Cake and Conquer

I love experimenting. This was another of my midnight...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:18:43 +0100

I love experimenting. This was another of my midnight creations.

Arctic Roll kept coming up in talks with various people. I wanted something yummy. Cover it in meringue, stick it in the oven, and devour.
You will feel sick. It will be worth it.

The first of many This was the first full blown Red Velvet Cake...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:14:49 +0000

The first of many

This was the first full blown Red Velvet Cake I made for Bean’s 14th birthday (Josh, my little brother accompanied by Math, my littler brother) and since then it has pretty much become the birthday cake of choice for my brother. It really was the first of many.

Spotty Vanilla Cupcakes Just simple Vanilla sponge with Vanilla...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:29:00 +0000

Spotty Vanilla Cupcakes

Just simple Vanilla sponge with Vanilla Buttercream

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes Chocolate sponge cupcakes with an...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:00 +0000

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Chocolate sponge cupcakes with an Orange Buttercream icing.

Cake Wrecks

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:57:47 +0000

Cake Wrecks:

I was in a bookshop and found the funniest book ever titled ‘Cake Wrecks’. Funny enough, it was a collection of the funniest pictures, all of which can be found here.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:46:52 +0000

First attempt at Red Velvet Cupcakes - November 2010

This was my first attempt using the hummingbird bakery recipe. I haven’t used a different Red Velvet recipe since.

I used a cream cheese frosting, hummingbird recipe same as the cakes and tinted half of it pink just for some variation. They looked more like little fairy cakes then full grown cupcakes, but you could taste the chocolate and they were clearly little red parcels of yummy goodness!

The 70th Birthday event that started it all. In September 2010,...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:12:51 +0000

70 Elephants????

stars and elephants

70 cupcakes is a lot to decorate!

The 70th Birthday event that started it all.

In September 2010, my nan turned 70. She wanted to throw a massive garden patry so that everyone could arrive whenever they wanted, open house style. So I was asked by my Ma, as my contribution, if I could do the birthday cakes. Cupcakes and a birthday cake. Well I’ll be honest, I didn’t make the birthday cake (it was a simple white fruit cake) as I decided that I was going to make 70 cupcakes (1 for each year) and they were going to take some time to make and decorate! That is a lot of work when you’re making them out of your tiny little kitchen and want them all to have some sort of consistency (I have a quality assurance background - detail is VERY important to me). My theme was elephants and purple, that is what I went with.
This was the first time I’d ever made something for more than what I would call home consumption. It gave me a real confidence boost in terms of what I felt I was actually capable of achieving and everyone loved the 70 cupcakes to celebrate the 70 years.

Pretty in Pink Birthday Cake

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:18:53 +0000

Pretty in Pink Birthday Cake

Cake o'Clock

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:38:00 +0000

So after getting made redundant and finding myself with a lot of time on my hands, I used that time to start baking. Over a years worth of photographs later, I decided it was probably about time to start putting my photos somewhere as I have a few hundred now and thought it would be nice to see what I’ve actually made.

I’ll be posting everything I’ve made from the start, so could take a while to get up to date, but eventually I’ll get there and hopefully, just be able to log my pictures as I make my cake and pie awesomeness!