We started with the Saturday sweet treats for the kids, cake pops and cupcakes, both with chocolate flavor. The cake pops were dipped in chocolate and yellow sugar sprinkles.
My daughter dipped every cupcake in chocolate herself and we decorated the cupcakes with six yellow dots, representing the birthday girl turning six and the theme of the party, fireflies.
On Sunday for our family celebration, we had appetizers and baked goodies:
Mini Caprese bites with heirloom cherry tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella drizzled with balsamic vinegar
Salmon roe caviar sandwiches
Brioche crostini with melted brie topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions
Pastelitos with guava jelly and cream cheese
plum jam biscuits (different shape than the original recipe)
Inspired by Quickies Challenge on Lazaro Cooks! & Quickies on the Dinner Table, I also made an appetizer with avocado and feta. My original concept was to make a smoked salmon roll with avocado and feta filling.
After I made this pretty little roll, I realized that unfortunately I did not buy enough smoked salmon to make this for everyone. I changed the plan, and instead made phyllo tartelettes with avocado, feta, and smoked salmon.
They were very easy to put together. I mixed feta (1 cup) with cream cheese (1/2 cup) in one bowl, then mixed chunks of avocado (1 avocado) with a tablespoon of lemon juice. I then filled the mini phyllo cups with feta mixture, then avocados, and topped it with a little slice of smoked salmon. These little bites were just scrumptious.
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This post was supposed to be published on Monday but I decided that I really needed a few more days of blogging break. I will start catching up with my blog reading and replying to comments tonight.
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