This week in the kitchen.....

Hi All,

I've been having so much fun this week decorating cupcakes and miniature cakes in my favourite shabby chic style. Here's a selection of what has come out of the kitchen......

 Sugarpaste cupcakes with ribbon roses

 Playing around with white

 More rose cupcakes - you can never have too many right?

 Miniature cakes

There's that ribbon rose again....as you can tell I'm enjoying making them at the moment

Lastly, a little flower cluster....

Hope you are all having as much fun in the kitchen as I am this week!

Happy baking xx

Tall Cupcake

I've seen quite a few youtube videos recently about 'Tall Cupcakes' - made by stacking 3 cupcakes on top of each other then covering them with sugarpaste. I had a few spare cupcakes in the kitchen this morning so decided to give it a try. Here's how it turned out:

It's actually quite easy to put together - probably easier than miniature cakes. If you want to try to make them yourself, there is a lovely step by step tutorial available by Sugarbloom cupcakes.

And of course, once you have covered your tall cupcake in sugarpaste, you are free to decorate it however you like. I made some ribbon roses and pearl strands out of flower paste. How will you decorate yours?

Happy baking x

Playing with pastels

Today I'm in the kitchen decorating cupcakes in pastel hues. Here are some of the creations so far......

 Cabbage rose cupcake - simple but pretty

Cluster of ribbon roses and blossoms

Shabby chic bliss - with pale pink and white flowers

Now it's back to the kitchen to make some more.

Happy baking xx

Cookie Stacks

I've been making quite a few cookie stacks recently. They make sweet gifts for friends or are perfect little wedding favours. Each one is made up of 6 round cookies - two small, two medium and two large.
 

Once your cookies have cooled, stick them together with royal icing as shown below. The cookies will look like a mini 3-tiered cake.....so sweet!

You can then decorate them  using royal icing, sugarpaste decorations, glitter etc. Whatever takes your fancy. I made a few blossoms out of sugarpaste then glued them cascading down the front of the cookie stack with royal icing.

Here are some other examples:

This one has sugarpaste inbetween each cookie which makes the stack taller.

This one is decorated in a country garden theme. You can add as much or little decoration as you like!

Hope you enjoy making cookie stacks.

Happy baking x

Vintage Roses and Bows

Hi All,

Here is a selection of sweet vintage-inspired cupcakes I have made this week - they are perfect little treats for an afternoon tea party.

The cupcakes are covered in sugarpaste and then decorated with roses, bows and blossoms I made with flowerpaste. To finish them off I added accents of royal icing dots and edible pearls.

Hope you are all having a nice week.

Happy baking x

 

Babyshower cupcakes

Hi All,

Sorry I've been neglecting the blog quite a bit recently and only including regular posts on my facebook page. I have a few tutorials planned which I will upload from tomorrow, but to start with, here is a selection of some sweet babyshower cupcakes I made this week.

These cupcakes are decorated with sugarpaste baby-themed toppers, which I shaped by hand. The teddy bear in the centre is made using modelling paste in a Karen Davies teddy silicon mould. The little baby footprints are made using royal icing on a stencil.

I am running a few babyshower cupcake classes over summer in London so if you would like to come along and learn how to make these cupcakes and more, check out the website for course dates and details.

Happy baking x

Latest creations

Hi everyone,
Apologies for the lack of postings recently. I have been busy baking but haven't set aside any time to upload photos. Here's a selection of what's coming out of my kitchen these days...

First up are some shabby chic cupcakes decorated with handmade flowers and bows......so girly

I love playing around with duck egg (bluey-green) sugarpaste at the moment - such a pretty colour.

Next up are some mini cakes covered in sugarpaste......

and then another mini cake with a handmade sugar rose.......so pretty for a wedding

 

and here's another sugar rose I made......I'm finally getting the hang of how to make these.....

 

Next are a selection of flower cupcakes. I put these together as a sample for a class that I will be running from June to September at Cakeology called 'Garden Party Cupcakes'.

Last of all is another vintage inspired cupcake - I love making these

Hope you all have a lovely week.

Happy baking xx