The Games

The Berkhamsted Games, yesterday, were an amazing event and something I'm sure the kidlets will always remember. Especially, as the littlest one walked away with a silver medal, for the standing long jump.

Now, I am about to share some pictures of the day with you, do you think I resisted the urge to tilt shift? Of course not (see immediately below!)

I arrived early to set up my cake, all was fairly peaceful.

Then the ten schools taking part began to arrive, each school had a different coloured t-shirt.

Once all the children were settled the opening ceremony began. They all sang the Olympic song. (I wiped away the tears from my eyes, I'm so soft!)

Then we had a parade of the nations.

Followed by all the local head teachers and the Olympic torch.

There was a very exciting torch lighting ceremony!

(warning imminent tilt shifting!)

The children then were placed in a holding area while the games began.

There was a very exciting tug of war match that almost ended in deadlock!

When all the events were over there was a closing ceremony including a balloon release. (Again with the tears)

A massive thankyou to everyone who helped organize the day. It was a rip roaring success!

(I know, excessive pictures of the balloons, but don't they look magical?)

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The Berkhamsted Games cake!

This is a cake for The Berkhamsted Games, a fantastic event in my town organised by local people, including some Olympians.

There were over 2,500 school children involved. Each child got to compete in at least one event, and they all got ice cream and goodie bags to take home. There were stalls with refreshments for the adults, I sampled the paella, chocolate brownies and ice cream (why can't I shift that weight?). It was an amazing feat of organising and really brilliantly done, I only choked up a few times when all the children were singing the Olympian song and at the balloon release.

I was asked to provide a cake. So I referred back to an old favourite here. There were wrist bands made for townsfolk to purchase with mottos to convey the spirit of the Olympian games, Friendship, Equality, Respect, Courage, Excellence, Determination, Inspiration. I included these in the design, along with a winners podium, and then illustrations of some of the events. I was particularly pleased with the pole vaulter.

I decided to make an animated gif of the cake which was really easy using this online gif maker. It is my first ever it and could be better, but I am really pleased with it, and, myself!

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Robin cake

This was a version of an old favourite for a lady turning 90. The client asked for a robin to be incorporated into the design and for some geraniums. It was a lemon cake.

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