Today is a landmark in the Mixtures household, my youngest brother is now 16. I have to admit that I do struggle with the concept of my brother growing up. We have had a LOT of fun over the past 16 years, we pretty much hit it off straight away.

We established early on that we pretty much have the same facial expressions..

Beyond that, we have a similar passion for food, in particular, chocolate.

We both have the silly gene..

And we both love our amazing brother, Mum and Dad.

In my mind you will always be the blonde halo’d boy that liked ‘Mr Happy’, even when your tall lanky exterior says otherwise.

And I hope that one day you’ll forgive Will and I for taking you on THAT ghost ride on the pier..

I hope we will always laugh together, and always be friends.

Happy Birthday Bro (This is making it’s way in the post over to you now)

May you always be forever young.

Lots of love, Your Big Sis, Polly xxx

(Some of these images are courtesy of David Gray of Images Brighton.)

Well, I am delighted to say that it has been a busy week at Polly Mixtures HQ (aka my kitchen). I am well and truly sprinkled out! I absolutely love baking for special occasions and celebrations and the wonderful feedback I have received so far. Thank you so much for your support.

As it goes, the hard work is still not over, but I thought I would take a mini break and post a couple of my latest creations, the first for an anniversary, and the second for my first baby shower request!

This baby shower is for a little girl, and I am in love with this adorable cake pop topper. However I also love the gender reveal party trend that’s gradually making its way across the pond, and hopefully will take off here in Gibraltar soon. The idea is that if you want to announce the sex of your baby with your nearest and dearest you can do it with cake pops(!), the sponge hidden underneath the soft neutral candy colours can be blue or pink as a fantastic way to surprise your guests when they bite into the cake pop. Now that is a sweet surprise!

If you would like to know more about how I can help you with a Gender Reveal party, please get in touch. I’ll try to post a couple of examples up here soon!

Have a wonderful weekend everybody!

Polly Mixtures xxx

Happy Valentine’s all! I’m dedicating this post to the wonderful film that is ‘High Society’, ok and I’ll share a couple of cookie snaps too! Valentine’s Day is one of the few days of the year where I manage to persuade the other half to watch something with subtitles or music, and you can’t get a better line-up than this cast! It might also give Mr Mixtures to-be some good honeymoon ideas. May be difficult getting our hands on an accordion though… and a boat, but those are just minor issues..

I was absolutely delighted to be able to spend the last few days making romantic cookies and cake pops for some lovely people to share with each other on Valentine’s. It’s such an honour. I feel like Cupid’s apprentice. For those of you having a cake pop-less or cookie-less Valentine’s, here’s a sneaky peek…

If you haven’t discovered www.urturn.com yet I have to say I do recommend it, it’s like Pinterest but heaps more fun! and on that note:

Or is that just the smell of cookies?

2 days to go til the big V day!!

And a lot of decorating to do. This is a blogging diversion to avoid washing up. Guess I better crack on, but not before I share this image.

Happy Pancake day everyone xxx

Psst! Prices are finally up on www.facebook.com/pollymixtures!

But hold your horses! There will be plenty more designs going up this weekend, as well as some scrumptious decorated cookies in either chocolate or vanilla bean (with delicious golden syrup notes!) There will be lots to choose from, all guaranteed to please your Valentine, or win you one!