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Tracy’s Tinky Birthday Cake.

Jul24
Dog Cake

Tinky

I had the chance to make another birthday cake for another awesome scrapper in our Wednesday group, Tracy.  Tracy has a passion for bright colourful paper and her layouts as a result are always bright and funky reflecting her cheerful personality.  She is also a kind, generous and fun person to have in the class.  Her birthday cake was inspired by her love for her gorgeous Schnauzer, Tinky.  Thanks to a cute photo of Tinky I managed to capture a little of her character in the cake for Tracy.  I had to include a cupcake each for her bowl of water and bowl of food.  I found these iced dog bones at Kadees in Fourways and they finish off the bowl perfectly.  The bow I made from pink icing.  I know Tracy loved her cake and I had a great deal of fun making it for her.

Cupcake Kisses

Jul14
Saying I Love You with a Cupcake!

Paige arrived yesterday with these gorgeous cupcakes.  They were Nigella Lawson’s coffee cupcakes artistically decorated with lips, hearts and stars.  It was great to taste a cupcake I hadn’t made and they were delicous so this will be my next recipe to try out.  Of course Teigh was delighted with this gorgeous show of affection so many hearts and kisses a sign of true love and don’t they say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.  Well Paige you certainly have found your way into Teigh’s heart and of course into ours with your bubbly and creative personality.  Thank you for a wonderful surprise.

Cute Teacup Cupcakes.

Jul13

Time for Tea!

These cupcakes were for a lady who does scrapbooking at the Memory Shed.  She was celebrating her 70-something birthday and  Lisa said she wanted cupcakes with teacups on them. These are the little pink and lavender teacups with teaspoons I made for them.  (Hint – these were really simple to make.  I moulded a small round ball of coloured fondant and then using a tool with a rounded end moulded the ball into the teacup.  The saucer I made cutting out circles from the fondant.  From the leftover fondant I cut out small flowers which I stuck on to the teacups.)

Teacher’s Pet Cupcakes

Jul12

Teacher's Pet Apple Cupcakes

I couldn’t wait to try out Martha Stewart’s Apple Cupcakes so used the opportunity to experiment on Sunday as the church needed some cakes for their cake sale.  These cupcakes didn’t turn out as round as my others but that was more my fault for not taking time to read the recipe properly but they tasted delicious full of apple, cinammon and nutmeg so I will be making these again.

I topped them off with a cream cheese icing and an apple I made out of red fondant to which I added a clove for the stalk (thanks Lisa – the quiet one fot the idea) and they not only smelt and tasted delicious but they looked really cute.  I copied Martha Stewart’s brilliant way of displaying her apple cupcakes as I thought it was really clever.

Inspirational Beauty

Jul7
Birthday Cake for a Scrapbooker

Lisa - Our Inspirational Beauty

Yesterday was Lisa’s birthday and it was a privilege to make a cake especially inspired by her.  Lisa is the owner of the most brilliant scrabbooking shop – The Memory Shed in RandPark Ridge.  Wednesday mornings are my favourite morning of the week as we scrap with a fun group of ladies and we have Lisa to inspire us and generally  keep us from going off the scrapping rails!

This cake depicts a double layout of Lisa’s shop set in its gentle and peaceful surrounds.  What you can’t see are all the cats that Lisa has rescued, fed and loved over the years, all the chickens, roosters and guineal fowl that visit her on a daily basis for a chat and all the scrappers she has inspired in this wonderful environment over the years she has had her shop.

Thanks Lisa for being such a kind, loving, giving and inspirational beauty to us all (4-legged friends included here).

I Love You

Jul6

 

Strawberry Heart Cupcakes

Strawberry Heart Cupcakes

Yesterday, 5th July, Eddie and I celebrated our 21st Wedding Anniversary.  Not sure what the theme of a 21st anniversary is but here are the delectable cupcakes I made to celebrate the day.  Thanks to Eddie my all time favourite cupcake eater. May I have many more years to tempt you with my new cupcake ideas!