This week’s bento lunch contains a lot of techniques I used previously in past posts. Generally if this happens, I don’t post the week’s lunch, but I did two things differently: the sausage and the dessert.

In the past, I have mostly made the sausages into octopus shapes and stopped there. I wanted to see if I could so something different this time around. I decided that they kind of looked like penguins so maybe I could make them into something more bird like. What I came up with worked, but honestly I wasn’t super happy with it. I like the seaweed eyes and cheese beak, but I think maybe I should have added a belly bit and/or some feet on the bottom. It’s just a little too plain.

I also made some inari bears (I recommend reading my first blog on these to explain how I made these because they are adorable). Plus they are delicious, filling, and easy to craft. I also made some rainbow carrots for a veggie crunch in my lunch.

For dessert, I’ve been into baking and wanted to continue practicing my skills with mini Victoria sponge cakes. These are lovely light sponge cakes made in cupcake pans, cut in half with whipped cream and raspberry jam inside, and powdered sugar on top. They are by far one of my favorite cakes ever and I could eat them all the time.

So what do you think of my baking skills? Am I improving? I think overall these lunches fit all the things I look for: balance, filling, and a heaping of adorable.