Football Cupcakes

And in other news... It was my soon to be brother-in-law's Birthday yesterday and I made him some cupcakes based on his favourite football team, Liverpool. It was a great chance for me to try out my grass nozzle that I had bought a few months ago but hadn't had the opportunity to use. I was really pleased with the result.

Bridal Shower Cupcakes

Happy Tuesday! Hope you are all having a good week and had a good holiday weekend if you are in the States! I'm having another busy week, was down in London Sunday/Monday catching up with friends and catching up on work today! I spent most of Saturday baking cupcakes for a friend of a friend's bridal shower and thought I would share them with you. A few weeks ago I attempted my first cupcake bouquet and this weekend I made three more! These were vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing and a splash of edible glitter :)

Yum! The bride-to-be was really pleased with them thankfully!

Pastel Cupcakes

Just wanted to share my latest creations, these were vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing for a wedding anniversary celebration. Yum!

Have a great weekend :)


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My First Cupcake Bouquet!

Cupcake Centrepeices

I recently discovered and fell in love with cupcake bouquets and made my first one last week for my friend's Birthday. I got to thinking about whether or not I could perhaps develop this into a centrepiece for the wedding... that might seem a little crazy but when I turned to my friend Google it seems perhaps not! I found this amazing bakery called Designer Delights who have a whole gallery of their wedding creations including centrepieces! Here are just a few wonderful examples:

via Designer Delights

This one is my absolute favourite:

via Designer Delights

I just think that these are so different and quite personal to me as everyone knows I love cupcakes and it would be such a great way of incorporating them into our day as we both want a traditional wedding cake rather than cupcakes.

I think that they would work out cheaper than flower centrepieces too and could be made up without the cupcakes weeks before the big day if using artificial greenery. I also know a great place to get the cupcakes from (Blue Door Bakery) as I've been to some cupcake classes there so wouldn't have the stress of making them the day before. 

I'm going to do a trial one soon to cost it but I have no idea how much flower centrepieces are to compare so I think I need to do my homework. The good news is my fiancé loves the idea! What do you think, is it a bit too crazy?!

My First Cupcake Bouquet!

I have recently discovered the amazing things that are cupcake bouquets! I'm sure everyone in America will be well aware of these, it seems that we are quite behind in the UK on cake trend! Being an avid lover and maker of cupcakes I had to have ago and what better excuse than a friends Birthday? Here is the result:

I was really pleased with how it turned out and my friend absolutely loved it! I was amazed at how easy it was to make, the base was just a plastic flower pot with a few pebbles in to balance the weight of the cupcakes and I got seven plastic drinking cups and stapled them together (one in the middle and six around it) and placed them in the pot so that they fit snugly. I then wrapped the pot in tissue and florist's cellophane and secured it with the ribbon. I baked the cakes and cut the tissue paper into squares and put them between the cake and the cup to hide the cups. I then iced the cakes when they were all in the cups with buttercream and, using a Wilton 1M nozzle (star shaped), started in the middle and then swirled the buttercream outwards in circles so that the cakes look like roses. Not bad huh?