Jané celebrated her 9th birthday with a Horse Riding Themed Birthday Party. Not only was there tremendous excitement of being able to ride horses at her birthday, but there was at the same time careful and detailed planning that went into her celebration cake. Jané’s mom, Janita, knew exactly what the cake and cupcakes should look like. She asked me to do a horse and rider figurine sitting in a field with flowers and a waterfall. The colour scheme was teal, turquoise and pink and I used all these colours in the rider’s checked shirt, scarf and boots. I popped the cute rider and horse onto a bright green iced ‘field’ cake and then constructed the flowing water of the waterfall with strips of thin embossed and ruffled sugar paste. Tiny pearls were perfect for the bubbles bouncing on top of the water at the base of the waterfall. I added flowers, a horseshoe and a rosette to complete the cake.
The cupcakes were fun to do with one special cupcake decorated with a mini horse & rosette and the rest with printed horse discs and horse shoes, rolled roses and pretty flowers. I certainly couldn’t have had more fun making this birthday cake and it was such a pleasure to know that both Jané and Janita were delighted with my interpretation of a Horse and Rider Cake.
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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