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Cheshire Cat Cupcake

Sep5
Cupcake with Sugarpaste Cheshire Cat

Say Cheese!

I had an order for Alice in Wonderland cupcakes for a little girl’s party on Saturday.  I was delighted as yet another chance to do mad hatter hats, pocket watches and teacups in different colours.  I thought I would challenge myself and try and make a sugarpaste cheshire cat.  After researching pictures and mulling over how to make this cute and rather naughty cat I eventually decided on the youtube option.  I don’t normally go on youtube as I don’t have the patience to wait for the video download.  However seeing as there was no download forthcoming from my own brain I decided to go the electronic route instead!

I put my icing mat and tools in front of my computer and as the delightful youtuber explained to my cheshire cat challenged brain I followed her instructions.  I was so delighted to have a rather good-looking cheshire cat by the time the video was finished – all of a couple of minutes.  I added on my own eyes and my son insisted he should have eyebrows too.  I have to say a huge thank you  to youtube and the artists who take the time to share their knowledge electronically.  I am now a fan and hopefully will be able to share some other creations with you all as I catch up on youtube in between episodes of So You Think You can Dance.                                                  

Alice in Wonderland Cupcakes

Chinese Please

Jul24
Chinese Themed Cupcakes

China here we come!

These cupcakes were inspired by a farewell party for a couple going on holiday to China.  I thought these cupcakes would capture the mood of a Chinese holiday perfectly.  Again I did some google research for ideas and made these cute Chinese lanterns and fans. 

 

Chinese Themed Cupcakes

Oodles of Noodles

My son had the brilliant idea of a bowl of noodles and chopsticks so I made little black bowls of noodles and then iced the rest of the cupcakes to make them look like a big bowlsof noodles.  I used toothpicks for the chopsticks and cut them in half for the chopsticks on the small bowls. 

Tracy’s Tinky Birthday Cake.

Jul24
Dog Cake

Tinky

I had the chance to make another birthday cake for another awesome scrapper in our Wednesday group, Tracy.  Tracy has a passion for bright colourful paper and her layouts as a result are always bright and funky reflecting her cheerful personality.  She is also a kind, generous and fun person to have in the class.  Her birthday cake was inspired by her love for her gorgeous Schnauzer, Tinky.  Thanks to a cute photo of Tinky I managed to capture a little of her character in the cake for Tracy.  I had to include a cupcake each for her bowl of water and bowl of food.  I found these iced dog bones at Kadees in Fourways and they finish off the bowl perfectly.  The bow I made from pink icing.  I know Tracy loved her cake and I had a great deal of fun making it for her.

Cute Teacup Cupcakes.

Jul13

Time for Tea!

These cupcakes were for a lady who does scrapbooking at the Memory Shed.  She was celebrating her 70-something birthday and  Lisa said she wanted cupcakes with teacups on them. These are the little pink and lavender teacups with teaspoons I made for them.  (Hint – these were really simple to make.  I moulded a small round ball of coloured fondant and then using a tool with a rounded end moulded the ball into the teacup.  The saucer I made cutting out circles from the fondant.  From the leftover fondant I cut out small flowers which I stuck on to the teacups.)

Teacher’s Pet Cupcakes

Jul12

Teacher's Pet Apple Cupcakes

I couldn’t wait to try out Martha Stewart’s Apple Cupcakes so used the opportunity to experiment on Sunday as the church needed some cakes for their cake sale.  These cupcakes didn’t turn out as round as my others but that was more my fault for not taking time to read the recipe properly but they tasted delicious full of apple, cinammon and nutmeg so I will be making these again.

I topped them off with a cream cheese icing and an apple I made out of red fondant to which I added a clove for the stalk (thanks Lisa – the quiet one fot the idea) and they not only smelt and tasted delicious but they looked really cute.  I copied Martha Stewart’s brilliant way of displaying her apple cupcakes as I thought it was really clever.

Inspirational Beauty

Jul7
Birthday Cake for a Scrapbooker

Lisa - Our Inspirational Beauty

Yesterday was Lisa’s birthday and it was a privilege to make a cake especially inspired by her.  Lisa is the owner of the most brilliant scrabbooking shop – The Memory Shed in RandPark Ridge.  Wednesday mornings are my favourite morning of the week as we scrap with a fun group of ladies and we have Lisa to inspire us and generally  keep us from going off the scrapping rails!

This cake depicts a double layout of Lisa’s shop set in its gentle and peaceful surrounds.  What you can’t see are all the cats that Lisa has rescued, fed and loved over the years, all the chickens, roosters and guineal fowl that visit her on a daily basis for a chat and all the scrappers she has inspired in this wonderful environment over the years she has had her shop.

Thanks Lisa for being such a kind, loving, giving and inspirational beauty to us all (4-legged friends included here).