Small Things Iced

Sewing Machine Cake on "Sunday Sweets"

2011-09-05T12:36:00.001+01:00

I just thought I would share with you all that

I had another one of my cakes featured on

"Sunday Sweets"

YAY!

http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2011/9/4/sunday-sweets-getting-crafty.html

Yep, my Singer Sewing Machine!

obviously by the photo shown above.

It's really a very nice feeling when

ones cakes get noticed!

you should go and check out the other amazing cakes too,

they are fantastic!

Have a good day all
and don't forget to enter the giveaway on the previous post!
x

* GIVEAWAY *

2011-08-30T15:08:00.000+01:00

Hello Followers!
I have brought a few things together for a giveaway to say "thank you!"

for following me on here, my Blog and on my Facebook page.

One lucky person will receive this lovely parcel someday soon.

As I have so many followers from other countries I didn't want them to miss out,

so I have decided not to add anything edible to this

and have purchased some lovely gifts!

This giveaway is worldwide!

1. The first is this little book of how to make Cake Pops,

inside are many different designs and recipes for you to try

by Clare O'Connell

2. This gorgeous pair of Tea Towels

in Provence Rose & Blue Spot

by Cath Kidston

................and finally another item from the Cath Kidston range

is a lovely little book full of over 200 Labels & Stickers

to use in your kitchen, office

or just about anywhere in your home.

They even add a nice finishing touch to gifts!

I really wish I got myself one of these the same time,

so I will have to go and order another now! lol!

All you have to do is in the comment box below, enter just your Name, Country (you are from)

and your email address,

*Please note emails will not show up on the comment list,

emails are for me only, so I can notify the lucky winner and for them to forward

their postal address to me.

Again, "Thank You all for your time, comments & business

over the last few years from when it started up as a hobby

to now...as my own business!

Remember, Name, Country & Email!

**CLOSING DATE*

MIDNIGHT 23rd SEPTEMBER 2011

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR COMMENTS & EMAILS HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH BUT I CAN'T EDIT THEM SO THE EMAIL ADDRESSES DON'T SHOW, SO I WILL BE ADDING YOUR NAME ALONG SIDE YOUR COUNTRY LATER AS A LIST.

THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT RESPONSE!
X

ENTRIES SO FAR:

Alicia Hammel, USA

Amanda Bradley, Australia

Emma Stanyon, England

Jennifer, California, USA

Maureen Lett, Wadesboro, NC USA

Katie Nicholls, England

Leisl Adams, Canada

Shelly Baker , UK

Sue Brown, England

Caroline, Norway

Lori Stahnke, North Carolina, USA.

Susanna Hellström, Sweden

Tina Papadopoulou, Greece

Elise, UK

Manthos Papadopoulos, Greece

Candee Jackson,         USA
Marie McGrath,          England
Nazia Abdulla,          United Kingdom
Signe Juul Thorsø,      Denmark
Rebecca Swygart,        United Kingdom
Sam, Scrumptious Buns, United Kingdom
Leah,                   N.Ireland
KimB,                   USA
Kimberley Riddell,      England
Christina,             US

Kris Mommaerts, Wisconsin, United States

Alison Inglis, England

Karin, Sweden

KriKri, Italy

Maria Angeles Marín. Spain

Jayne Fretwell, England

Krystal Dogolo, United States

Kimberley Stenhouse, Devon, UK

Rosie D, USA

Bobbie Hellyer, Australia

Larissa Rimkevicius, NC, USA

Cristina, Spain

Anita Van Eede, AUSTRALIA

Rachel Shepherd, New Zealand

Eleana Clancy, Ireland

Silvia, Portugal

Nailya Geada, Qatar

Samantha Searle, Australia

                                         Tracey Tribe       New South Wales Australia
Shannon Junttila,     USA
           Claire Duffy,     Ireland
                              Heidi       ON, Canada

                Callie D.   USA
           Debbie Birdsall       England
                                        Heidi Garey   Southend on Sea, Essex
                           Claire Smith     Birmingham UK.
                          Katie   Australia
                           Angela Lai    Perth Australia
                  Simone          Sweden.
                        Shah             Solihull UK
               Ester         Italy
                                        Lois       Mishawaka, USA
    Liana Engie      US
             Natalie Rose      Germany
Samantha George   UK
                 Megan P.    Canada
Heather Nelson Texas
Charlotte Salvage UK
Sharon Smith Ireland
Karen Apple Poland
Susan Ong Malaysia
Therese Lara USA
Teri Nicastro USA
Mookie Lara USA
Shirley Kent, UK

*GIVE-AWAY NOW CLOSED*

Congratulation's to
Maria Angeles Marin from Spain
for winning the Give-away!!!!!

Flying Scotsman Birthday Cake

2011-08-20T21:12:00.002+01:00

The Flying Scotsman Birthday Cake.

Another order from the lovely Stephanie

for her Dad's 80th Birthday

.......and thanks to her leaving a post on my facebook page earlier

I know it was liked by everyone, especially her Dad!

Cake is Zesty Lemon decorated with countryside scenery and a sugar Flying Scotsman.

Thanks Stephanie!
x

Elise & Tom's Vintage Pearl & Loops Wedding Cake

2011-08-20T18:54:00.001+01:00

Today's Wedding cake was for a lovely young couple
Elise & Tom,

who were getting married at the Beaulieu Abbey

and the reception was held at one of the buildings there
"The Domus"
(see both photo's above)

Absolutely gorgeous venue!!!

The cake has deep tiers at 4.5" each

Bottom Tier: Chocolate & Chocolate Ganache

Middle Tier: Vanilla, Buttercream & Strawberry Conserve
Top Tier: Zesty Lemon, Buttercream & Lemon Curd

The middle tier is covered in sugarpaste pearls
Very time consuming but the results speak for themself!
The bride provided the ribbons for the loops

and also the gorgeous delicate lace

that borders the top & Bottom cakes.

I really hope they love the look of the cake

as much as I do!

Thanks for looking
x

RLC (Commissioning) Cupcakes

2011-08-12T18:25:00.004+01:00

These RLC Badge Cupcakes

were ordered by a young lady for her other half

as a surprise!

as he was Commissioning into the RLC today.

These are Chocolate Sponge Cupcakes,

topped with Dark Chocolate Ganache

and covered in a black fondant circle

topped with a sugar RLC Badge.

Vanilla & Flaked Almond Birthday Cake

2011-08-07T10:38:00.002+01:00

A returning customer requested a cake

for a gentleman who doesn't like fondant/sugarpaste.

She wanted a square Victoria Sponge,

filled with jam & buttercream

and with fresh cream on top.

But because of the weather being pretty humid

and the fact she had to drive it up to London

I was a bit worried the cream wouldn't

travel well,

so we agreed that I would cover the cake in buttercream
with a high content of cream mixed through

and the sides were covered in flaked almonds.

Then if she desired, she could add a little fresh cream

when she arrived at destination.

Whilst putting the flaked almonds on the sides of the cake

I felt it looked a bit messy,

so I desided to place them on one by one

which has given this beautiful and neat effect.

As for the plaque,

it can be quite hard to design something for a man who you know

nothing about!

So I added a few ornate curlycues for decoration

just to give it a special look for his 70th Birthday.

The client loved it when she collected it

and said that I always go that extra mile with my work!
What a lovely thing to say!

VW Birthday Cake

2011-08-06T20:29:00.000+01:00

This was made for the owner of a Yellow & White

VW Campervan.

Vanilla Sponge with buttercream

covered with yellow fondant

and decorated with a fondant VW Symbol.

Plaque Cake

2011-07-29T09:31:00.001+01:00

A farewell cake made for my husbands CO

in the shape of the Unit's (33 Field Hospital, Gosport) plaque

.......as a surprise!

Vanilla sponge with buttercream

and covered in sugarpaste decoration!

Birdcage Cake

2011-07-28T15:01:00.001+01:00

This Birdcage cake was made for a friends mum

as a birthday gift!
I am probably the only cake decorator who (until now)

hadn't made one of these.

This would be absolutely perfect on top of a tiered wedding cake

or as a cutting cake on a cupcake tower

..........just looks so romantic!

This birdcage is actually oval
and decorated with a bird, rose, blossoms

butterflies and trailing ivy
and in a pastel colour scheme.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Garden #2 Cake

2011-07-25T17:01:00.000+01:00

A retirement cake for a garden & art loving teacher

who was helped in the Swans class at my son's old school.
I loved how this design came together!

Really hope she likes this!

Lots of photo's I know,

but theres alot of details on this one!

2011-07-24T14:58:00.000+01:00

This was ordered for the clients mother's birthday.

She loves her garden so I had to design the cake with this in mind,

also to add her pets, bird feeder and her favourite tipple....Cava!
The client absolutely loved it when she came to collect it!
This did have "Happy 60th Mum" and a few more flowers on but I added those after I took the photo!

(I nearly forgot to put it on! lol!)

The actual cake is a deep 10" Coffee Cake

http://www.smallthingsiced.blogspot.com

Diesel Cylinder Head Cake

2011-07-22T18:44:00.000+01:00

After putting my Radley Handbag cake

in the HMS Sultan Summer Show

I received yet another enquiry for a cake,

but this time something a whole lot different!

He asked if I could make a "Diesel Cylinder Head" shaped cake

for his wife's birthday (as she is also in the Navy and works on these!)
of course I had no idea what it was or looked like,

so seeing as he worked just around the corner at Sultan he showed me some pictures

and I agreed I could make it.
Thinking it was a relatively simple shape/design!
boy was I wrong,

I find the simple ones seem to be the most tricky!
But anyway, when he came to collect it

he said it was just what he was expecting and loved it
.............I really hoped his wife liked it as much as he did!!!

This measures 11" long and a good 5.5" deep
Cake is chocolate sponge with chocolate ganache!

Cherry Blossom

2011-07-21T16:50:00.002+01:00

A Cherry Blossom decorated chocolate cake

made for a friend....just because!

This cake is a small 5" at 4.5" high

Fantasy Daisy Birthday Cupcakes

2011-07-17T16:18:00.003+01:00

Fantasy Daisy Cupcakes
These were made for a returning customers

sister's birthday.

I met this lady about a couple of months after I started my business up,

she was actually my Surgeon

and had the lovely job

of taking my pins out of my wrist after a previous operation.
She asked me what I did for a living (to see if I needed a doctors note)

and I told her I just started working for myself and cheekily gave her one of my cards
....well, you have got to plug it wherever haven't you!
Funny though, her sister makes cakes also,

but she later ordered some cupcakes for her sisters birthday as a surprise!

and now is back for more a year later!!

Cupcakes are Zesty Lemon & Vanilla flavours.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Cherry Blossom & Butterfly Cupcakes

2011-07-14T11:31:00.005+01:00

These pretty cupcakes were quickly made last night

(as I forgot all about them!)

for my son's Summer School Fayre.

Cherry Blossoms and Butterflies sitting on

large domed vanilla cupcakes.

Dr Who Tardis Cake

2011-07-14T11:25:00.009+01:00

Dr Who

40th Birthday cake for a huge Dr Who

and Radley bag fan.

The mother of the birthday girl ordered this from me

after seeing my Radley bag cake at a local Royal Navy Summer Show.

I love the fact that this Tardis cake is for a woman
as I too love Dr Who

(but I have got to admit my favourite Dr was Christopher Eccleston,

wasn't the Dr for very long but Wow! he was awesome!)

The Tardis cake is 6 layers of Vanilla sponge with buttercream filling,

and sitting alongside it is a minature K9 and a tiny Radley Bag.

Oriental Teapot Cake

2011-07-09T14:38:00.002+01:00

Oriental Teapot Cake

I made this for the Brockhurst Infants School Summer Fayre

to be entered into the raffle today.

The Head Teacher (Mr Nicholls) loved it

as did the others.

The Cake is a Vanilla Sponge with Rosewater Buttercream,

covered in pale blue fondant, flowerpaste bamboo handle

and decorated with various sized cherry blossoms.

Worms 3D Birthday Cake

2011-07-09T10:54:00.000+01:00

Worms 3D Cake

Worms is my son's favourite playstation game,

he just can't get enough of these little characters!
Months ago Will's wanted me to make an R2D2 (Star Wars) cake as his Birthday cake,

then he changed it to Super Mario!

but knowing how much he loved worms

I asked him if he would prefer a Worms one instead........

he thought that that was the best idea EVER!!!!!

Needless to say Will's LOVES this cake

and now wants me to make these characters out of clay so he can keep and play with them!!!

Cake is a light vanilla sponge with rosewater buttercream,

all decorations are handcrafted and edible.

Jolly Roger Cake

2011-06-25T16:51:00.000+01:00

"Hoist The Jolly Roger!"

For a pirate loving little boy's Birthday.

The Pirate flag cake is Scrummy Chocolate Sponge

filled & coated with chocolate ganach

and covered with black sugarpaste.

The sword is gumpaste handcut & painted

with Happy Birthday message on.

Little Miss Tower

2011-06-19T15:57:00.000+01:00

Little Miss Sunshine top cake

with little miss sunshine & little miss giggles cupcakes.

Just how adorable & cute are these!!!
Everything here is edible,

each cupcake topper is handmade and have different expressions

....so yes they took a while to make,

but ever so worth it,

especially seeing the birthday girls little face

when she saw them!

Top cake is chocolate & vanilla layer cake

with chocolate ganache.

Cupcakes are chocolate & chocolate ganache

vanilla & chocolate ganache.

http://www.sultan.org.uk/

Radley Handbag Cake

2011-06-17T14:25:00.000+01:00

My first attempt at a handbag cake......

and really loved making it!
Everyone loves a little Radley bag and couldn't resist
replicating this in cake form!

A couple of weeks ago I had a phone call
asking if I would donate a cake to put in a raffle

(along with cakes from other local cake makers/designers)

at the Royal Navy Sultan Summer Show (Gosport)

so if you live nearby,

pop on down to the show and buy a raffle ticket

and try and win my cake!

:o)

Rolly's Toy Box Cake

2011-06-15T20:06:00.000+01:00

An all edible (except for the lid which is a sugar covered board)

toy box cake for Rolly's 3rd Birthday!

A very last minute order of which I am so pleased to have made,

All the models are some of Rolly's favourite toys,

and I love how Mike Wazowski from Monster Inc.

turned out!

His mum came and collected the cake this afternoon and especially loved

the little model of Rolly!

....and who could blame her!

"Happy Birthday Rolly!"

Cake is Chocolate sponge with chocolate ganache.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Hot Pink Beetle Car Cake

2011-06-06T10:19:00.000+01:00

I love this cake!!
and I know I said it's hot pink but the photo makes it look red,

trust me it's pink!

It took me quite a while to actually make the first cut on this cake

to carve the shape,

just something about car cakes that make me freak a little

but I'm not worried about it now

.......bring on the next one I say!

This cake is quite obviously for a

young lady turning 18 who loves bright pink.

The cake itself is a vanilla sponge with rosewater buttercream

Measurements: Length 10" x Width 6.5" x Height 5.5"

Board size = 12" x 10"

Rachael & James Wedding Cupcake Tower

2011-05-27T20:54:00.002+01:00

Hot Pink & White Cupcake Tower
With Giant Cupcake

The Giant Cupcake is chocolate/vanilla layer cake,

which is hand carved to match the small cupcakes shape,

decorated in hot pink and white with co-ordinating butterflies

(to match the invitations)

to look like they are in flight over the cake.

The cupcakes are Vanilla (pink cases)

Chocolate (silver cases)

decorated each with three open roses on top.

I LOVE the look of these,

........even my husband said they they are

his favourite wedding cupcakes I have made!

..................

This Cupcake Tower was ordered to celebrate the

marriage of Rachael & James at their

evening reception tonight (Friday 27th May 2011)

The couples wedding day was back on March 4th 2011 in beautiful Mexico

and they kindly sent me a photo of them with family & friends

looking gorgeous on the beach!

...........and I know you'll agree that Rachael looks absolutely stunning!

The newly weds then went on to Jamaica for their honeymoon!

Rachael brought her mother along to the consultation(s)

to help on design & decision making

and I couldn't have asked for nicer people to work with!

"Congratulation's James & Rachael"

I wish you all the happiness!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Ivory & Gold Bas-relief Wedding Cake

2011-05-14T15:00:00.000+01:00

Ivory & Gold Bas-relief Wedding Cake

I loved making this cake!

I was inspired by Maggie Austin Cake,

after seeing her beautiful Bas-relief work on her cakes on facebook,

I really wanted to give it a try!

Granted....... it's nowhere as amazing as her gorgeous creations

but I like it and boy it was pretty time consuming too!

but now that I've made up a way of doing it myself,
with a little more practice and a few more detailed additions
the next cake should be much better!......well lets hope so!

xxx

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

"Daphne" Wedding cake

2011-05-07T16:36:00.002+01:00

"Daphne" 3 tier Wedding Cake

with middle tier in graded green blossoms.

The gentle graded colours give this cake a pretty, delicate look and would look beautiful no matter what the colour scheme! The top and bottom tiers have a ribbon trim

with royal iced dots and scattered blossoms.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

"Jayne" Wedding Cake

2011-05-06T10:42:00.000+01:00

"Jayne"

3 Tier Wedding Cake
Ribbon can be in any colour choice
to co-ordinate with your special day!
The brooch is one of my own pieces
so the design will vary but there is a choice
or you could even provide your own.

Tahlia's Birthday Cake

2011-04-30T15:32:00.000+01:00

Tahlia's Birthday Cake.

This cake is for a little girl who loves Barbie!

Wasn't quite sure what I was going to do at short notice

(the order came in Wednesday afternoon from the grandmother

.....thanks to Rhu from Pimp my Cakes... who was busy and passed my details on! x)

so I made a quick model last night to represent the Birthday girl in a beautiful Barbie dress!

Grandmother picked it up first thing this morning and loved it!

.....I even got a great big hug! LOL!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Abbie & Dom's Wedding Tower

2011-04-29T09:50:00.004+01:00

A Wedding Cupcake Tower

for a lovely couple who got married yesterday! The weather was lovely and sunny

and the reception was held on the waterfront in Christchurch

at www.thejetty.co.uk

just beautiful!

Teal and White is a beautiful colour combination

and when decorated with daisies, seashells & pearls....perfect!

they wanted a splash of orange in there somewhere,

so I added orange daisy centres.

The cupcakes were Vanilla & creamy Buttercream,

Rich Chocolate & Dark Chocolate Ganache,

The top cake is a 6" Rich & Boozy Fruit cake

decorated to match the cupcakes. I love this design,

simple daisies and shells look so gorgeous together

.........and so fresh!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Hydrangea Cupcakes

2011-04-20T20:18:00.000+01:00

Some quick cupcakes just to show off

my beautiful new Hydrangea cutters!

I ordered these the end of last week from Italy,

from a very talented friend of mine Toni (Le Torte di Toni)

and they arrived today,

pretty good delivery time too hey!

Toni is an amazing young lady,

she won a TV Cookery competition

(which was quite a tough, long and what I would believe

an emotional experience!)

This show was Italy's equivalent to Masterchef!

Please note that she has only lived in Italy for about 10 years

as she is originallyy from Australia
So she must be darn good!!!

Toni won her own TV series (along with her beautiful daughter)

making and decorating cakes!
Just how amazing is that!!!

......

Well, I just had to get the flowerpaste out and try them out!

I am sure you will agree they are beautiful flowers!!!

xXx

Flower Encased Cameo Wedding Cake

2011-04-19T13:40:00.000+01:00

This simple designed cake would look fabulous at any

Vintage Styled Wedding,

big or small!

Each tier has a border of sugar pearls highlighted with lustre

and the top tier has a triple layer blossom

in pistachio green (a favourite of mine)

with a slight ruffle effect

and a cameo as the centre.

Baby Boy Cupcakes

2011-04-15T18:25:00.000+01:00

Some cupcakes made for

our next door neighbour's

as they have just had a baby boy!

Ahhhhhhhhh!

The cupcakes are chocolate covered with embossed fondant

and half with moulded fondant in a pram design

and the other half with a heart embossed with BOY lettering

and a little fondant bow,

both designs are shaded with teal dust for effect!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

SAFARI BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-04-12T16:15:00.000+01:00

Last weekends Birthday cake.

A returning customer asked for a number 5 cake for their son

in the theme of "Safari"

to go with the tableware they are having at his party!

(I love returning customers! such a nice feeling that they liked the last cake so much they order again!)

Don't get me wrong! number cakes are fine,

but they can look a little boring at times,

so I wanted to make this fun

..........and have got to say I really loved making it.

I have totally changed my mind about them now

and can't wait for someone to order another!

This cake was a triple layer chocolate cake

filled and coated with chocolate ganache

covered & decorated with fondant pieces

and hand modeled sugar tree, monkey, snake and crocodile!

All sat on a 14" x 16" cake board.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Flute & Piano Inspired Giant Cupcake

2011-04-09T10:43:00.000+01:00

This was Thursday's Birthday cake order

for a musically talented young lady turning 18.

Her mother asked for a cake in the design of a giant cupcake,

Pink, with influence from the instruments she plays,

so I designed this!

......everything here is edible,

(except for the three small wires at the end of the flute)

even the flute is sugar (flowerpaste)

I am really very pleased with the results

and more importantly the Birthday girl and her mother loved it!

The cake itself is Lemon flavour.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Military Cupcakes for "25 Regt."

2011-03-26T20:00:00.002Z

Another Military order for this week!

After making the Victoria Cross Cupcakes a while ago,

I was asked if I could make some cupcakes with the Regements logo ontop

for a function they will be having tonight!

So these little shield toppers were all handmade out of sugar,

using tiny templates cut by myself

the shields, oak leaves, 25,

and loads of tiny acorns

........they took, what feels like forever to make

but the results were worth it...I think!

The cupcakes were vanilla & chocolate flavours.

AGC Badge Cupcakes

2011-03-22T12:48:00.000Z

AGC Cupcakes

Adjutant General's Corps (Staff & Personnel Support)

These are some of the cupcakes for today's order

My other order of the week is Military also and I will post photo's of those late Saturday

Chocolate Bar Cake

2011-03-15T10:45:00.000Z

A last minute order.....

I was asked to recreate the chocolate bar cake I made a while back

for a big chocolate fan!

there isn't many girls I know that

doesn't drool at the sight of a nice bar of chocolate,

me included!

infact, whilst making this last night

I had to eat some dairy milk

......you know for research purposes LOL!!!

Well I know I don't have to mention what flavour cake this is!

as you know anything other than chocolate would just be wrong!

Thanks for looking!

"Toni" Wedding Cake

2011-03-13T23:20:00.000Z

This Wedding cake got picked up for collection

and taken all the way to Scotland

......a good 8 hour's drive.

........

I was to include Calla Lilies, Roses and Thistles,

the bride to be and her mother loved my Poppy Wedding Cake

I made a while back,

so I was to incorporate some of those details.

The Middle tier was inspired from one of

Lindy Smith's cakes from the book

"To Inspire and Desire"

Top & bottom Tier was chocolate cake and the middle was vanilla.

Let's hope they all enjoyed it

As Maria, Toni's Mum Loved it when she came to collect it.

"Something New, Old & Rejected!"

2011-03-10T14:03:00.000Z

Something new.....camera

something old....display cake

& something rejected.....sugar rose!

I have been dropping ridiculously large hints to my husband

about getting a new camera for my Birthday,

of which I might add is in July!

I told him I REALLY needed it before as I am trying to

get a portfolio together for my clients to view.

My old camera.......well camera phone was dying

and the quality wasn't good enough for the making of

a book/portfolio!

So my lovely hubby surprised me with one.

I am such a happy bunny

and feel slightly like a spoilt child!

I won't be asking for anything else for quite some time!

...........although I have a lens on my wish list

and I think I will be buying that one myself! LOL!!!!

I hope I don't bore you all too much with

lots of new photos!

I still need to learn about all the settings

as the centre of the rose isn't quite there

but extremely happy with the improved results!

Quick Medic Cupcakes

2011-03-02T10:03:00.004Z

Some quick cupcakes made for my husband

to take into work

to share with the guy's.

I was going to make some with other

medical equipment on but just didn't have the time

so Swirls, red crosses and plasters had to do!

He was very happy with them

....and to be honest, I don't think he'd dare to complain! LOL!!!!

Rose Swirl Cupcakes

2011-03-02T10:03:00.001Z

Some very last minuter simple cupcakes

I made yesterday morning.

Rich Chocolate cupcakes and

whipped ganache rose swirls

decorated with a single small blossom

LILAC FREESIA WEDDING CUPCAKE

2011-02-25T14:14:00.003Z

I did a wedding consultation/tasting yesterday

giving the couple 3 flower choices

and as they never chose this one I thought I would share it with you!

such a delicate looking flower!

The cupcake is my moist chocolate recipe

with swirls of chocolate ganache.

They insisted that the cupcakes were chocolate

they were very pleased at the tasting

and booked there and then!

Such a satisfying feeling to watch people really enjoying my cakes!

You will see which one's they decided to order

later in the year after their wedding day!

Thank's for stopping by!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

2011-02-24T08:52:00.000Z

Embossed Green & Blue's

Some of the cupcake's for today's order.

Not such great photo's as I had to photograph them at 7 this morning

before they got picked up

and the lighting was very dull.

Vanilla with Rose Water Buttercream & Chocolate with Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

VINTAGE BIRTHDAY CAKE

2011-02-19T13:09:00.000Z

Thursday morning I had a phonecall from a lovely gentleman

wanting a cake for the next morning

and I said I needed more time (after all I wasn't feeling too hot after the dentist's treatment!)

so we agreed on the afternoon instead!

All I was told is that she liked purple and to do what I could in the time.
He really liked it when he picked it up

....and admitted to me that he was given the task of arranging the cake and he foregot all about it! LOL!

funny that that's the second man this month that's done that! LOL!...men!!!

.....................

This is a 10" 3 layer sponge, sandwiched with buttercream and jam

decorated with a vintage feel.

..........

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Victoria Cross Cupcakes

2011-02-17T10:06:00.001Z

The end of last year I received a phone call from Major Davis

placing an order for Victoria Cross cupcakes

for a function they had last night!

.....of course I jumped at the chance

as you know I love making military cakes and these are by far my favourite!!!!!

VERY pleased with how these turned out!

Major Davis rang me yesterday morning

when he got them and he was delighted with how they looked!!! http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

WEDDING CUPCAKE SAMPLES

2011-02-13T21:55:00.000Z

Wedding Cupcake Samples for todays consultation/tasting

for an absolutely lovely couple

........really looking forward in getting all the detailing pieces

so I can start designing!

Chocolate & vanilla cupcakes

decorated with dogwoods with highlighted centres.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

VINTAGE CAMEO WEDDING CAKE

2011-02-12T15:37:00.000Z

My latest Wedding display cake.

5", 7" & 9" tiers

Top tier with simple pink piping to top edging

and piped pink pearls with two small flower as at the base.

Middle tier left plain with

a single sugar cameo brooch,

cameo head made from a mould and the frame is made

from small ball/pearl shaped sugar and a small moulding for the top part.

Bottom tier has moulded border highlighted

with pearl lustre and the addition of small piped detailing.

www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

MASQUERADE CUPCAKE TOWER & TOP CUTTING CAKE

2011-02-05T21:02:00.000Z

Masquerade Cupcake Tower & Top Cutting Cake

This is the Ganache covered cake I showed the other day,

although I did state that it was a 6" cake but infact by accident I made a 7" instead!

Doh!

oh well, I guess they aren't going to complain about the extra cake lol!

The Mask Topper is handmade out of flowerpaste with a sugar flower and Hot pink & turquoise feathers.

Colour theme: Hot Pink, Turquoise, Gold & White.

Cupcakes are Zesty Lemon, Chocolate & Vanilla decorated in hand painted Gold or Pink sugar Masks.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Ganache Covered Cake

2011-02-05T11:30:00.002Z

As I have showed you some photo's of cupcakes

before I iced and decorated them,

I thought I would upload a cake which has been

covered with ganache.....

ready to be covered with sugarpaste/fondant.

I used to smooth the sides with a long spatular

which the results were good, but for me was a long process.

So I bought a side scraper, (which cost just a few pounds)

and at 5" long, it's just big enough for deep cakes too, as this cake is 5" deep.

It gives nearly perfect results and in very little time!

............wish I bought one ages ago! lol!

This particular cake is an order made for a

Birthday Celebration....... along with 50 cupcakes,

I shall post photo's later tonight of the decorated cakes,

I have done a version of this design before.....and it's one of my faves!

Thanks for looking!

Nicola

Before & After

2011-01-28T10:51:00.000Z

I am always posting photos of my cupcakes

when they look all pretty & proud

sitting in their cases,

so I thought I would show you all a

couple of photos of when they are naked,

just out of the oven stage

and then when they have been

frosted, covered and cut into!

A gorgeous chocolate cupcake

topped in dark chocolate ganache

and covered with sugarpaste/fondant

.................Yum!!!!!..............

LITTLE MISS GIGGLES

2011-01-16T22:06:00.001Z

Little Miss Giggles.

A lovely young man drove down from London this morning to pick this cake up....... he ordered this for his friend's Birthday. Her Nickname is Giggles and thought this would make a lovely birthday cake for her........how nice is that!!!!

The cake is Vanilla sponge with buttercream and fondant covered.

Set on a 12" cake board.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

"White on White" Wedding Cupcakes

2011-01-15T19:27:00.002Z

"White on White" Cupcake design!

This is one of the designs I made for potential clients today

(which are quite similar to the ones I made a few days ago)

I haven't posted the other designs as yet,

because they were close to what they liked for their design and colour

so I will post those photos at a later date.

Flower & Swirl Cupcakes

2011-01-15T19:12:00.001Z

Some of my "high-dome" cupcakes I made for Wednesday

when we went to visit friends!

These would look stunning on a cupcake tower

at any wedding....in any colour combination!

These beauties are a Vanilla Sponge,

topped with a very generous portion of creamy buttercream,

covered with a circle of sugarpaste.

Each one is decorated with a flowerpaste fantasy flower,

and sugarpaste swirls and pearls.

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

2011-01-05T13:36:00.000Z

"Happy New Year Everyone!"

Thought I would let you know

that although I have no new uploads as yet,

I am currently working on

some new designs for

"2011 Wedding Cakes"

Some elegantly simple and some with more colour than my usual,

as bright colours seem to be a very popular choice,

such as:

Watermelon Pink

Oranges,

Purples,

Blues, etc.....

So as soon as I am happy with the sketched designs

and have brought them to life

I will upload photos for all to see!

Hope you all have had a lovely Christmas

and hope you enjoy my "Diary of Cakes" for 2011

Nicola

Christmas Reindeer Cake

2010-12-26T16:59:00.001Z

This is our families very Rich & Boozy Christmas Fruit Cake.

I left this very late to make

(as always)

but was advised by a flickr/facebook friend

(Abbietabbie)

to feed it with a very generous amount of brandy

while it is hot and just out of the oven......

and boy was this cake moist,

I would advise anyone to do the same

if time wasn't on their side.

I then fed the cake with brandy every morning

until it was time to marzipan it.

This deep 7" cake is covered with sugar paste

and decorated with hand cut sugar reindeer's

which are covered with edible silver glitter

and some various sized silver sugar ball scattered here and there!

The ribbons are sheer blue and green

in different widths.

"Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!"

LEIGH & JOSEPHINES WINTER WEDDING CAKE

2010-12-20T18:43:00.001Z

This is just part of a Wedding order for two lovely clients,

Leigh & Josephine.

A very appropriate theme for the current weather I think!

The order was for a 3 tier (stacked) cake

and matching cupcakes,

but as this was to be collected and taken all the way up to Leeds

I sent the cake as three separate tiers

so it could be put together and set up at the venue

by the very helpful head chef and caterers.

Unfortunately I haven't got any photos of

the set-up as yet, but hopefully have some soon.

The above photos show the top tier of the cake

which is covered in white fondant,

with some embossing on the front side,

which is highlighted with painted white/pearl lustre,

various sized sugar snowflakes (covered with magic sparkles)

and royal icing piped dots.

The cupcakes have half covered with embossing and highlighted

and the other half, plain with the snowflakes.

flavours of cakes were:

Top tier: Chocolate sponge with chocolate ganache

Middle tier: Chocolate/orange sponge with choc/orange ganache

Bottom tier: Zesty lemon sponge with lemon buttercream

Cupcakes: Chocolate sponge with chocolate/orange ganache.

FAIRY PEPPA PIG

2010-12-04T20:18:00.001Z

Fairy Peppa Pig (3D) Cake

Peppa was made for the little girl Suzy who lives nextdoor to me

.......she is absolutely obsessed with Peppa Pig

and her mum wanted me to make her

a 3D cake for her 2nd Birthday.

The cake is vanilla sponge with buttercream,

the wand is a lollipop cookie with her age on

..........and with fairy dust (magic sparkles) everywhere.

Cake board is a 12 inch round.

The bottom picture is of some lollipop cookies made to

co-ordinate with the wand.

Everybody loved this as did Suzy

Snowmen & Christmas Tree Cookies

2010-11-29T20:09:00.000Z

Christmas Cookies

Shortbread Cookies cut in the shape of Christmas Trees and Snowmen

covered with sugarpaste and hand scored to give

extra detailing.

............

These cookies were made for friends as we were visiting them after

school today and as it's that time of year I

just had to make some festive treats!

....any excuse!

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

2010-11-14T19:42:00.000Z

Can you imagine the squeals of delight

when I was asked to make another Little Miss (Mr Men) cake....

but this time being "Little Miss Sunshine!"

they are all so very cute!

..........

This is a Vanilla & Chocolate layer cake

cut to a size of 6.5 x 7" and covered in sugarpaste/fondant

and placed on a 12" cake board.

VINTAGE SEWING MACHINE #2

2010-11-14T19:32:00.000Z

I was asked to recreate the "Vintage Sewing Machine"

I made a while back as was very pleased to do so!

I am really pleased with the result

and thinking it is actually better than the first one I made.

..........

If you can recall the actual sewing machine part is Polystyrene

covered in sugarpaste (fondant)

and decorated to resemble the machine.

This is placed on a 3mm cake board which can be

removed and if wished....saved.

The machine box part is cake,

"Zesty Lemon Sponge sandwiched together

with Lemon Buttercream.

and placed on a 12" x 14" cake board.

WINTER MAGNOLIA

2010-11-06T14:42:00.000Z

WINTER MAGNOLIA

This is the new Wedding Display Cake I have made to go in http://www.susansofgosport.co.uk/ and if you live in the Hampshire area drop by Gosport and you will be able to view this and see how elegant this looks for real. Also have a look at the extensive selection of Wedding and Prom dresses........she has everything you could wish for and more......

This cake has deep tiers for the top and middle and standard depth for the bottom tier, but would look amazing no matter what depth each tier was.

Double covered with ivory sugarpaste for a clean finish and trimmed with ivory sugarpaste trim and ribbon which could be any colour to match your wedding colour/theme.

To finish the simplicity design, a sugar Magnolia is added and sligtly dusted with lustre (although on the photo the lighting gives it quite a glossy look) and the flower centre has some magic sparkles sprinkled on for a slight jewelled finish.

http://www.smallthingsiced.blogspot.com/

GUITAR WEEKEND

2010-11-01T15:15:00.001Z

I had two separate orders for this last weekend

and they were both for "Guitar Cakes!"

...what are the chances?

The Top guitar was made to look like the clients

son's own Yamaha Guitar so this was airbrushed for the effect,

I remembered at the last minute to put the

Yamaha writing and symbol on the Machine Head part

literally just before they rang the doorbell to pick the cake up,

unfortunately I didn't get any photos of that

but pleased with the photo's I have got anyway!

This particular cake was Chocolate sponge with

Chocolate Buttercream covered in sugar paste/fondant

and all the detailing is edible.

.......................

The bottom cake (photographed above)

was a Vanilla Sponge & Buttercream

and made almost identical but you will probably recognise it

from a cake I made quite a while back,

so this one is a replica of that.

Both cakes were set on a 24" x 14" Cake Board

For Prices see

under Celebration Cakes

Walking Boot cake

2010-10-23T15:42:00.001+01:00

65th Walking Boot Cake.

Within this cake I had to incorporate 4 children,

to represent the grandchildren,

a destroyer naval ship, cricket bat & ball

and a blue & white striped footy scarf.

Everything here is edible.

The cake itself is Zesty Lemon with Lemon Buttercream.

All placed on a 14" square Cake Board.

Double Chocolate Cupcakes

2010-10-18T19:08:00.001+01:00

So........I know the photo isn't the best quality,

but lets face it, when the cupcakes taste really good

......who cares!!!

......

I made these from one of my cake recipes

and wanted to find out if they worked well as cupcakes!

the answer to that one is "OH YES!!!"

The dark chocolate sponge tastes really chocolatey

and yet so light in texture,

each one is covered in a thick layer of

chocolate glaze and when it's set it's still soft,

firm but soft!

and as for the taste, well.....my best yet!

sooo pleased with these!

Now all we have to do is eat them!

Oh my poor waistline!........tut, never mind lol!

Vintage Pearl & Rose Wedding Cake

2010-10-16T18:08:00.000+01:00

This 3 tier Wedding cake would look gorgeous

at any wedding with a vintage theme.

............

Each tier has double the thickness of any regular cake

( I think looks a lot better for this style)

has sugarpaste pearls around each base as a boarder

and the middle tier is completely covered in

sugarpaste strings of pearls

......of which I don't mind sharing with you,

"they took forever!!!"

but the result is well worth it.

The pearls are painted with a golden pearl lustre

& finished off with various sized roses in a graded peach colour.

.....................

Masquerade Cupcake Tower

2010-10-10T12:18:00.001+01:00

Masquerade Themed 40th Party

This order was placed as a surprise for the clients wife,

obviously she knew about the party

but he wanted to order her some cakes to tie in with the theme.

He already mentioned he liked the look of the

coconut covered cupcakes and more or less left the design up to me,

so this is what was designed.

The top cutting cake is a 6" Vanilla Sponge

with Rosewater Buttercream,

covered in white fondant.

The large Mask Topper is Sugar,

handcut and crafted, airbrushed and painted in Blue & silver

with a sugar flower and finished off with feathers with embellishments.

The cupcakes are a variety of

Vanilla sponge covered with coconut and topped with

a double bloom.

Chocolate cupcakes and Zesty Lemon cupcakes

are fondant covered with a single sugar mask

individually airbrushed then hand painted.

I got a message from the client this morning saying that the cakes were a great success!

I am so pleased, as these were a joy to make,

yes, they took me absolutely ages

but the result was well worth it!

For Prices go to

Cupcake Donation

2010-10-09T16:32:00.000+01:00

The cupcakes above were donated to go into a raffle for a Charity event

that is happening tonight in Gosport Hampshire, UK

organised by Hayley (owner of "Susans of Gosport")

where raised funds will be going to Gosports

"Harbour Cancer Support Centre"

and

"MacMillan"

Here's hoping it's a really good night!

These very voluptuous cupcakes are

Light and moist Vanilla Sponge

with a more than generous helping of creamy rosewater buttercream

all covered in a circle of fondant (some embossed)

and topped with either Dogwoods or a single large Bloom.

Gosport Lifeboat Cake #2

2010-10-01T18:59:00.001+01:00

I was asked to make another Gosport Lifeboat cake,

and guess what....this one is for a Jonathan aswell!

How funny!

A lovely family, they found the boat cake online

whilst looking for some kind of inspiration...

they said they couldn't believe it when they saw that

I was in the same town as they!

Good for them and good for me ;0)

..........

The cake is a light vanilla sponge with buttercream

covered with fondant.

The waves on the board are fondant with royal icing.

Cake measures 8"x10"

and just over 3 inches deep (not including the centre piece)

..........

All Edible

http://www.pancreaticcanceraction.org

Simple Domed Cupcakes

2010-09-29T11:06:00.003+01:00

Will's going round to see his friend Harry after school today

and I was invited along for a coffee,

so it would be rude of me to turn up empty handed!

..............................

These are just my simple Vanilla cupcakes flavoured with

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Vanilla Extract.

I get so excited everytime I reach for this fabulous flavour,

as soon as you open the bottle the aroma hits you,

sweet and rich with a hint of alcohol.........

ooooh....maybe that's what I am liking! LOL!!!

but seriously, for me, this is the best extract to buy!

The buttercream is left plain (not flavoured) but lots of it!

and covered with a circle of fondant.

Each cupcake has a single butterfly or blossom

with Pink/Purple tones.

.............................

Lets hope they like cake! lol!

"NEW" Shabby Chic/Vintage cookies

2010-09-28T10:25:00.003+01:00

These are some of the cookies I posted today to Norwich,

to the lovely couple who held on to my parcel

(whilst arrangements were made for redirecting)

I just wanted to give them a small token to show my appreciation.

These cookies are my new line..."shabby Chic/Vintage"

made in pale blues & greens with ivory royal iced piping, in the shape of "Lovebirds and Bird Houses". (The Lovebirds are handcut to give the intended shape)

These would suit any Vintage Wedding or a special Party and come in any 2 or 3 colour combo.

Cupcake Recipe

2010-09-22T19:03:00.000+01:00

Click on the link below to download one of my basic cupcake recipes

and please, while you are there take five minutes to look through the website

It's such a good cause!

Ali Stunt (the founder of the website) is a rare survivor of the disease

......one amazing lady!

and is doing everything to increase awareness to everyone,

not only the public but the medical community and the government also

The survival rate of this type of cancer is only 3% of which you will agree is a real eye opener!

"Nicola" Anniversary Cake

2010-09-15T10:53:00.000+01:00

This 2 tier cake was a bit of a rush job......

infact, this is a cake I made for our 8th Wedding Anniversary.

With the cakes I make for clients there is always planning involved,

but when it comes to making one for ourselves

it's usually a just few cupcakes as I have left it too late

or a very small cake.

This time I wanted a two tier and quickly made the vanilla sponges.

I mixed up this gorgeous pale duck egg blue coloured sugarpaste

(which the colour doesn't look true in this photo)

which I adore!!!

I hadn't a clue how to decorate it so I piped some royal icing pearls

at the base of each tier and placed an Ivory sugar bloom ontop......

I still wasn't happy with it, so I went and had a good

sort through my sugarcraft kit/tools drawers

and pulled out the dragonfly mould

..............perfect!

So I have a cake I would like,

I didn't want to make one in the style my husband would want

as it would probably have footballs all over it!!! lol!

..........

My Husband named this cake "Nicola" as

it's for our anniversary he thought it made sense!

.....

Cake size is

Top tier 5"

Bottom tier 8"

Marines Cupcakes

2010-09-10T12:48:00.003+01:00

These cupcakes are an order I made for a lovely lady (Jo Sowerby) who is also

a follower of this blog and my facebook page :o)

She wanted some cupcakes for her friends son who has

joined the Royal Marines!

I usually make the sugar cap badges from a mould but unfortunately

wasn't able to get a badge in time for the order,

so I made one which is handcut and crafted....freehand,

it's a little larger than the actual badge size

but I am really pleased with the result!

and hopefully Jo and the newly Royal Marine will be too!

This cupcake is Lemon Sponge,

with a generous portion of Lemon Buttercream,

covered with a circle blanket of sugarpaste in dark green

to represent the "Green Beret" and topped with the edible

Royal Marine Badge.

The other cupcakes are of the same flavours,

but covered in a camouflage designed sugarpaste!

Thank you for the order Jo! x

I absolutely love making "Military Cakes"

and I have another Military cake order for early next year

I can't say anything about them yet,

but they are going to be really special...... so I can't wait to make those!

.....................

Black & White Cupcakes

2010-09-07T08:54:00.000+01:00

Black & White Cupcake

Zebra Print case filled with vanilla sponge,

with rosewater buttercream

and covered with a circle of white sugarpaste

...topped with a single white bloom.

The Animal print cupcake cases are purchased from

our local supermarket "Morrisons"

and I was very impressed with them,

the print didn't fade at all,

as some cases I have bought in the past

from sugarcraft retailers, faded so much

..................and were quite pricey!

These come in a pack of 100 in four designs

(Black & White Zebra, Pink & White Zebra,

Black Leopard Print & finally Grey Leopard Print)

and I think I just paid 99p

Bargain!

They are slightly smaller than the usual cupcakes I make,

but still a good, deep size!