Chocolate Bar Cake

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!

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"Toni" Wedding Cake

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.

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"Something New, Old & Rejected!"

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

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!!!!

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Rose Swirl Cupcakes

Some very last minuter simple cupcakes

I made yesterday morning.

Rich Chocolate cupcakes and

whipped ganache rose swirls

decorated with a single small blossom

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LILAC FREESIA WEDDING CUPCAKE

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!

x

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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.

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VINTAGE BIRTHDAY CAKE

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!!!

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

 decorated with a vintage feel.

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Victoria Cross Cupcakes

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

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.

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VINTAGE CAMEO WEDDING CAKE

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.

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MASQUERADE CUPCAKE TOWER & TOP CUTTING CAKE

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.

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Ganache Covered Cake

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

x

Before & After

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

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.

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"White on White" Wedding Cupcakes

"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

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!"

"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

x

Christmas Reindeer Cake

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!"

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LEIGH & JOSEPHINES WINTER WEDDING CAKE

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

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

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Snowmen & Christmas Tree Cookies

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!