When orders flow, they come in droves! Christmas 2012 has been a bit hectic but a lot of fun! Over the last 5 days, we have created 20 gingerbread trees, 2 macaron trees, over 30 gingerbread men, 100 macarons, 2000 fondant cookies, 4 large fruit cakes, 48 cupcakes and toppings, fillings, decorations to match!! It's...
To finish off the week, had a midweek order for a Tiramisu. The very first cake I ever made. Still popular I see. Rather simplistic in comparison to the other things I have made recently but its kind of hard to dress up a cake that's basically cream, cheese and coffee dipped sponge. Smells delicious though. Hard...
The secret is to plan. And to plan well! And to plan for the unknowns. Truffle mixture. Macarons. Cookies. Icing. Fondant. Cupcakes. Easy right? Not a walk in the park by any means and definitely tested one's time management but I am quite pleased (and relieved) at the way everything has turned out! Macaron...
It was something along the lines of 37 degrees outside. It wasn't much better in the kitchen... reaching 32 on the thermometer, furthest away from the oven!!! We sweated through a whole day of baking for charity and whilst there were some downs (re: macarons don't work in extremely hot, humid conditions), we were able...
Finally Friday! Albeit a wet one. Not that that deters one from baking... So whilst Cat is in the US - possibly picking up the pieces from Superstorm Sandy (?!) and enjoying herself immensely (Hawaii, the Big Apple, checking out the US in general so she can tell me what to do and what not in Feb!), I took up the awesome...
I think we're gearing up for wedding season. Almost every other weekend, I hear of people attending engagement parties, hen's nights or weddings. Must be the season for it. . . So I was asked to make these cute (some might say otherwise) cupcakes for a colleague's friend for the weekend. They look pretty awesome :-)...
A late-ish order came through midweek from a friend who happens to work around the corner from me. He needed a cake for a friend's birthday and of course, I was more than happy to oblige. Rather than going for a smooth finish, I thought I'd go with the slightly rustic look with the white chocolate shards around the...
The best thing about cupcakes is that they are so versatile and you can come up with endless different combinations, designs, patterns and themes for any occasion. I tried a few different combinations for these cupcakes this week and so easy to mix and match! First off, we have a mud chocolate cupcake with silky...
all for a good cause... my cousin is raising money through his church for children in poverty and a whole heap of other things! ...
okay, so the girls at work got jealous that i made jungle cupcakes so i made them berry ones... =D ...
