The Party

So Friday I started making my cake which I had found the recipe for a while back.

I follow a great blog Sweetapolita I love her cakes. They are beautiful and always sound so delicious. I wanted to make her Autumn Delight Cake. I did it even though the ingredients took a lot of searching for to find over here and I had to make a few substitions. Since I could not find Marshmallow Cream I had to make my own. But it was not that hard and I used the leftovers as dip for a fruit tray. Wow, was that a hit!

I realized Friday evening that I should have asked someone to come and help me Saturday. But it was too late and I didn't know who to ask. I was delighted when Saturday morning my good friend Ruta called and volunteered to come early and help. I had had a stressful morning with Amelija. She was cranky feeling that I was too busy to give her my attention. Ruta came at 13:00 and helped me all afternoon. Without her I wouldn't have made it and would have been even more stressed. She was calm and steady :)

My menu consisted of:

(Unfortunately I forget to take pictures, so these are from the internet- with recipes or similar recipes as links) 

Cheeseball and homemade crackers.  I altared this recipe- adding fresh garlic, green onions and bacon and other spices. The crackers I made were very yummy too. The newest recipe I tried was this one.

Pineapple Chicken Wings.

Garlic Breadsticks with an Italian Sauce. These breadsticks were very yummy and went over well!

I had a vegetable tray with a fun dip bowl like this.

Stuffed Mushroom Tops

Fruit Tray with Marshmallow Creme for Dip

The cake: 

Of course everyone brought things to accompany this and we had a lovely feast.