A Whole Lot of Sweet

I won my boyfriend over with these cupcakes ;)

We were set up by friends and he knew I loved baking so I took along some Ferrero Rocher cupcakes to our first date...one year later and I'm teaching him how to decorate!

Wedding Party

A work colleague eloped and got married in Italy...she asked me to make her some cakes for the big wedding party they threw when they returned.

I decided to try my hand at white chocolate ganache and it came out pretty well!

I loved making the accompanying cupcakes...I'm pretty sure I made close to 100...my first big order.

The 80's Cake

The night before my cousins 30th birthday party...I get a frantic phone call...the cakes haven't risen. Half an hour later a very flushed cousin, best friend and another friend walk through my front door and we had new cakes baked in no time.

I'd never covered a cake in fondant...only watched YouTube videos so we decided to wing it. Armed with latex gloves, we start kneading lime green colour gel into 3kg of white fondant....while bestie prepped vodka jelly shots.

We made 2 tiers, one chocolate and one vanilla...one of them was gluten free but don't ask me which. To add to the 80's theme we did some pac-man cupcakes :)

We had such a fun night, drinking champers...eating pizza...I had a Columbian housemate at the time and I think she thought we were all nuts...making cakes until 2am but we ended up with a fantastic cake! 

Arsenal Part 2

Another update...some photos of the birthday boy and his cake...

Well here is the finished product...my first and quite possibly my last ever soccer cake haha

It was a frustrating task having to cut all the shapes by hand (because I forgot to buy a cutter) and after the first layer none of the shapes fit in together so I had to cut each one to fit separately.

Quite happy with the overall look though...you can even eat the Arsenal logos!

  

Arsenal

I'm in the process of making my first soccer ball cake...after purchasing my first soccer ball cake tin.

The cake took FOREVER to bake, but was so soft and fluffy once it was done. The other half helped me level it, I stired some sweetened mixed berries through white chocolate ganache and filled the cake with it...yummo! Then a thin layer of buttercream on the outside and ivory fondant.

Tonight I'll complete the cake design.

Fathers Day

My old man lives a few hours away but we were lucky enough to have dinner with him and the family the weekend just gone.

I made him a dozen of my new white chocolate and raspberry cupcakes...went down a treat after a lovely Italian meal.

RSPCA Cupcake Day

This year I decided to put my baking skills to good use and participate in the RSPCA Cupcake Day...what a mission!

A whole day of baking and decorating...I made white chocolate & raspberry, orange & poppy seed, vanilla, gluten free chocolate and then gluten free chocolate & raspberry.

Some lovely ladies I work with also bought in some scrumptious delights...was a very successful day!