Fishing Birthday Cupcakes

Here we have the fishing cupcakes that I created to accompany the fishing birthday cake which was ordered recently.


The flavours were the same as in the larger cake, 'Blondie' (vanilla bean butter) cake with caramel Swiss meringue buttercream.

For the cupcake toppers I used homemade marshmallow fondant which I marbled to make it appear like the sea to create discs to use as a base for all the 3D creatures etc.

There were some crabs, fish & stingray (which were finished with lustre dust to appear more fish like), happy birthday messages (featuring seaweed & rocks), star fish & fishing rods, all of which appeared on the matching cake.

I think the crabs were pretty cute!

Fishing Birthday Cake

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I caught a fish alive.......

Here we have a fun fishing themed birthday cake that was ordered for a adult males birthday. It was a smaller sized cake as the order also included 24 co-ordinating cupcakes.

The cake was 3 layers of 'Blondie' (vanilla bean butter cake) with caramel Swiss meringue buttercream sandwiched in between. This was covered in homemade marshmallow fondant which I marbled in order to make it appear more sea like.  The size was a 6" round (approx 10 regular serves).


The boat, all of the items in the boat, sea creatures, seaweed & rocks were also modeled using marshmallow fondant.



The customer had told me that the birthday boy loves his tinnie so I designed the cake with that in mind & made the tinnie the main focus. I was sure to use the actual letters & numbers off his real life boat on the tinnie to make it really personalised. I added a lifesaver & an Esky inside the boat for a whimsical touch, (I love the little Esky).

The fish popping out of the water is one of my favorite parts, I used royal icing to pipe the little ripples on the water around the fish which I think looked really effective. I also used royal icing to pipe the little air bubbles coming from the mouth of the fish on the side of the cake.

Although you can't tell too well from the photos all the fish & the stingray had a shiny & sparkly finish which I achieved by using edible lustre dust.

Again I marbled the fondant for the rocks to give them a more realistic look.

Cake & Cupcake Toppers - Sugar Flowers

Toppers are the perfect way to really make your cake & cupcakes very special & personalise them for individuals, specific occasions, hobbies or interests.

One fantastic thing about toppers is although they are usually entirely edible they can also be kept indefinitely as a keepsake of a special occasion or event to preserve the memory for ever, this is particularly great for engagements, weddings, 21st birthday etc. Simply removed from the top of your cake, leave to air dry completely & place into a beautiful box or display cabinet.

Anything is possible from characters, people & animals to flowers, insects & foods as well as any objects such as footballs, fishing rods, tiaras/crowns & also business, corporate & fundraising logos the list is truly endless, anything you can imagine I can create for you!

All of my toppers are personally hand crafted by me.  The following are examples of some characters that I have created.

Cake & Cupcake Toppers - Characters

Toppers are the perfect way to really make your cake & cupcakes very special & personalise them for individuals, specific occasions, hobbies or interests.

One fantastic thing about toppers is although they are usually entirely edible they can also be kept indefinitely as a keepsake of a special occasion or event to preserve the memory for ever, this is particularly great for engagements, weddings, 21st birthday etc. Simply removed from the top of your cake, leave to air dry completely & place into a beautiful box or display cabinet.

Anything is possible from characters, people & animals to flowers, insects & foods as well as any objects such as footballs, fishing rods, tiaras/crowns & also business, corporate & fundraising logos the list is truly endless, anything you can imagine I can create for you!

All of my toppers are personally hand crafted by me.  The following are examples of some characters that I have created.


Woody from Toy Story.


Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.

Grey Matter from Ben 10.

Up Chuck from Ben 10.

Smurf & Smurfette 

Mini Mouse

Goofy

Pluto

Oscar the Grouch

Cookie Monster

Elmo

Zoe

R2D2

Yoshi

The Secret Garden Cupcakes

I was recently invited to a friends house for a tupperware party & wanted to take along something special for her & her guests, so knowing that there would be mainly ladies there I choose to create something very pretty & feminine.  They would also be wonderful for a wedding, for mothers day or a thank you.

These gorgeous floral cupcakes were inspired by the fact that spring is not too far away now. I decided on a secret garden theme featuring all manner of flowers in various colours including roses, carnations, frangipanis, lilies & daisies as well as some leaves, vines, bright butterflies & little tiny ladybugs.

The cake for these cupcakes was my 'Luscious Lemon Zing' which as the name suggests has quite a zingy lemon flavour, I paired this with a subtle lemon & vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream frosting. Followed by light sprinkle of green sugar crystals.

The beautifully delicate flowers, leaves, vines & animals that topped each cupcake I created using sugarpaste & were finished with accents & highlights using edible petal & lustre dusts, cachous & sugar pearls.

Some of the flowers were very time consuming to make especially the carnations but definitely worth it I'm sure you would agree.

These cupcakes would make the ultimate gift to cheer someone special up as they would receive both cupcakes & flowers (completely edible ones too), it doesn't get better then that!

Cookie Gift Bags/Favours

Here are some examples of various decorated sugar cookies that I can make for gift bags or favours for your event.

This is however just a very small representation of what I can create & really anything is possible, from wedding cakes to baby bottles to awareness ribbons the sky's the limit!

These cookies were a chocolate flavour sugar cookie & they are all decorated with a combination of vanilla royal icing & marshmallow fondant.

If the cookies are for party favors I generally like to design two individual cookies with one theme in mind so that they that compliment each other.

However it they are for a party table or a thank you gift etc I can also create an array of different cookies revolved around a specific theme to form a cookie platter.

Because these type of cookies can be easily personalised to suit any theme or occasion it makes them just perfect for celebrations like baby showers, birthdays, mothers & fathers days, engagements, wedding etc.


When packaged in pairs into cute little bags with some lovely ribbon they make really beautiful party favors for your guests.