More birthdays in the classroom

There were two more birthdays in the boys' class this last week, the children at the school bring in cakes to share with others on their special day.  Not wanting The Allergic One to feel left out because of his pesky allergies I made a batch of allergy friendly cupcakes ... chocolate fairy cakes with glacé icing and jelly sweets.  

My top tips for classroom treats:

1) Ask the teacher to tell you when birthdays are, ideally the week beforehand!
2) Have the teacher look after a few allergy friendly treats (chocolate buttons and mini party rings have a long shelf life!) for her to stash in her desk in case of impromptu celebrations ... or for when you forget to bake ... 
3) Try and make your allergy-friendly creations look as good (or better?) in the eyes of a three or four year old as the other cakes might do ... in my experience this depends almost solely upon the sweeties or sprinkles that perch atop it ... not much to do with the actual cake itself.