Mad Hatter Kitchen Tea

Busy weekend  again, Mad Hatters / Alice in Wonderland cake for a bachelorette party, Corset cake for a bachelorette party and Transformers cake and cupcakes for a 6th Birthday party. 

Mad Hatters Cake

 4 Tier semi topsy turvy cake,  Bottom tier is chocolate sponge with chocolate butter cream icing and top three tiers are vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream icing.

Grinning Cheshire Cat

Corset Cake

Chocolate Mud Cake covered with chocolate ganache and iced with sugar paste.

Transformers

Vanilla sponge cake filled and iced with vanilla butter cream icing and covered with sugar paste.

Dora the Explorer

My youngest daughter turned 2 last week and as she's currently Dora the explorer mad, we decided to do a Dora themed party and cake.  Seeing as the family was all going to be here, the cake had to be adult friendly as well so the bottom layer was chocolate mudcake, filled and covered with chocolate ganache, middle layer was carrot cake filled and covered with cream cheese icing and the top layer was vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream icing.

Dora

Backpack and Map

Boots

Wanted to put Swiper on the cake as well, but with Tinkerbell, the Christening cake and a giant cupcake all on the same day, Swiper didn't quite materialise.  Maybe next time...

Tinkerbell's Teapot

Wasn't sure how this was going to turn out, usually do my teapots as purely decorative, made out of polystyrene, but this one was done with chocolate sponge.  All worked out fine though and I was rather pleased with the way Tinks little teapot house turned out.

Tinkerbell's Teapot House

Tinkerbell

Cake is chocolate sponge, filled and iced with chocolate buttercream then covered in sugar paste.  All decor, including Tink is modelling paste.

Looking at it now, I think I should have added some tufts of grass and smaller flowers with royal icing, just to add some texture to the cake, but overall, happy with the result.

Cupcakes!!!!

Once again, it's been too long since I posted anything, been a busy bee with little one's birthday and all sorts of other things that just seem to eat up any spare time I have lurking around!

Made these cute little cupcakes for a Princess themed party, they had to be pink and lilac and sparkly and girly!

Princess Cupcakes

Then did these Michael Jackson cupcakes to go with an MJ image cake, classic vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing .

Michael Jackson - King of Pop!!

Last were the Kitty Cat cupcakes for a 30th birthday party, once again, vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream icing.

Cats

Cupcake-in-a-Jar - a decadent treat for one!

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A client mailed me a photo of this amazing idea and I just had to give them a try!  I think they're just too gorgeous and such a stunning idea for a wedding, or as a little handout.  With Secretary's Day and Spring Day coming up, what better way to show a token of your appreciation than with a delectable cupcake, all packed up and pretty and ready to eat!

The cupcakes below are vanilla sponge with strawberry buttercream icing.

Cupcakes can be filled with any one of our delicious fillings before being topped off with either buttercream or ganache.  Imagine fluffy chocolate sponge, smothered in delectable chocolate truffle, or soft vanillla sponge, filled with strawberry preserve and covered in a rich vanilla buttercream frosting... The possibilities are endless!

Jars can be labelled with custom made labels to tie in with your function and colour co-ordinated to match your theme. 

Mickey Mouse Club House

Been a little while since I was here, but back now with some new cakes done over the last few weeks.  First is a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake, with Mickey, Minnie and Pluto sugar paste figures.  First attempt at Mickey Mouse and co, so will get better with practice!

Cake is chocolate sponge with chocolate butter cream icing, covered in sugar paste.

All Blacks Rugby Jersey Cake

Picked up a lot of flack from the Bok supporters for this cake!  Chocolate sponge with chocolate buttercream icing, covered with sugar paste.  Adidas and All Blacks logo are done with royal icing.

Baby Shower

Made these cupcakes for my sister-in-law to take to a baby shower.  Cupcakes were deliciously light vanilla sponge, iced with pink tinted vanilla buttercream and decorated with sugar paste baby faces.

Spiderman

Spiderman cake for a 3rd birthday, two tier chocolate sponge with chocolate buttercream and sugar paste. Royal icing spiderwebs and sugar paste buildings.

Mad Hatters 2

Had a last minute order for a Mad Hatters themed cake and cupcakes for a client doing a charity function today, lots of bright colours, spots and stripes. Cake was vanilla sponge with creamy vanilla butter icing and cupcakes were double chocolate with crazy coloured vanilla butter cream icing.

Mad Hatters Cake

Cupcakes

The cherry on top..... the cake was auctioned off at the function, fetched a ridiculous price and all proceeds went to the charity concerned. Full details to follow later.... :-)

Ahoy Me Hearties!

Well, I've just been given a serious talking to by my other neice because I haven't posted her birthday cake yet, so here you go Shan, hope I'm back in the good books! :-)

The pirate ship was chocolate sponge, filled with chocolate ganache and then covered in individual sugar paste planks.  The sails are made from sugar paste with printed icing sheets stuck over them with the lettering and the sand is brown sugar.  Pearls are made from sugar paste.  The treasure chest was made from sugar paste using a chocolate mould.

This next pirate cake was for a clients birthday and was vanilla sponge filled wtih vanilla butter cream icing, covered with sugar paste.

Mad Hatters Tea

This cake was for my neice's 11thbirthday.  Her theme was Mad Hatters Tea Party.  The cake was vanilla sponge with whipped white chocolate ganache filling amd was covered in sugar paste.  I cheated on the  teapot and used a polystyrene ball instead of sponge!

These traditional vanilla sponge cupcakes were for a Mad Hatters themed tea at a well known hotel.  They were iced with deliciously decadent vanilla buttercream icing and topped with sugar paste decorations.

Farmyard

Farmyard cake made for my nephew's first birthday. Base as chocolate sponge filled with chocolate ganache and covered in sugar paste.  Barn is vanilla sponge filled with white chocolate ganache and covered in sugar paste.

Tinkerbell

Okay, after months of trial and error trying to put this blog together, I've finally got to the point where I'm ready to do my first post!

This Tinkerbell cake was done for a little girls birthday last week.  The base is chocolate sponge filled with chocolate butter cream and Tinks skirt is vanilla sponge filled with vanilla butter cream.  Both are covered wtih sugar paste and decorated with royal icing and sugar paste accents.  Wings are acetate and came with the doll.

Tinkerbell