Hydrangea Cupcakes

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!!!

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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

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.

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

Baby Boy Cupcakes

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

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

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.

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Military Cupcakes for "25 Regt."

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

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

 

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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!!!!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

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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http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

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.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

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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