It's been a busy birthday week in our house this week. We had cake on my son's actual birthday, shared with a couple of friends who live in our street and then today he had a small group of his close friends come round for a movie and pizza afternoon.
It was a lovely, relatively calm afternoon, where they watched The Secret Life of Pets - have you seen it? It's quite fun and cleverly made.
They made their own pizzas half way through, choosing their own toppings. They ranged from ham, pepperoni and corn (my son's - he's allergic to cheese, so none for him!) to olives, and anchovies. The kids loved making their own, and certainly gives them a sense of accomplishment.
I always use Jamie Oliver's basic bread recipe for my pizza dough - I made enough for 5 small children's sized pizzas, and two larger adult ones for my husband and I later on. It's so simple to make and because you only have to prove once, it's relatively fast too! After the first prove, you knock it back, divide it, and then roll out for the pizzas and cook straight away.
After dinner the children had a chocolate fondue, dipping in strawberries, raspberries, banana and marshmallows. A huge hit and lots of fun - am I naughty sending them home full of sugar?
And of course, a birthday isn't a birthday without the cake! I used my trusty chocolate bundt cake, our family favourite and the second one I have made this week! You can find the recipe here!
This was my first one of the week - my son chose the tin he wanted - he loves my Nordic Ware ones as much as I do!
He was also lucky enough to be given a fabulous wooden spoon for his birthday too - I won it in a competition through Lanky Cow and was able to choose what I had put on it. They do the most amazing range of wooden products such as chopping boards which can all be personalised.
A view from the top....
And side top.....
Happy 8th Birthday, Thomas!
