PupCakes

E will be turning five in June and has already chosen what cakes she wants for her birthday. Today we decided to attempt her choice. Took a little time to work out which icing is best suited for the design and ended up with just a plain royal icing.

The first try was using "Betty Crocker" ready made icing. (Dark one). This icing was too soft and lost it's shape fairly quickly.

So much easier with the royal icing.

This idea was taken ont of the book "Hello Cup Cake" which can be found here. I am in love with this book and have ordered the second one.

Over the Rainbow

Today I have had another lazy day at home and the only thing I really did is make the kids some Rainbow Cupcakes. Such an easy recipe I use for most of my cupcakes that taste just as good after being frozen.

Into 1 cup metric measuring cup, place 2 eggs, then fill to the top with thickened cream.
Pour into mixing bowl.
Beat for 1 minute with electric mixer.
Add 1 splash vanilla essence & 3/4 cup caster sugar.
Beat for 3 minutes.
...Add 1 cup SR flour (sifted), fold into mixture with wooden spoon until incorporated.
Place mixture into 14 muffin tins lined with paper cases, bake in moderate oven until light golden brown and cakes spring back when lightly touched.

 

See, I told you it was easy. Now, after folding through the flour, split into six different bowls and add colour. I use "paste" colours that I prefer for fondant, as the colours come out so much richer than food dye. Then just spoon in layers into the patty case, since the colours are so pretty I don't worry about icing.

The inside.

 

I have been a little slack in the sewing department and have a few heat bags cut out and ready to be stitched, but that will have to be a job for another day.

Little Girls Dresses

I found a really easy and quick tutorial online for a pattern for a great little girls dress that I have also adapted for a top and skirt. I can make one in 30 minutes for kinder outfit and E loves being able to pick out her own materials.

Sorry about the crappy photos, but they were taken on the laptop and I had trouble trying to hold it in place.
I have so many other items all cut out ready to go, just need to find the time as this weekend I had an order for eighty cupcakes, should have photos of them this week sometime.

The kiddies have just finished making some rainbow cupcakes will blog the recipe, results and photos on my next entry.

Like A Virgin

Well this is my very first blog and very first post and really have no idea what I am doing, I will just have to learn along the way. Just thought I should have a little place where I could share my little bits on the side. I had a little trouble coming up with a name as I really don't have a witty bone in my body (unless tipsy and then I think I am the funniest thing since "Grilled Cheesus". See, that was pretty lame. So the name that I came up with is my kids names smushed together and the one I seemed to use all the time. Fingers crossed it gets better than this.

The cake at the top is one of the first that I ever made which was for my gorgeous niece for her first birthday.