Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Thank You




Need I say more.
A delicious thank you is always the best kind.




A fondant Iced and decorated sponge cake filled with butter icing and jam.

Cupcakes

So I have been working with more different recipes recently.

Here I made some strawberries and cream cupcakes.
I decorated them two ways some with fresh strawberries and some with fondant flowers and gold dragee's.



I also used one of my new cake stands to display them.


The other recipe I made was red velvet cupcakes.
They have a creamcheese frosting which compliments the richness of the cake.



I decorated them with cake crumbs.



They tasted good and were enjoyed by everyone.

Bowl Love

I've been waiting patiently for the right time to christen my bowl. I got it for Christmas and love it very very much so I wanted to keep it special and new for as long as possible.

Recently however I could wait no longer so I used it to make some cupcakes and it made them taste wonderful.




I love my bowl.

School Reunion




These are some vanilla cupcakes I made for our ten year school reunion.

Say it in cake...


So cake isn't just for birthdays. It can say anything you want it to just to show you care.

I was asked to make a cake for someone who was going to be travelling back to Australia.




I thought for a while about how to decorate it and decided that it would be a good idea to illustrate the reason for the party.



Bye!

Raspberry and Chocolate Birthday Cake



A while back now I made this chocolate birthday cake with a raspberry and butter cream filling.

I decorated it with fondant icing in bright colours and flowers to give it a feeling of spring or if we're being really hope full summer.





Bring on summer.

Creamy Chocolate and Lemon Tower Cake


So back at Easter I had a number of conversations with my Mom about the limited edition lemon mini rolls, it soon became apparent that she had fallen in love with their lemony goodness and why not.






So when it came to her birthday in may there was only one real option for her cake- pimp that mini roll!

So I analysed the mini roll in a very professional manner. Crisp rich chocolate, moist soft sponge, zesty lemon and smooth sweet cream. After all of my hard work I started to consider what more it could have to improve it- well for a start it could be bigger.






The first decision I made was we needed more chocolate. So I added some layers of chocolate cake and a layer of chocolate ganache to cover it.

I also decided it could be more lemony- so I made lemon sponge and added lemon curd between each layer with the sweetened whipped cream.



The chocolate panels on the outside needed to be thicker but not two thick just enough to balance out the cream.

The last addition was fresh fruit as a cream cake is never complete without it!

So there it is my Creamy Chocolate and Lemon Tower, it was light smooth and fresh and seemed to last no time at all.




Yum.