Upsy Daisy Cupcake Tower

My son's beautiful friend since they were 6 weeks old also turned 2 in October and I created an Upsy Daisy themed cupcake tower. It was a hit!

I am Back!!

Hello out there! Apologies for my lack of blogging in the last 6 months. Work has been hectic and my son has been in and out of hospital with chest infections.

I have decided that in the new year I will start baking again and hopefully blog more often as good news may be around the corner that will make me super busy.

The 'good news' is not confirmed yet so I will keep it secret for now but I will post about it sometime in Feb 2010. Wish me luck!

Until next time!

I will leave you with the cake I made my son for his 2nd birthday....a Thomas the Tank Engine Cake....my first attempt!

Stolen Pictures

I have finally become victim to this after 2 years of posting my pictures on the web. It is apparently a very common thing and there really is no way of controlling the situation. My flickr contacts were kind enough to notify me of my stolen pics and my pics were of the website by the evening after a very firm email sent to the culprit from my furious husband.

The website is http://www.cupcake-dreamy.net based in Singapore. I had a quick look and almost all of her picture, including her gallery are all stolen! I cant believe they can pass them off as their own. I just wonder what the cupcakes look like that they end up giving to their customers. I am sure it doesnt look like the pictures they have stolen.

All I can say is the Flickr network is very HUGE and if anyone tries to take pictures off our photostreams and claim it as their own - they will be caught!

Dorothy the Dinosaur Cupcake Tower

My beautiful niece turned 1 last week and this was thr cake I created for her. She loves The Wiggles especially Dorothy the Dinosaur.

I hand modelled the decorations and I was particularly happy with Dorothy, although I did forget her tail...oops!

I did two versions of the cupcake decorations but I have yet to get the pics of the other version (large cupcakes with rose toppers in pink, yellow and red)

Black and White Cupcakes

This was for a friend's birthday. I recently bought printed cupcake liners and I used it to select the colour scheme of the decorations.

I also dont cover cupcakes woth fondant but since buying the Planet Cake book by Paris Cutler, I thought I would give it a go. It was a lot more time consuming than swirled icing but th eeffect is great. I wouldnt be keen on doing this for large quantities...

I embossed the cupcakes using the GrapeVine Wilton mat and then used a sugracraft gun to follow the swirl design using black fondant. 

May Birthday Cupcakes

For my family's May birthday celebrations. I created cupcakes for each celebrant. I recently purchased the Planet Cake Book by Paris Cutler and this design was featured in her book. I thought I would give it a go...very rushed job. 

Ben 10 Cupcake Tower with Aliens