Will you join me for tea and cake?

HI Guys!

I hope you are all doing well this fine Thursday! I decided to get creative in the kitchen today to make a birthday cake. Being the garden enthusiast I am I wanted to include some aspect from my flower garden. So rather than just pick flowers to decorate the cake I would get a little more involved. So here is what I did.....

A picked a handful of rose leaves. I rinsed them under the tap briefly to remove any dust. I never spray my roses with pesticides so didn't have much cleaning necessary but if you try this and DO spray your roses then a good soaking would be in order ;)

So next I melted some pure, dark organic chocolate.

I dipped the underside of the leaves in the chocolate - the underside of the leaves has the ribs protruding so creates a better leaf pattern imprinted on the chocolate.

When the chocolate has completely set its time to carefully peel off the rose leaves.

The details turn out beautifully I think. Do you like them?

I have to say it was an absolutely delicious cake that was admired then devoured! 😂

It had been so long since I baked a cake. I am glad I felt inspired today and
I am grateful to my rose bush for donating leaves to this worthy cause.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you try out making chocolate rose leaves, if they are new to you - it is a very satisfying process. I have my mum to thank as she first demonstrated this technique to me in our kitchen at home decades ago.

Wishing you LOVE, LIGHT and HAPPINESS.

SHINING your LIGHT dispels the darkness.💋