Noah's Ark Cake

This was definitely one of the most fun cakes to make. A chocolate cake Ark, topped with lots of little animals. 

This was the first time I've attempted painting on the icing with food colouring to get a wood effect, I would definitely recommend this rather than trying to marble lots of shades of brown together; was much quicker!

I chose the animals that would give the most variety in colour and that might appeal to a one year old. I know that my girls were very disappointed when this one left the house!!

Cupcakes for all Occasions

Flower Cupcakes

I made a rather large batch (over 100) of flower cupcakes; I had bought some new sugar paste flower moulds and was keen to try them out. They took a little bit of getting used to, but I can safely say that after making at least 300 little flowers I became quite efficient!

Lemon and Raspberry Cupcakes

These little cakes had a lemon sponge with a raspberry jam filling, topped with lemon and cream cheese buttercream and a fresh raspberry!! Yum Yum! One of my favourites!!

Moulin Rouge inspired Cupcakes

Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. These were inspired by a Moulin rouge theme, lots of red and black and plenty of glitter!!!

Sherbet Lemon Cupcakes

Cupcakes for a sherbet obsessed friend. These Cupcakes had a lemon sponge, injected with lemon sugar syrup, topped with a sherbet lemon buttercream and dusted with more sherbet! 

Cake Catch Up – Anniversary Cake with a British/ American Theme

I haven’t blogged in a while, so thought I’d do a little cake catch up.

First off, a cake I made for a wedding anniversary that needed a British/American theme.

I found it hard to begin with to find inspiration; I knew I would keep the colours red, white and blue, but then I found some very cute little rice paper butterflies on eBay.  They had British and American flags on that had a sort of vintage feel. Perfect. So I went with a more vintage palette and the cake just sort of evolved.