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Birthday Cake for a Baker

Cake for a BakerCake for a Baker

Jeanine is another client of mine who is passionate about the cupcakes and cakes that I make and as she has an appreciation for all things beautiful this cake had to be extra pretty.  Jeanine ordered a cake for her daughter’s 30th birthday celebration and as she is a baker I thought it would be cool to add baking goodies to the top of her cake.  The miniature eggs in their egg box, the cupcakes and the cake are all sugar paste and I used pastel colours to match the colour scheme for the birthday.  To get the silver shimmer of the baking tray I dusted the finished tray with a Rolkem lustre powder before adding the tiny cupcakes with their sprinkled tops.  I finished the cake off with layers of pastel pink and blue ruffles and a pretty embossed pink apron.

Cake for a Baker

This message from Jeanine makes all the weekend hours worth it: “Thanks a million AGAIN! The cake was beyond my expectation – absolutely beautiful and I can SO appreciate the love, passion and work that you put into it! ” I was so touched at your reaction to seeing the cake when you collected it and delighted that I could add to your daughter’s 30th birthday celebration!

Ballet & Rock Bride & Groom!

Ballet & Rock Bride & Groom

This post is long overdue as I made this sugar couple for Rezelle and Dion who got married in a wonderfully romantic service a couple of months ago.  They chose as the theme for their wedding Ballet versus Rock as Rezelle has had a passion for ballet since she could walk and Dion is a talented musician and performer and loves his music.  It was amazing to be a part of this special couple’s wedding in making their cake topper and the wedding cupcakes and then being invited with my family to celebrate their wedding service and reception with them.  I had tremendous fun creating these two characters to resemble Rezelle and Dion and I was delighted with their reaction on seeing their wedding cake topper.  The cupcakes I made in bright and pale pastels to match the colour scheme of the day.  What awesome families you two have and how perfectly they each helped in their own way to make your day memorable.

Wedding CupcakesBallet & Rock Wedding Cupcakes

I photographed the Ballet and Rock bride and groom as they sat comfortably on their beautiful wedding cake made for Rezelle and Dion by Sarah of Sugar Cookie Cakes.  Sarah had designed the wedding cake with a cascade of rainbow roses from the top to the bottom tier and the sugar Rezelle and Dion were a perfect topper to such a beautiful cake.  I wish you many years filled with happiness, joy, dance and music!

Ballet & Rock Bride & Groom

Volkswagen Beetle Birthday Cake for 3 Friends!

Volkswagen Beetle Birthday Cake

With 3 birthdays closely following each other, Shaunagh came up with the idea to host the party for these 3 of our scrapbooking friends at her home. Not only did Shaunagh treat us to a delicious and beautifully served lunch but we had fun party entertainment provided by Lisa (TQO), an abundance of presents to be opened by the 3 birthday girls, loads of laughter and chatter, a grand meeting of Kaiser, Shaunagh’s infamous dog, and of course a cake to celebrate Lisa (TQO), Lisa, our teacher, and Tracy’s birthday. Instead of a cake each I designed a combination cake for them with a bright yellow VW beetle as the backdrop to the 3 figurines. My son was so helpful in helping me get the character of the VW right, so thanks Teigh, you always have the time to offer me advice in all my designs!

Lisa, our scrapbooking teacher, is the figurine sitting sweetly meditating in a comfortable yoga pose on top of the beetle. She is smiling serenely as she loves her yoga and pilates and knows she looks totally gorgeous with her beautiful soft blonde curls. Lisa (TQO) is the figurine with the fun, cheeky face and short funky black hair who is trying to remain sensible looking while touching her toes. This figurine is as mischievous as Lisa is in real life because she started off in a ‘downward dog ‘ pose but when her head fell off I changed her into a sitting pilates pose!  Tracy of course is completely well behaved and I depicted her as a Lysianthus wedding planner fairy complete with her wedding planning books as she has had the most exciting year with both her daughter and son getting married within months of each other. She looks as pretty in her little purple dress as Tracy looked in both sets of wedding photos. Just loved celebrating with these 3 special women on my life and delighted you loved your individual figurines girl!

Volkswagen Beetle Birthday Cake

Up Up … and Away!

Hot Air Balloon CupcakesAnother fun order of cupcakes from Jenny meant I could experiment with colour and patterns on these Hot Air Balloon Cupcakes.  The cupcakes were to celebrate her niece, Caitlyn’s, 21st birthday and her husband, Bill’s, birthday. As the birthday adventure involved an early morning hot air balloon ride, Jenny asked me to do cupcakes with this theme. I used circle cutters to cut out the balloons and then swopped out contrasting colours to create the top of the balloons. The final detail was added in the baskets and decorations and stitching on the balloons and they were a perfect sweet addition to an exciting birthday morning. Happy Birthday Caitlyn and Bill! Thanks again for your order Jenny and for the pics of the balloons in the early morning.

Hot Air Balloon Cupcakes

Wedding Thank You Cupcakes

Wedding Thank You Cupcakes

Wedding Thank You Cupcakes

Wedding Thank You Cupcakes

 

This order for these Wedding Thank You Cupcakes was another one of many orders from clients who place an order not just for cupcakes but for cupcakes made with the recipient of the cupcakes in mind. Michelle’s attention to detail in letting me know what needed to be on each cupcake was brilliant as I could create the cupcakes with a dash of individuality in order for Candy to say a huge thank you to her bridesmaids and other ladies who were involved in making her wedding day so special.

This is just the perfect thank you that any baker could receive:

” Hi Lisa

Just wanted to drop you a short note to thank you so much for the beautiful cupcakes which you made for Candy’s bridal ‘Thank You’ tea. Each one was more beautiful than its predecessor…the bridesmaids and other special ‘worker bee’ ladies absolutely loved their personalised cupcake…very few were eaten…they wanted to take them home and frame them they were so exquisite! I on the other hand ate two, thoroughly enjoyed them and kept the intricately moulded flowers and bridesmaids dress as a memory!!! Not sure if the sugar paste decorations will even survive the week as every time I look at them I am tempted to take a nibble!

Kindest regards

Michelle Panos “

Wedding Thank You Cupcakes

Wishing you happiness Candy in your married life and I am sure there will be loads of fun and joy with such a caring and loving group of women around you from mom who took such care with this order to granny who fetched them so carefully for you and of course all the recipients of your tasty thank you treats!

Blue & Coral Ruffle Flower Cake

Ruffle Flower Cake Brian not only surprised Helen with the Artist themed cupcakes on her 60th birthday but again the following weekend with another sweet delight in the form of this Blue & Coral Ruffled Flower Cake he ordered from me. I used the Wiltons Delphinium Blue and Rolkems Tiger Lily Food Colouring for the flowers and ruffled 4 layers of flowers before adding pearls to their centres.  I used a lighter shade of these 2 colours to complete the ruffles for the cake and then nestled a few pearls here and there in the ruffle layers. Thanks Brian for giving me inspiration from Helen for the colours and for trusting me with your orders for Helen’s birthday and I was pleased to hear about the reactions to both the cupcakes and the cake!Ruffled Flower CakeRuffled Flower Cake