Category Archives: Cupcakes
This has to be one of the BEST treasures that I have ever found. I scooped it up in a local vintage shop a few weeks ago. I was beside myself with excitement. Simply GORGEOUS!!! It is an old tin toy oven. I have never seen anything like it.
Down by the sea – baby shower
When I was asked to make a feature cake and cupcakes with a sea/beach theme for a baby shower, I was pleasantly challenged. After researching all of the possibilities, I knew that I wanted to to create a show stopping display which had an authentic beachy feel about it.
The feature cake was a dark chocolate mud cake with Kahlua buttercream, and the cupcakes were rose & vanilla with white chocolate shells and sugar shards topping the vanilla buttercream.
Congratulations to the beautiful new Mama to be.
Oreo cupcakes with marshmallow fluff.
I confess I was having a bit of a stressful day. With ten people living in your house, sometimes you get that! By about 4pm, my tolerance levels were diminishing rapidly and I knew there was only one thing I needed to do, and I needed to do it fast.
Bake.
Vintage baby shower
This Mama Bear has been having a marvellous time of late, creating a beautiful vintage baby shower for a customer whose daughter is expecting her first baby.
Puck’s Garden
Last week I had the marvellous opportunity to create a whimsical arrangement of cupcakes for a wedding photo shoot. The theme was “Enchanted Forest”. It was an absolute delight thinking up and creating these treats. I was commissioned to make a dozen cupcakes for the wedding feast.
Orange & poppyseed cupcakes
Hello Hello! Oh so many ideas and so little time!!! I have been in a baking frenzy of late. My mind continually bursts with recipes and flavour combinations I want to try. Not to mention the food styling ideas and photo props that bombard my waking hours!! I have decided that I need to start selling some of my cupcakes just to break even with my little addiction habit . I am hoping to sell one box of a dozen mixed cupcakes each week. These will be announced on my Facebook page. Of course the REAL reason is that I get to bake MORE cupcakes and try out my new flavours!!
Rose with French vanilla cupcakes
If cupcakes could be romantic, then I think I have created the most delicate heart endearing sweet treat that may even send Mr Darcy begging for more!
Mint Black bottom cupcakes
I continue to experiment with Black bottom cupcakes. These have a choc mint flavoured cheesecake topping baked into a rich chocolate cupcake base. Nice. These are fun to make and appeal to those who prefer something not so sweet. I admit that I am enjoying these variations and am toying with a few new ones. How about chocolate jaffa orange? Hmmm… (Thanks Heather!)
Strawberry bottom cupcake
I am not convinced that “Strawberry bottom cupcake” sounds as appropriate as it’s Black bottom cousin, but as a newcomer to the whole baked-cheesecake-on-top-of-a-cupcake thing, I didn’t really know what else to call it.
Black bottom Cupcakes
I have recently discovered Black bottom cupcakes.
This is where a chocolate cheesecake mixture is placed on top of a normal cupcake mix before baking. The result is a decadent power hit of flavour. Apparently these are an American idea and most likely very popular there. I am probably the only ignorant Australian who has never heard of them!!