Butterfly Cupcakes

Bon Voyage Harriet!

Attempted to make some pretty cupcakes for once and I think these turned out pretty good! The butterflies initially were more upright but they fell flat as I added the glitter and didn't give them enough time to dry. The pastel shades of colouring make these cupcakes look so cute and match the stand brilliantly! All I need now is to master to swirly piped icing!

                         

CakeCous

Happy Birthday Lucinda!

After requesting a crumble for her last birthday cake this year had to be something more special. Luce has always been a fan of "making" couscous, with a little help from Ainsley Harriott. Anyway, because of this I decided to make her a couscous and feta salad. The bowl is a carrot cake, which was tricky to make because the only recipe I had was American and therefore used 'cups', which just seems like the bizarrest way of measuring things. Despite all this I have been told it turned out okay and tasted  delicious. The couscous is lemon millions (who knew they existed) and the pepper, tomato, olive and feta are fondant icing.

Happy 30th anniversary Mooma and Poopa!

I finally attempted to make a normal pretty and neat cake and I think this little chocolate number is great success! I tried making an icing shell for the pearly beads (thirty years is a pearl anniversary in case you hadn't got that yet) but that didn't work at all so I just stuck a real one on instead. Definitely getting better at piping details, just practise, practise, practise.

I didn't chose the sloth life, the sloth life chose me...

Happy 21st birthday to me!

Yes, I am that sad, and I made my own birthday cake! So I treated myself to a sloth marble cake a la Loraine Pascal. By using two piping bags filled with the different coloured cake mix, you gradually build it up on top of each other. This took an ironic amount of effort for a cake inspired by sloths.

Nature Finds a Way

Jurassic Biscuits: 65 millions years in the baking...

After visiting the natural history museum, so naturally dinosaur cookie cutters were a necessity. After looking online for tips on icing cookies, I came across this idea for decoration (so I can't take all the credit). Using royal icing and a small nozzle for piping I started to play around with the fossil decorations. 

London 2012

So the Olympics are finally here! Hazaar! So whilst everyones eyes will be glued to the opening ceremony we will also be munching away on these. They are simple Victoria sponge buns with lemon icing. This was my first time using flower paste and again, it probably wont be the last (and not just because I bought a massive pack). There are only a few events represented here but seriously, how on earth would you make a pole vault cake?!

Wiff Waff

Tennis Ball

Badminton

Canoe (not a shoe)

Beetroot fudge cake

You've heard of carrot cakes, well this is a beetroot cake. But don't worry, you can't taste it! After many washes I finally got the red stains off my hands and managed to have a slice. Unfortunately despite being in the oven for over 2 hours, it was still a little undercooked. However, we renamed it a torte and served it with cream. Job done.