Friday 25 May 2012

Just for the girls

I am not the most girly girl you have ever met.  In fact far from it.  I actually went out of my way not to put my daughter in pink when she was first born.  So I was really surprised with myself that I LOVED doing this weeks cakes. I think there might be some femininity hiding deep down that I was not aware of.  These cakes are for all the girls that dreamed of being ballerinas and princesses as kids or maybe still dream of that.










Monday 21 May 2012

Recent Projects

I thought I would share with you some projects over the last week.


For my facebook page I ran a competition for mothers day to win a cake pop bouquet.  The winning mum had several nominations from her family who are very blessed to have her in their life by the sounds of it.  You can visit my facebook page to see the nomination.  I was sick over mothers day with a tummy bug (a little unfair if you ask me!) so wasn't able to make the cake pops so I had to post-pone until this past weekend.  


This adorable heart shaped biscuits were made for a lovely little girls 1st birthday party.  Each one was packaged individually with a cute little label made by my husband. 




This cake was made for a First Holy Communion.  I was asked just to do the wording on the cake and was provided with the bible to go on top.  I am quite pleased in the end with how it turned out.  It is a vanilla pound cake with a vanilla buttercream icing. 

Saturday 19 May 2012

Happy Birthday to my husband!

It was my husbands 30th birthday on Friday.  I had a lot to live up to - he took me to Melbourne for 5 days for my 30th last year.  I couldn't really take him anywhere BUT I could certainly spoil him with food because that's what I do!  So, I woke up early and cooked him breakfast, the kids made him cookies, I sent him to work with cupcakes to share and I made him a cake!  The cake and cupcakes are white chocolate banana mudcake and were super yummy.  The cake is really only one of two cakes for him.  He's having a party in a few weeks where I have great plans for a much grander cake.  He has a recent love of mountain biking so I had to make it the theme of the cake.

Happy Birthday babe!





Tuesday 15 May 2012

Grandads birthday

Yesterday I made a cake for my Grandad who had to celebrate his birthday at home with his wife (my Grandma) in the hospital.  Not a nice way to spend your birthday so I wanted to brighten his day a little.  My Grandad has always been an incredibly hard working man, a farmer then orchardist, he has always provided well for his family.  I did this scene of him in a garden because he still likes to spend time these days gardening or out on an orchard despite the fact that he is 81 and retired.  He has "grown" an incredible family as well (6 kids!) who have had many kids themselves and now those kids are having kids (and I will say, although biased, I think my family is pretty fantastic) .  So far he has six great grandchildren with two on the way! And its only just beginning.  Half of my cousins aren't even in their twenties yet!  What a legacy!  Happy Birthday Grandad!



Thursday 10 May 2012

Polymer Clay Figurines

Ok, I am looking for some feedback from my readers here.  I would love to hear what you have to say.  I have started playing around with polymer clay to make figurines.  This is my first attempt and I still have quite a ways to go before perfecting it!  My question is this:  If you were getting a cake with figurines on it, would you prefer them made out of the icing or would you like a customized figurine out of the clay which will last indefinitely and can be a keepsake for many years to come?   Each one could be customized to the person who the cake is for whether it be a birthday, wedding, etc.  Would you buy something like this to put on a cake you made yourself? (ie, from online ordering) I could even do international orders so would love to hear from my overseas readers as well.


Sunday 6 May 2012

Fairy Princess Cupcakes

Trialing a new recipe for cupcakes is never a good idea when you have cupcakes to make for someone which is what I did for these fairy princess cupcakes.  It took me 3-4 batches before I got it right but it was worth the effort.  I ended up with beautiful vanilla cupcakes which look lovely with this fairy princess and the crowns surrounding her.  Perfect for a 5 year old!






Wednesday 2 May 2012

Tan Slice

Last week I had a slice at mainly music that I have not been able to get out of my head.  In fact I have probably been dreaming about it.  It was that good.  I do have a weakness for butter and this had no shortage of it.  I went in search of it thinking it was a caramel slice but when I came across the tan slice I knew that this was what I had.  Luck would have it that I had a can of sweetened condensed milk in my cupboard thanks to my sister in law.  What I didn't have was golden syrup but I did have treacle so I used this instead and I actually think I prefer it as it gave it a golden colour rather than the pale colour its meant to be and it didn't affect the taste much at all.  This didn't last long at all.  I did give half of it away much to my husbands disgust but it was for the best as the whole lot would have probably gone as quickly as half of it!

Here is the recipe: http://www.chelsea.co.nz/baking-and-recipes/1358/tan-slice.aspx