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Peach Rose Cupcakes

May23

Peach Rose Cupcakes

Yesterday I posted my pretty Cream & Gold Cupcakes I made for Tracy’s birthday so it is perfect to follow that post with these cupcakes I made for Angela’s birthday.  I used the same Crystal Candy fun flower choc art discs  and embossed white sugar paste circles. Using a bright warm yellow and pastel peach edible colourings, I painted in the details of the embossed disc and added rolled sugarpaste centres to the embossed daisies.  I let these discs dry overnight before popping them on to a few of the lime flavoured cupcakes. The remaining cupcakes were decorated each with a trio of pastel peach and cream rolled roses. Happy Birthday Angela and once again always a pleasure to experiment with some new and beautiful cupcake ideas for you!

Peach Rose Cupcakes

                                                                                                  Peach Rose Cupcakes

Cream & Gold Flower Cupcakes

May22

Cream & Gold Flower Cupcakes

Wendy was delighted to have her beautiful daughter home recently to celebrate her birthday.  No birthday for a gorgeous girl would be complete without carefully ordered cupcakes from Cupcakes2Delite. For Tracy, Wendy asked me to do cupcakes in cream and gold. I wanted each cupcake to be special and have a different combination of the cream and gold colouring.  The soft rolled roses were perfect accompanied by a textured and painted gold leaf. I included a couple of ruffled cream flowers with pretty gold centres and completed the order with a couple of cupcakes covered with and embossed sugarpaste topper and rolled roses. These particular embossed templates are a new release from Crystal Candy. They are their Fun Flowers Choc Art disc moulds which I used to emboss the sugarpaste before cutting out with a circle cutter and adding to my buttercream iced cupcake.  The words, Live, Laugh & Love & the outlined daisies are so pretty on any cupcake for a special occasion. Thanks Wendy for choosing Tracy’s favourite colours for her order. It was great to hear that these cupcakes were enjoyed by friends and family in Johannesburg and the remainder were enjoyed by friends in Cape Town.

Cream & Gold Flower Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Tracy!

Cream & Gold Flower Cupcakes

Cream & Gold Flower Cupcakes

Tatty Teddy Figurine

May11

Tatty Teddy Figurine This sugarpaste Tatty Teddy was a challenge that Jan gave me for her daughter, Sue’s, birthday celebration last month.  Sue’s twin boy and girl are now a year old and this Tatty Teddy had to be especially for her twins.  It was Jan’s idea that the teddy would hold the blue and pink balloons which was at the same time a cute and challenging idea.  I wired the sugarpaste balloons, popped the length of covered wire into the cake and then disguised the wires with the twirled ribbons of the balloons.  Tatty Teddy was really fun to do and I loved adding the detailed patch and patchwork paws.  I added a spray of blue and pink sugarpaste buttons around the bottom of the cake and wrapped the board in a matching ribbon to complete this really cute cake.

Tatty Teddy Figurine

Mama Mia Cake Topper

May2

 

Mama Mia Cake

Celeste celebrated her 50th Birthday in Haga Haga in March and her theme was Mama Mia. This cake was a collaboration between Oshean of We Love Sugar in East London and myself.  I made a sugar paste cake topper based on the Mama Mia theme with the suitcase, sunhat, guitar and other beach goodies and Oshean and her team baked and decorated the cake for this topper. I was so delighted to see such a gorgeous cake with its inviting Greek doorway into a weekend of fun for Celeste and her guests.  Thank you Celeste for trusting Oshean and myself with your 50th Birthday Celebration!  Wishing you a wonderful year ahead and may you continue to celebrate every occasion with such passion and love.

Mamma Mia Cake Topper

Baby Girl Cupcakes

May2

Baby Girl Cupcakes

Soft pretty pink baby feet, polka dot baby shoes, tiny pink teddies, a sugar paste baby portrait and loads of cute buttons were perfect decorations for these cupcakes ordered by Wendy to celebrate a colleague’s Baby Shower to welcome a baby girl.  I was really excited to use my new frame mould and I added a tiny baby face to complete the sugar portrait.  The teddies looked really pretty dressed in a pink baby dress with a mini rolled rose and pearl beads for buttons. Wishing this baby many happy adventures in her life to come and her mom many happy moments as she watches her baby girl add her tiny footsteps and naughty giggles to this world.

Baby Girl Cupcakes

Baby Girl Cupcakes

                                                                                                          Pretty Pink Baby Wishes!

Backpack 21st Cake

May1

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake

Ross celebrated his 21st Birthday earlier this year and Tanya asked me to make a cake for him that would depict all his interests and passions. For as long as I have known Ross, he has always had a deep love for and interest in animals and he has a passion for the wild and for his photography of wild animals. The Backpack Cake was the easiest way to encorporate all these interests, the backpack of course represents every young man’s dream to travel. This backpack is inspired by one of Grace Stevens‘ cakes in her book, Celebration Cakes.

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake‘

Tucked neatly into the front pocket are a sugar paste zebra and lion, really keen to be studied and photographed. The zebra nonchalantly peers out from a side pocket. Ross has a Nikon camera and I am sure that he will take many wonderful pictures as he sets out on his adventures. Wishing you all the best Ross as you embark on the next chapter of your life!

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake

Backpack 21st Birthday Cake