Subaru STi

Blue Subaru STi. I was asked by a friend if I could make her son a Subaru car cake for his birthday, this was fun to do, although the shape isn't exact they absolutely loved it!!! ....Thank God!!!

One Off

I fancied having a go at something alittle different, a bit more elegant (well they are for me!)

The top cupcake has buttercream swirled on top with a blanket of embossed fondant, the fondant is then dusted with lustre dust, decorated with a bronzed rose & leaf and finished off with a sugar diamond.

The bottom cake has the buttercream swirls with fondant flowers (and in this case they are very delicate) these are too brushed with lustre dust, with pearls for their centers.

Lilac, Pink & Purple Hills

I love these, so colourful and fresh looking. I made these just for fun, just for me!............oh yeah and my family!...tut!

School Fete Cupcakes

Cupcakes made for my son's School Fete for fundraising. Top photo shows the Chocolate & Treacle cupcakes with chocolate buttercream decorated with fondant blossom and cachous/pearls. The middle photo has Chocolate & treacle cupcakes and Vanilla cupcakes with buttercream and fondant flowers. Where the bottom one shows just vanilla cakes with rosewater buttercream, fondant flowers and cachous/pearls.

Lemon & Lime Cupcakes with Honey & Rosewater Buttercream

................................................................................... Although the cupcakes in these two pictures look so different, they are from the same batch. Both are Lemon & Lime cupcakes with Honey & Rosewater Buttercream, it is just the decor and size that differs. The cakes on the left (decorated with Red Blooms) were posted onto "cupcakes take the cake" site, of which I was thrilled to have been asked if they could have it on there, after they had seen it on my Flickr photostream. It's nice knowing that others like what I have made!

Father's Day Cakes

I was asked to make two Father's Day Cakes this year with the design left up to me, so I decided to go for the "Garden Theme". The first cake was chosen with a man mowing his lawn, because at the time the gent who the cake was for, was obsessed with his lawn looking flawless. So I made it with a comical element to it! The cake is an ordinary victoria sponge, filled and covered in buttercream, and left to dry (crust over) a little. Then the whole of the cake was covered in green fondant and again left to dry, ready for decoration. The second one was exactly the same cake just decorated differently! this one was for and older gentleman, so I made a garden bench with a newspaper sitting on it, and on the newspaper I had written (in a column) "Happy Father's Day! of which I thought was a nice touch!

Orange & Purple Cupcakes for Schools PTE Fundraising

This collection was made for my sons Schools PTE Fundraising event.

All orange & purple fondant flowers were made in advance to thoroughly dry out, so they will keep they're shape (photo 1 & 2) and the 3rd photo has them all boxed up and ready to go!

Ruby & Black

Ruby & black handmade fondant flowers.

Roses

Far left photo shows some of the first fondant roses that I've made.

The middle one has them placed with a leaf on cupcakes and buttercream.

And the final photo has one of the cupcakes with different surroundings

Lilac Daisies

Far left are some fondant daisies made after taking photos of the flowers in my garden, well they wouldn't have got made if I wasn't told "I should get some inspiration from them" from a good friend Bev, from "Sugarbloom" who I met on Flickr. So glad I did, I love the way these look!

The next photo shows them placed on top of the cupcakes. The buttercream had melted a little as it was a very, very hot day!

Black

1. On the far left are black fondant flowers of various sizes and styles, and finished with some cachous/dragees, another experiment.
2. The middle picture shows some of the flowers on some cupcakes with buttercream swirls.
3. And the third picture shows another variety of the flowers on cupcakes with some buttercream, covered with a blanket of embossed fondant.

Handmade Fondant Flowers

Handmade fondant flowers made by me.

I love making these, very therapeutic!

I like to try and make something a little different by adding tiny sprinkles and things if I have them!

All Vanilla

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A small, all vanilla cupcake & buttercream. This is one of the early cakes I made. A lot of my cakes are just practice pieces, getting to know flavours, textures, how to decorate them, of which I like the decorating part the best!