I loved these Flight of the Ladybird cupcakes so I thought I'd add them to my big vinyl banner that I've had printed to hang on the front of my table at the Christmas Fayre in November...
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Giant vanilla cupcake and 96 vanilla cupcakes for Emma & Shaun's wedding.
Had a nightmare with delivering this cake... I drive like Miss Daisy when I'm transporting Wedding Cakes... however, some bozo decided to do 90mph round a tight bend forcing me up the kerb and a bit of sharp breaking... resulting in my beautiful giant cupcake losing it's top layer slightly... from the front it is fine but from the side it is really wonky, I could've cried. You can see a slight ridge from the front where it slipped... next time I will insist on a chocolate casing for Giant Cupcakes I think... just not worth the stress, they are a sod to move!
Thankfully, the bride and groom were lovely about it but I still felt awful as it should've been perfect and it wasn't.
Thanks... have a nice Monday, Sam x
A sample cupcake that will be used as Wedding Favours, wrapped in cello bags and tied with a pretty ribbon...
Read more...This wedding cake was made with a heavy heart. My lovely Mum passed away on 7 July 2010 with this wedding order happening on 8 July 2010... Anything else I could've turned down but not somebody's wedding.
Fortunately, this was a simple order with regards to the decoration, just lots of pretty sprinkles on Raspberry & White Chocolate, Limoncello and Madagascan Vanilla cupcakes topped off with a Madagascan Vanilla layer cake... it was very pretty but will always look at this with sadness I fear.
The lovely bride was over the moon and her bright and cheerful smile did help loads when I was setting it up... congratulations and I wish you every happiness for your future. x
A notoriously difficult character to capture... ok with my first attempt, though there are many things I would change... those being:
• bigger ears, further apart
• higher arc over the eyes
• wider set mouth/cheeks
And he definitely needs a Minnie to keep that smile on his face :D
My very first attempt at making little fondant dogs... so much easier than I had first thought, just need to break it down and see what happens :D
These need a dusting of golds and browns to give them a bit more character, just need to let them dry first...
These were made for a local design company Creative Sponge (great name for a cake company actually!) who were pitching to Hoseasons for their Annual holiday brochure... they wanted something original to leave with them... apparently they went down a treat!!
Read more...I made these for my Mum to take to her local doctors surgery... my Mum has been ill for a few years and wanted something to say 'Thank You' to all of the wonderful doctors and nurses who have tried to help Mum to feel better. x
Read more...My daughters first 5th birthday cake... a 6" vanilla 3-layer cake surrounded by cupcakes... all in the Hello Kitty theme... I used my previously created moulds to make the cupcake toppers and painted them by hand... modelled Hello Kitty on top of the cake is my first go at character modelling... her head could do with being bigger but I'm happy, and Ella was REALLY happy!! x
Read more...Another Giant Cupcake... this was for my daughter's 5th birthday... she'd already had one birthday party with a second planned for family at the weekend... the night before she said "I can't wait to blow out the candles on my next birthday cake on Sunday Mummy"... aaargh, I thought I'd completed my caking duties for this celebration... so, hey presto... very last minute Giant Cupcake for my precious little girl!
Read more...I seem to be in Giant Cupcake world at the moment, soooo popular! This one is a 3-layer cake sandwiched together with Madagascan vanilla buttercream and raspberry jam... delicious!
Read more...Giant cupcake and 12 luxury bespoke cupcakes for Vanessa's 40th birthday... so much fun to make... she wanted the Boudoir feel but very classy, not at all trashy... she was so pleased with the result :D
Read more...I love this colour theme... so elegant... and by coincidence the reception room was pistachio and ivory also!!
Read more...Thought I had posted these ages ago... apart from the fact my little boy said "Moo Moo" when I saw them I think they turned out quite well!! I decided to go for real breeds of Corgis instead of using girlie bright colours... the lucky recipient was a real fan and was over the moon with her lovely gift.
Read more...L O V E these colours... the first tower I've used real flowers with too... I may have to ask all of my future brides to save some flowers back for the tower, they really do add the finishing touch... may try organza ribbon next time... I've seen that on a few towers in Australia and it is very effective for weddings.
Read more...Loving the colour scheme for this gift box... my new butterfly cutter is fabulous and so effective... I usually dust colour in to the embossed name but decided to leave it plain this time... I really like it this way!
Read more...The ever popular Hello Kitty returns for a 9th birthday gift box... I really love making these toppers, though I think I might have to try different colours next time... maybe turquoise, lemon and lilac... I do get a bit bored if I do the same thing twice!!
Read more...These were so much fun to make... especially as I had to purchase Twilight & New Moon on DVD then watch them while my little boy had his naps... I'm now a fan!! I've ordered the books and can't wait for my friendly postman to deliver them... asap!!!
I'm not usually a huge fan of printed icing, I generally think they're a bit naff... I like to make it all myself by hand so they're unique and individual... however, I wanted to make little photo frames of stills from the film... I think they worked out really well, even though they're prints...
Hope you like them!
Madagascan vanilla 4-layer cake makes a top little kennel for Snoopy & Woodstock to have a snooze on!!
I made a very last minute decision to have a go at something different... my brother's 40th birthday! Woke up the morning before and thought "I'm going to make that Snoopy cake I saw in that book"... with lots of "you can do it" from my other half and general excitement from the sprogs I thought "ok!"... didn't have time for the cake to settle, had to carve almost as soon as it had cooled... nightmare... very soft and squashy, hence slight wonkiness.
Anyway... I don't plan on making lots more 'bigger than cupcakes' cakes but I L O V E this little beauty and my brother was over the moon with it.
Happy Birthday Ian, love you loads, Sam x
My 2nd batch of OSO cupcakes made for a lady who had seen them on my website... her little boy is a huge fan of the 'unique, stuffed bear' !!
All Madagascan vanilla with a thick blanket of buttercream under the sugarpaste tops... all handmade and handpainted.
The funny story about these cupcakes is that they originally said 'Mark' and the lovely lady arrived to collect them only to say "they're fantastic, but his name is John!!".... I thought she was joking, luckily she was very easy going and nipped to Tesco for an hour to give me time to change the name... the other alternative was to change her husband!!!!
Read more...Cute Dalmation dogs on top of spicy carrot cupcakes... the carrot cupcakes were a bit of a nightmare as they were SO fresh that they were super soft and not as firm as I would've liked to support the sugarpaste weight... now off to bed... let's hope they're still ok in the morning... fingers crossed! Sx
Read more...I'm so pleased with my Hello Kitty cupcakes... I've seen so many great attempts where the character just isn't quite right... that's the problem with these recognised characters... if one little details isn't right it all looks a bit odd! So... after 4 months of searching online I finally located some moulding putty and made my own Hello Kitty mould... yay! I then made lots of the little cuties and handpainted them ready to take pride of place on top of a vanilla cupcake!
Read more...Here is the lot of them... hoping that the lovely ladies from Swaffham Childrens' Centre send me a fabulous photo of the whole set up... I'd love to see how it looked :D
Read more...This Giant Cupcake was for the top tier of a 300 mini cupcake tower to celebrate the opening of a children's nursery in Swaffham, Norfolk. The adults were going to save this for when all the hard work was finished!!
Will post the minis later... ...
My first attempt at a moulded candy shell for the giant cupcake, I think it gives a much cleaner finish... and it tastes delicious!
This tower consists of 108 large cupcakes, 48 minis and the giant cupcake on the top tier... mix of Madagascan vanilla and chocolate with buttercream swirls, poured fondant tops and embossed sugarpaste tops... decorated with little hearts embossed with the bride & groom's initials.
I hope you like it!
This isn't quite how it was supposed to turn out... I was happily painting white chocolate onto the inside of the Giant Cupcake Pan, thinking it'll just 'pop out' as others have describe it... NOT! The chocolate was finally scraped out with a plastic tool and put in a pot to be remelted for a 2nd attempt on another day... hence the quite simple buttercream base!
Read more...I'm so please with my new cupcakes boxes... my old boxes made the cupcakes all squash up together, these ones are just fabulous! If you want to get some, head on over to www.thefavourstore.com and check out their fabulous selection.
Read more...These were part of a Gardening Hobbyist's cupcake gift box... although they nearly didn't get the Bumble Bees as that bit was lost in translation! Fortunately it was mentioned just in time... phew!
Read more...Oh yes... I have a shiny new oven and a shiny new Kenwood Major mixer... soooo pleased... la la la
Read more...Now, being a cupcaker/cookier and not a big caker I didn't have an instant pool of knowledge to call on when I had the Giant Cupcake request... I've done loads of these for top tiers of wedding towers but when they stand along I thought they'd need something 'extra'... so, I thought nice big 11" cake board... and decorate that up... it's lovely to make one of these in stronger colours as they're usually ivory and pastels.
The birthday girl was really into her handbags and shoes so I handpainted a few to top this giant cupcake... I'm loving the results and can't wait to make another one...!
I wanted to come up with a generic gift box of cupcakes... kind of 'non themed' so if I get last minute orders I can quickly knock something up... instead of being up til early hours... not good! These were quite quick and I'm loving the colours and flat topped cuppies.
Read more...These are my most favourite Scrumptious Buns flavour... by far! Limoncello infused mini cupcakes frosted with organic lemon buttercream swirls and handmade baby shower icons... the house smells absolutely fabulous when these are on the go!
Read more...My ever popular Pony Club cupcakes... perfect for any pony loving little girl.
If the lucky little girl has her very own pony I think it is a nice touch to colour the little fella's accordingly... this little girl has a gold pony!
Loving the rosettes too, with the addition of my teeny tiny bow mould... new purchase!
Delicious chocolate cupcake smothered with a blanket of chocolate buttercream and a layer of embossed chocolate fondant... handmade flower on top.
Read more...This is the first time I've had a customer look at my website and say "I want that one!!"... thought this time it is for a 40th... I tend to create as I go along so not sure how I'll feel about replicating a set... I may have to change something... everso slightly ;-)
Haven't even started baking them yet and they're being collected at 9.30am!!! Looks like I may have a late night ahead of me this evening...zzz
I've had a request today for Corgi Cookies! How exciting... and I've actually managed to find a cookie cutter in the shape of a corgi... well, I suppose they are the Queen's favourite pooches after all! Fingers crossed the lady goes ahead with the order... they sound like lots of fun...
Read more...I've made some beautiful Valentines cupcakes this weekend... really pleased with my photos (after the fab photographer from the EDP sorted my camera settings) and I can't get the little gems off my memory card... I can see them on my camera but I can't copy them off... AAAAAARRRRRGH! Watch this space... I will endeavour to get it sorted :-/
Read more...This is me after my first Scrumptious Buns photoshoot... my brother came over and we took this silly shot... which I quite liked as I'm about to devour a massive cupcake... well, I would've if I hadn't started Slimming World yesterday... grr!!
I now have 7x delicious looking cupcakes in the kitchen that I can't even touch... I can sniff them, but not eat them... far too many syns!!
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