The Great British Bake-Off Birthday Party

Well, I'm a day or so late in posting this, but my beautiful daughter-in-love, Alex, had a birthday yesterday and Sunday we had the best party to celebrate her. 

If you know Alex, she's all things color, baking, and gathering with family, so what better way to celebrate her birthday than by putting on a mock British Bake-off contest? It was so much fun and so true to how she operates - she outdid herself with the cooking and decorating.

She fixed a delicious meal of gumbo, potato salad, rice and some of the most delicious breads - homemade of course. Then she asked everyone to bring a dessert and announced that the girls would be the judges, just like the television show.

How fun!

I managed to get pictures of all the yummy things, but can't name them, nevertheless they were all amazing!

 

After we all had our fill of gumbo, we displayed the desserts and the judges took their place at the table.

They were so excited!

Asa started with the tea cakes 😀

The girls would each take a bite and then score the dessert as they saw fit. 

They took their job very seriously. 

In the end, they tallied up the scores and Alex's brother won with the pumpkin dessert in the dutch oven (seen above). It was topped with some maple icing, which I'm sure had something to do with rating it the yummiest dessert on the table. 

Eli won a prize and was declared the winner of the First Annual British Bake-Off of the family. I hope this becomes a tradition because it sure was fun 😀

At the end of the night, we all went home with a plate of dessert and full tummies. 

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Are you a fan of the British Bake-off show? I've only watched a few episodes, but I have a year to catch up and decide what I'm making for next year 😀 I hope I pick a winner! (I better start practicing.)

Until Next Time...

Blessings!