Lisa (TQO) Celebrates her Birthday!

Lisa Livie's  Birthday CakeIf there is one friend I have who really knows how to celebrate birthdays or actually anything else really….that is Lisa (TQO).  Earlier this year Lisa Scrapbooking hosted us at her home and prepared a delicious lunch for us all to celebrate Lisa’s (TQO) birthday. I…another Lisa….Lisa Cupcake, for short, made the birthday cake for the day. The cake was a delicious Irish Cream Cake with an ivory buttercream covering. I added pretty embossed detail into the buttercream by placing the Crystal Candy Lace mat against the buttercream and pressing gently against the cake. As Lisa loves flowers I added pale white roses with a blush of pink to the top of the cake. The cake in the background above is a vegan chocolate cake, doused with Lindt chilli chocolate ganache and pomegranate seeds.

Needless to say we had a wonderful time celebrating and Lisa as always was totally delighted with her cake. Sorry it took so long to blog Lisa but happy birthday and here’s to next year’s cake!

Lisa Livie's  Birthday Cake

Lisa Loving her Cake!

Lisa Livie's  Birthday Cake

Girl in a Yellow Dress Cake

Girl in Yellow Dress CakeAzinza’s mom asked me to make a cake for Azinza’s birthday and she sent me a picture of her daughter. In this figurine I tried to capture her innocence, her bright bold eyes and her braided hair. She is sitting on a pastel blue, yellow and pink ruffled cake which has a dainty Crystal Candy lace topping. The lace & yellow sugar paste butterflies complete the cake perfect for a little girl’s birthday.

Girl in Yellow Dress Cake

Happy Birthday Azinza!

Blue Fairy Figurine Cake with Vicci!

 

Blue Fairy Figurine Cake Class with Vicci!

Just delighted with our Blue Fairies!

The Blue Fairy Figurine Cake was another exciting class we did with Vicci of Victoria Bean Bakery a while ago. We made a 2 tier cake, handpainted, embossed and draped with Crystal Candy Lace. Our Blue Fairies flew on top of our cakes with their cute faces, dainty blue petal tunics and their pretty lace wings. We were all delighted with our completed cakes and a fun day spent in awesome creativity.

I added some sugar paste butterflies, whimsical flowers, edible pebbles and a satin finished, embossed petal covered board to complement the cake.

Blue Fairy Figurine Cake Class with Vicci!

Blue Fairy Figurine

Come Fly With Me!

Grumpy Figurine Cake

Grumpy Figurine Cake

A Grumpy Figurine Cake for Neil’s birthday celebration! Thank you Debra and Dylan for such an awesome order!  It was fun to give a disney character a South African touch with this cute chocolate potjie pot from Geldhof!
Grumpy Figurine Cake

 

More Owl Cupcakes!

 

Owl in a Jar Cupcakes

As I now had my very own handmade owl mould I experimented with different coloured sugar paste owls for different cupcake orders and celebrations.  These vibrant coral and yellow owls with their small flower detail I used for a Cupcakes in a Jar order. To tie in the colour theme of the owls I first added a layer of buttercream to the jar and sprinkled yellow and white sugar pearls onto the buttercream before adding the chocolate cupcakes.  These I then iced and proudly added the owls to sit comfortable on their buttercream perch.

Owl in a Jar Cupcakes

Hayley loves owls so again it was a great opportunity to use my mould again.  I used a bright and pale blue paste for these owls and added painted detail to them. They were an added treat for Hayley at her scrapbooking birthday celebration.Bright Blue Owl CupcakesBright Blue Owl Cupcakes

Bright Blue Owl Cupcakes

       It was a real Hoot celebrating Hayley’s Birthday!

Bright Pink and Blue Owl Cupcakes were the order of the day for my contribution to the Cupcakes4Kids With Cancer Fundraising Day at Fourways Mall.  I loved making these cupcakes to be sold in aid of this amazing organisation and was so extremely touched to be presented with a certificate of contribution by Vimala who along with other volunteers puts so much of her time and ethusiasm to this cause.  Their facebook page is so worth a visit to see all the young lives to whom these volunteers make a difference.

Cupcakes4Kids with Cancer

    Cupcakes4Kids with Cancer

Wendy celebrated her birthday and as a small gift I made her rich chocolate cupcakes in a jar with Pastel Pink and Blue Owls.  Wendy also has a passion for owls and a lovely collection of different owls so these cute decorations were the obvious choice for her cupcakes.  I added a set of stamped and hand coloured owl cards to her gifts as card making is another passion of mine, one which I don’t often get time to spend too much time on.  It was a pleasure to celebrate Wendy’s birthday and to see her delight in receiving her gifts. Thanks Wendy for your amazing support of and delight in Cupcakes2Delite.

Owl Cupcakes in Pastel Lavender & BlueOwl Cupcakes in Pastel Lavender & Blue

Owl Cupcakes in Pastel Lavender & Blue

A Wonderful Owl Birthday Celebration for Wendy!

Cupcakes2Delite goes Mould Making!

Owl Mould for Sugar Paste Owls

After having used a number of silicone moulds for my different sugar paste decorations, I decided to do learn how to make my own moulds in order to produce delightful decorations that are unique to Cupcakes2Delite.  The course I took part in was presented by Paul of AMT Composites in Johannesburg and it was an incredibly comprehensive full day course.  I was so chuffed when I came home with my newly purchased product and was able to produce this silicone mould of an owl from a key ring that had captured my attention. In the photo below the key ring is the owl with the pink and lime green wings and the others are sugar paste owls made from my mould.

Owl Mold For Sugar Paste OwlOwl Mold For Sugar Paste Owl

Of course this experimental owls needed cupcakes to perch themselves on!

Owl Cupcakes using silicone mould