. Oh mumma is baking fresh cakes for Christmas! Yes it is again that time of the year when everyone is busy baking fresh cakes and cookies. I went to my friend’s house last day and her mother gave us some Christmas themed cupcakes. She made some yummy Santa hat cupcakes. They were normal cupcakes with red frosting in shape of Santa’s hat and white frosting on the sides and the top.

This weekend my friends are going to come over to my place for the Christmas party. We will also make some Christmas themed cakes for our guests. Mumma will make a big Christmas cake and I will make cupcakes for my friends. Last night I told mumma that even I want to make some Christmas themed cakes for my friends; she said she recently came across an article that discussed about various Christmas cupcake decorations, so she will surely help me decorate the cupcakes.

Here are some ideas that she shared with me:

1. Peppermint Candy Cane Cupcakes

It is much like marble cake but instead of the chocolate flavour, you need to use red colour batter with white batter. Then top them with white frosting; freeze them for an hour and then dip them in white molten chocolate. Crush some peppermint candies and sprinkle on top of the chocolate coated frosting and insert candy canes from the top. That’s all, you’re done.

2. Snowman Cupcakes

For snowman cupcakes, you need normal cupcakes, Oreo cookies, marshmallow and peppermint sprinkles. To create the hat, cut the bottom quarter of a large marshmallow and place it on the Oreo cookie. Attach it with help of candy melts. Once it gets attached dip the entire thing into molten dark chocolate. Sprinkle some peppermint and let it cool. Get some candy eyes and cherry sour candies for the nose. Once the hats are ready, cover the cupcakes with white frosting and place the hats, eyes and nose carefully.

3. Ginger Bread Cupcakes

Christmas is incomplete without ginger bread, so you can try this out. Make some spicy cup cakes (ones that are made using ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves) and let it cool. Buy some gingerbread cookies in various shapes – stars, bells, snowflakes, etc. You can also make them at home if you how to make them. Decorate the cup cakes with cinnamon flavoured frosting and place the gingerbread cookies on top of each cake. Use a portion of the same frosting to decorate the cookies as well.

There are many more Christmas themed cakes that you can make at home – Christmas tree, reindeer, Santa hat and lots more. So if you’re done with decorating the Christmas tree, take time to make some cupcakes that not only look great but taste yum! Share your recipes and share pictures of the homemade cakes! Merry Christmas to everyone and have as much fun as you can!