This was a special cupcake created for Teigh’s girlfriend, Paige. A unique red satin-finished sugarpaste rose for his one-of-a-kind girl! His request was a cupcake with a single red rose and I added the miniature red hearts for some extra love on this cupcake. Teigh designed his own cupcake box on which he stamped A Taste of Love. His gift to her was a photobook of photos and poetry describing how much she means to him. Shakespeare and his poetic cronies are smiling down on this young couple with delight as they see the art of poetic love being still unashamedly used in the 21st century. How aptly we named this young man as Teigh, in Irish, means poet or philosopher. Words of love and appreciation are so precious in this technological age so thanks guys for sharing them so openly with each other and revelling in the beauty and expressiveness of our English language.
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When it comes to gifts and surprises then I am such a girl as I love presents in any shape or form and well who doesn’t love a great surprise? When it comes to cupcakes I have not held back in my enthusiasm and passion for them and my family, friends and the people I meet through these cupcake creations have all had their ears bent at many times as I not only love to bake cupcakes but also love to talk about them. The gift of this beautiful stand was a surprise as it was made for me in order to display my cupcakes and made with these dazzling beads which yes you guessed it … I love. Thank you Russell for capturing everything I love in this gift. It is so perfect with its 3 little glass display plates and pretty beads and fits 12-15 large cupcakes. It makes an elegant display stand on any table and I am loving using it already.
On the same afternoon I came home with my beautiful stand my friend Sonja surprised me with a pack of these rich raspberry-coloured cupcake holders. This made it a double excuse to bake some cupcakes immediately. Luckily during my trip to Edenvale and the Chocolate Den another few of their essences, this time raspberry, passionfruit and apple, made it into my basket. What could be more perfect than Raspberry and White Chocolate cupcakes to fill these cupcake holders and to grace my cupcake stand? Out came another gift I use often for the delicious recipes and icing ideas, Carol Pastor’s 75 Best-Ever Cupcakes. Wendy gave this to me for my last birthday and the recipe for the Raspberry Buttercream is easy and really delicious. Carol adds 25ml raspberry jam to her icing which gives it a sweet fruity taste and gorgeous colour. I added the raspberry essence to the cupcakes but not to the icing as the jam gives it plenty of flavour. Sprinkled with white chocolate chips these cupcakes were a designer ending to my day of surprises.
Whitney Houston Cupcake Tribute!
With Valentine’s Day around the corner and lovers all over the world planning to pay tribute to their loved ones through poetry, food, flowers and gifts, the most amazing love song has to come to mind and that is Whitney Houston’s, I Will Always Love You. This beautiful love song does not promise love for a moment or for a day but instead she promises a lifetime of love. If you are as young as I am you will remember this powerful song from her movie, The Bodyguard. Surely this beautiful singer, who tragically died this weekend at the age of 48, deserved a longer lifetime of love too. Whitney Houston’s song is the best selling single by a female artist of all times, she had beauty, talent and world fame at her feet from the time her exquisite voice was first discovered and it is shocking to realise that the world and her fans have lost such an icon.
This Valentine’s Day let all your loved ones know that you will always love them today and for all the tomorrows to come.
Little girl wishes and princess dreams,……
From cute blue smurfs to pretty pink blossoms… This 7 year old who celebrated her birthday last Sunday with her blue smurf themed party had to celebrate with all her school friends in the classroom on Monday as every girl needs every excuse to extend her birthday celebration for as long as possible. She shared these cupcakes with their pretty pink blossoms and pink sugar beads with her classmates and teachers and I am sure they all had fun as they ate these delectable pink sugary treats.
I photographed them here on my beautiful beaded wrought iron stand and then couldn’t resist taking a bit of cupcake licence and photographing them on the table with the beads dangling just beyond their reach.
Pink bows and pretty things,
Fancy dresses and golden rings,
Little girl wishes and princess dreams’
She dances on stars and moonlight beams.
-Veronica Curtis –
Smurfette and her Smurfs

This was a delightful birthday party to showcase my first smurfette cake and cupcakes . This little girl turned 7 on Sunday and she wanted a Smurf themed birthday party so her amazingly talented mom decorated the party table with blue and white sweets, smurf bottles, blue & white polka dot chair covers and she even had a slush machine with icey blue slush – it couldn’t have been a more perfect setting for the cutest smurf party next to a sparkling blue pool. This was the first time I tried my hand at bigger sugar art molding and after molding the smurfette’s dress, little legs with big feet and her gorgeous yellow hair I was delighted that she came out looking like a really cool smurfette, she even has a happy grin as if she is really proud to be sitting on her own cake. I kept the flowers fun and funky to match the smurfette. She was greeted with many oohs and aahs when I delivered her and that made my day, hopefully the grin on my face was as sweet as little miss smurfette’s grin.
Every girl needs a few admirers so those were made in the form of smaller smurfs on the cupcakes. I have to admit they look a little bit more goofy, but who wouldn’t when sitting next to such a blue beauty. The really happy one is holding a red birthday present and he looks ready to party and was granted pride of place when being photographed. For all the smurf experts out there please know that I used a bit of sugar art licence as this was the first time doing these cute little guys. The cupcakes in the blue and white polka dot holders, some with their smurfs on and the others with pretty blue flowers and blue sugar beads, completed the fantastic smurf decor. Once the visual excitement was over and the birthday guests ate the cake and cupcakes the verdict was………SMURFALICIOUS!
Turquoise and Black Wedding Cupcakes
Maxine and Steven got married on Saturday and they chose a colour scheme of Turquoise, black and white which is a fresh and modern colour scheme for any occasion. Jenna, Maxine’s sister, ordered the cupcakes for the wedding from me and it was brilliant to experience all the time, care and attention to detail she put into making sure the cupcakes were going to be perfect for her sister. Inspired by Jenna’s love for her sister, I wanted to make sure that each cupcake would surprise and delight the bride and groom and their wedding guests. Jenna and I agreed on 3 different flowers for the cupcakes, the black blossom and then the combination of the flat and shaped black and turquoise flowers. I embossed each flower before stacking them and giving them pearl sugar bead centres. Each cupcake was finished with a swirl of black beads (I found a brilliant long shaped tweezer from the Tool Shop and it makes it easier to place the beads on the cupcakes exactly where I need them – Yay my new favourite decorating tool!) The picture below shows another of the beautiful cupcake stands I ordered from Russell and it is brilliant to have these stands to showcase my cupcakes.
Thank you Jenna for your order and thanks to Jean for transporting the cupcakes to Glenburn Lodge. May this be just the first of many amazing family celebrations as Maxine and Steven begin their new life together














