Lily's Bag o' Cookies

My niece Lily had her 3rd birthday in January. As we already had a cake loaded with yummy buttercream for her party, I was very reluctant to flood the cookies (royal icing does have quite a high sugar content), so I just outlined them.

Lily is a very active and playful 3 year old with a voice reaching towards the high Cs. Any more sugar will just get her bouncing off the walls. Put 5 kids below 8 years old together, feed them cake and what do you get? An appointment with the ear doctor for sure.

Gingerbread garden

Wow! Has it been a whole month since my last post? I'm afraid I got caught up with the school hols, back-to-school wave and Chinese New Year celebrations (duly celebrated by yours truly as a Malaysian, of course) that I didn't manage any new posts.

Anyhoo, I made these cookies for sweet Tia who turned 4 in January. The cookies are gingerbread and outlined in pink, yellow and white. I sent the cookies to Tropicana where the birthday party was held and almost jumped out of my skin when greeted by a six-foot tall Elmo. Huh? I thought he was supposed to be only knee-high.