The Picnic Part 3: Cocktail Sausages!

A Picnic isn't a true picnic without lots of things on sticks. Somehow, eating your dinner in stick form at home seems bizarre and almost savage like, yet out in the wild (your back garden) somehow eating off bits of sharp wood seems totally civilised, dainty even eating little bites off a stick. But beware, the stick lures you in to a false sense of security having you believe you have 'only eaten a couple of sticks' when before you know it you're surrounded by a small forest of sticks and feeling horrendously sick. But don't worry, it was only a small bite on a stick right? So 50 sticks of sausages is really just 2 big sausages...ahem.

Anyway! Back to my Picnic that isn't really a picnic, I present to you the essential Picnic Cocktail Sausages! That are really Dark Chocolate and Orange truffles:

And my trio of little picnic bits; The Cheese, The Scotch Egg and The Sausage.

Things on Sticks

Or to be more precise, Cake on Sticks!

I do hate wastage, and so with a little help from Bakerella and her Cake Pops*, I made my own!

The Bee, The Ladybird and The Eye. All covered in Fondant, all with a stick up their backsides. Lovely. But for those rare days where you can't stomache an entire cupcake (If you suffer from these days I suggest you see a doctor) then a little taster cake bite will keep you going until you seek out your cupcake fix!

*Cake Pop: In my books, is a mix of waste Cakeage (I say 'waste', no excess cake is a waste, but I have been told excessive hoovering up of excess crumbs with one's face can lead to mild weight gain, and I'd hate to have to pay for lipo just because I ate one too many crumbs...) Anyway! yes, I make cake pops by combining stray cake crumbs and buttercream until you can pick up a teaspoon full and roll it into a ball.

THEN I place these little balls on a plate and stick 'em in the freezer to get nice and chilly before removing them, sticking a stick up their cake bums, and dipping them in fondant/chocolate/my mouth then allowing them to dry and decorating them in love! Or whatever I might need to make my desired cake pop...Enjoy!