Grandpa Smith celebrated his birthday in early January this year and his daughter-in-law, Angela, asked me to make a grandfather figurine cake for his special day. I had a photograph of this much loved grandpa and was told that one of his passions is golf so his cake was covered in a soft green sugar paste and I added a sugar paste golf green with its flag and a golf bag, golf club and balls to complete the theme for this cake. Grandpa Smith has a delightfully strong face and his big grey streaked eyebrows frame his friendly eyes and this is what I wanted to capture in this sugar paste figurine. His grey hair and glasses completed the look before I popped him onto his cake.
All the best Grandpa Smith for a wonderful year!
Completing the trilogy of sugar delights for Debbie’s 50th birthday were these Coral Flower Cupcakes I made. I used a medium and small 5 petal cutter for these flowers. The soft two tone flowers were completed with centres of tiny pearlised sugar beads before they were nestled onto the creamy iced tops of the cupcakes.
After a gorgeous birthday breakfast with friends it was time for Debbie to celebrate her 50th birthday with her family. Debbie (of Foxglove Landscape Designs) is super talented when it comes to making any garden just beautiful. The birds certainly sing a brighter and more cheerful song in my garden after Debbie has created her horticulture design magic in it. Debbie’s talent extends to her choice in friends as she has 2 gorgeous cake decorating friends in her life. Amber (of 
Making succulent cupcakes for an expert horticulturist was quite a challenge as I wanted to get them as close to looking like the real plants as possible. I popped the iced cupcakes into tiny terracotta pots and then sprinkled crushed oreo biscuits over the cupcakes for the soil. I made a variety of sugar paste succulents, dusted them with different shades of olive and grey greens and plum. It was a real compliment when Debbie arrived to her 50th Birthday Breakfast with her friends and wondered why there were succulent plants on the table as well as fresh flowers. Thanks Debbie for the opportunity to make your 50th birthday cupcakes and then share a wonderful morning with you and your friends.
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