Easter

So Easter is all about chocolate and so the only cake to make is chocolate cake... so I made two!

The first one was with vanilla butter icing. This cake is rich in taste with a light moist texture.





The daisy decorations were quite seasonal and had butter icing centres.

The second cake was filled and covered with chocolate butter icing. Overall this makes the cake much richer.

And as it was Easter I had to include some mini eggs.

If you would like a chocolate cake for any future events let me know.

Pear and Apple Mothersday Cakes

For mothering Sunday I decided that as well as gifts it would be nice to make some cakes.

I had previously made my own recipe for pear, apple and mixed fruit cupcakes and decided to amend it to make these cakes.





The cake itself is very moist as the dried fruit is soaked for a few months to make it plump and juicy giving it a rich flavour. The pear and apple help to balance this.

These were been covered in marzipan and fondant icing.

The cupcakes were covered in butter icing which works well with the flavour of the cake.

Yum!

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

I have not been a big fan of gluten free baking as there is a lot more that can go wrong with it. wheat free flour can not be used as an alternative to regular flour I have learnt. You need to use either ground almonds or rice flour with separate gluten free raising agents.

So it was with trepidation that I used a new recipe without testing it out beforehand.

However this cake turned out delicious.

A rich chocolate cake made with 80% cocoa chocolate.

I decided to top the cake with sweetened whipped cream and fruit to balance out the richness of the cake with something fresher.



It went down very well and will definitely be something I make again.

I think I would make two and sandwich them with the cream.




If you'd like a Gluten free chocolate cake then contact me about it.

Cupcakes

These were some more butterfly birthday cupcakes that were ordered for a birthday party.

The colour palette was decided by the client as they were the birthday girls favourite colours.







These were vanilla cupcakes with butter icing and fondant butterflies.

If you have an event or birthday coming up and need some cupcakes then contact me for details.

Its Been a While

Over the past few months I've been very busy with my studies and got behind on blogging. I have however still been baking and will upload some of the fruits of my labour for you to enjoy.

I'll start way back in march.



I had a try at making some cornbread, it was my first attempt at this recipe and turned out well however I think I still prefer to have fried dumplings.


Then I made some cupcakes to celebrate a tutor having a new baby.






These were vanilla cupcakes with butter icing and fondant decorations.

90th Birthday Cake

Yesterday I made a little birthday cake for someone's 90th birthday. A special occasion if ever there was one.

As her favourite flowers are Lily of the Valley, I found out what they were and started work on making some.

The colour scheme of lilac is one of her favourite colours.

This cake was a vanilla sponge with delicious creamy butter icing and decorated entirely in rolled fondant.

If you have a birthday coming up let me know and you can get a cake made personally for you or your loved one.

Maria's 13th Birthday Cupcakes

Here's a few vanilla cupcakes I made for a birthday the other week.
I decided to go with a floral theme with butterflies.

I made some mini cupcakes as well to compliment them as little flowers.

As well as the flowers there were some initialled cupcakes to give a more personal touch.

Butter icing was used for decoration on all of the cakes with the butterflies being made from rolled fondant.

If you would like some delicious personalised cupcakes then contact me for more information.