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Pretty in Pink 21st Cupcakes

Feb9

Pink Blossom 21st Cupcakes

Shayna continued her 21st Birthday celebrations on Sunday with more friends and family and of course more tasty cupcakes. She asked me to do white chocolate cupcakes with a strawberry filling and then ice them and decorate with pretty cascading blossoms.  I used a really quick and delicious strawberry jam recipe from Sam Linsell’s book, Drizzle and Dip, and mixed the jam with mascarpone cheese before adding it as a filling to the white chocolate cupcakes.  I iced half the cupcakes with a chocolate icing and the rest with a strawberry icing and then added the pretty blossoms with their tiny beaded centres to the cupcakes.  It was brilliant to celebrate Shayna’s 21st with her, her family and guests as we have all watched her grow up into the beautiful young woman she is today.  Thanks again Shayna for your exciting cupcake orders and hope that your 21st birthday will be a memory you will treasure for ever.

Pink Blossom 21st Cupcakes

 

Shayna’s 21st Cupcakes!

Feb2

Pink & LIme Green Flower Cupcakes

Pink & LIme Green Flower Cupcakes

Michelle’s beautiful daughter, Shayna, celebrated her 21st birthday with her family and these gorgeous cupcakes that she asked me to make for her.  As Shayna spends almost all her waking hours  in an industry that is creative and innovative I was not surprised when she asked me to do something different with the cupcakes for her special celebration.  In keeping with the soft pink and lime green colour theme, Shayna ordered lime cupcakes with a lime curd filling.  My reliable google searches took me to Martha Stewart’s website and I used her Key Lime Curd recipe and the result was a curd with a hint of  buttery sugary sweetness along with a zingy taste of lime.  All the cupcakes were filled and iced and then decorated with a pretty pink and lime green daisy, flower or butterfly.  Michelle’s idea was to use the cupcakes in boxes as name place settings and she handmade and wrote beautiful tags to place on the boxes.  Thanks to Shayna’s zesty requests and Michelle’s attention to detail the cupcakes in their boxes were perfect for Shayna’s 21st birthday lunch.  I love your creative way of thinking Shayna and the way you express your passion for your work so eloquently.  Wishing you a wonderful 21st birthday, you looked gorgeous, your cupcakes looked pretty and today was just perfect in every way for your celebration.

Pink & Lime Green Flower Cupcakes

Pink & Lime Green Flower Cupcakes

21st Birthday Cupcakes

Cappuccino Cupcakes

Feb2

Cappuccino Cupcakes

Thank you Alison for your 2nd order of birthday cupcakes to celebrate with your scrapbooking friends.  I take it as a compliment that you enjoyed the cappuccino cupcakes so much last year that you chose the flavour for these cupcakes again.  Definitely the best experience about making cappuccino cupcakes, after tasting them of course, is when you open the box and the coffee aroma wafts up to entice your senses! Nestled into the delightful coffee icing, I added a sugar paste flower and bird for Alison as she loves birds. I am sure you enjoyed your creamy cappuccino cupcakes and had fun celebrating while taking part in one of your favourite hobbies.

Cupcakes for Jo’s Sweet Sixteen Birthday!

Jan20

Sweet Sixteen Cupcakes

With Jo celebrating her Sweet Sixteenth Birthday this year her mom,Liz, asked me to do cupcakes for the celebration and she chose a Strawberries and Cream theme for the cupcakes and decor.  She surprised Jo with pizza, balloons, presents, cupcakes and messages from all her friends during her school lunch break.  I baked  Strawberry and White Chocolate Cupcakes in these delicate pink and white flower cupcake cases and then made a creamy vanilla icing to top them.  I cut flowers in a variety of shapes in deep pink, pale pink and white and then combined them giving them either a contrasting rolled rose or beaded centre. Immediately after icing the cupcakes I gave each one a sprinkling of pink or white beads before adding a flower.  Thanks Liz for your order of these cupcakes for your delightful daughter and I am pleased that Jo enjoyed her surprise and her cupcakes.

Pink & White Flower Cupcakes

 

Going Dilly with a drizzle of Passionfruit!

Jan18

Passionfruit Cupcakes & White Chocolate Cupcakes

Two posts in a row with Passionfruit and White Chocolate Cupcakes, so yes I have gone dilly for passionfruit.  Tracy, also one of my top commenters last year, celebrated her birthday in December. As she was away over that time she received a very belated present and cupcakes from me this week. Drizzled with passionfruit, I couldn’t resist photographing them with these white chocolate chips and a spoonful of the passionfruit.  I added a sprinkling of yellow edible beads to complement the gorgeous summery yellow of the fruit.  Hope you had fun Tracy eating your belated cupcakes and thank you for taking the time out last year to comment and compliment my cupcakes on my blog.

Passionfruit Cupcakes & White Chocolate Cupcakes

Passion Fruit and Orange Cupcakes

Jan18

Passionfruit & Orange Cupcakes

2013 will be a year of trying out new flavours and new looks for my cupcakes and as it was Daniel’s birthday last week it gave me another opportunity to try out something slightly different.  I have made the Passionfruit and White Chocolate Cupcakes before and they were a hit so I made them again adding a cream cheese icing to the cupcakes and a delicious drizzle of passion fruit with a sprinkling of white chocolate bits to the top.  I was inspired by some beautifully aromatic imported oranges I bought from Woolworths to make Orange and White Chocolate Cupcakes to add to Daniel’s gift.  I added the juice and rind of the oranges to my vanilla cupcake recipe as well as a generous helping of white chocolate chips and then added some grated orange zest to the final iced cupcakes for an added orange twist.  My favourite chocolate treat, Chuckles, provided the perfect topping for these cupcakes.  Happy Birthday Daniel and thank you for all the amazing dance inspiration and creative energy you put into every dance lesson.  I hope my culinary creativity went down well!

Passionfruit & Orange Cupcakes