Super cute website...

Just discovered bakerella

a v. cute website with lots of rad baking tips and ideas ..... like these....

Thats all for now!

happy halloween... for tomorrow...

Well I did my baking and icing and the cupcakes sold within 1/2 an hour!  I have to admit I did stray from the plan.... but in the end they all turned out well, they were just for fun so didn't try too hard, check them out below

First up is 'It's a Hoot' cupcakes, cute owl cupcakes with oreo eyes, I got the idea off the net, i will search for the link and post it up soon....

I haven't posted a pic as I didnt get a good photo that did them justice! So yea, eyes are oreos, with beak and eye balls with m&ms, I used wilton tip #16 (star) for the feathers and brow :)

Secondly the scary faces....

I cut the eyes out of licorice allsorts with a small wilton round fondant cutter and just iced a dot on for an iris, cute little strips of licorice for the eyes and mouths, added half a white jelly bean to each for tooth :)

Thirdly! I got this idea off the wilton page, they are cute little count dracula cupcakes....

I used wilton tip #16 (star) and wilton tip #3 for the features, these were super easy to make and less fiddly than the others, didnt end up putting any fangs on as didnt have any white icing!

And last but not least, I iced some cupcakes in a pretty purple color with wilton tip #1M and decorated them with the left over allsorts and edible bats and spiders

These were just for fun so wont be adding them to my for sale lists :)

Thanks for reading xx

witches, ghosts, mummys.... i've been thinking of it ALL....

My mind has been going crazy over the last few days trying to finally decide on what to bake for the masses at my work for the promsied Halloween bake sale! I bought a ghost cookie cutter at one stage with big dreams of using that but I honestly think I am just going to stick with the cupcakes, if I make the cookies tomorrow (which is going to be the baking day before selling them on Friday) then I have no idea if they will stay fresh or how they will look so Im eliminating the stress and just sticking the cakes!

This is my final decision....I am putting it in this blog so I have DIRECTION and stick to the final plan

Count Dracula Cupcakes
Scary Face Cupcakes
Spiderweb Cupcakes

and maybe just some crazy colored ones (orange and black?)  if I can bothered

I guess I will post some pictures tomorrow or Friday once they have all been done!

Wish me good luck!

Go Bananas...

Well I havent been as productive as I promised over this loooong weekend, amongst going to armageddon, enjoying copious amounts of lindaeur that was unfortunately on special for $8.99, watching far too many episodes of rock of love 2 ( I now know who won so can sleep easy) and sleeping I only mananged to make one batch of cupcakes...

In saying that though I think they turned out well! I used Martha Stewarts' Banana Pecan Cupcakes recipe but omitted the caramel buttercream and just went with my standard buttercream and put a tiny dash of yellow food coloring in (to stay with the banana theme)... I used my new favourite tip the 1M

 

For the toppings I made a little banana split-esque topper with candy bananas and mini marshmallows

 

and then melted some dark chocolate and poured it over like chocolate sauce, finally topping it with some chopped nuts and little chocolate sprinkles!

 Think they look pretty cute and they taste super yum! Check them out on flickr or facebook (links to the left) as they have now been added to my order list :)

 

The weekend has landed...

Well after a long week of 7am starts the weekend is about to begin.... and after many non work filled hours at my desk I have made a final decision on the cupcakes for the weekend!

As stated earlier I am going to trial some cute Count Dracula cupcakes from the Wilton website for Halloween... and after browsing Martha's book Im going to try Banana Pecan Cupcakes ! Yum!! They look nicer in the book actually.... Im not a fan of the raw banana slices sitting on the top shown on the website!  I am going to alter the top a bit, I am going to use a light yellow buttercream and then stack it with cute toppings that resemble a banana split! Banana lollies, mini marshmallows and melted chocolate etc!

Fingers crossed...... Will probably get onto these on Sunday as I am off to Armageddon tomorrow!
Pix will be posted and hopefully if they are yummy enough, they will be available to order

Oh and the consensus re: lemon or apple was lemon! So after I have gotten through this weekend lemon cupcakes will definately be on the cards.... Thanks Suzi for opening my eyes to the simple idea of 'lemon juice' haha

Martha Stewart...

I found the most amazing cupcake book today at the library! Usually they have a few recipes and some ok ideas for decorating but this is page after page of delicious recipes and decorating!  Its Called Martha Stewart's Cupcakes

 

I was sent over the edge with this book! I have added so many of the recipes to my ever growing list of 'cupcakes to try'....I usually just photocopy a few of the recipes from books I get from the library but I think I am going to have to buy this one!

There is one for banana pecan cupcakes which look ******* amazing! oh god help me!

She has some of the recipes on her website which I might use until I have a spare $50 lying around for the book!!

Click here to have a look and if you make any i'd love to see the pics, you can post them on my facebook group page (link on the left) !

Flickr...

Well if involving blogspot, facebook and emails wasn't enough to promote my cupcakes, I have now started up a flickr account as well :>

The link is on the side of the page or just click here!

Has all my prices and details.... It's also rad cos I can make 'sets' to display cupcake dozens that include more than one design

At work drinking V and dreaming of the long weekend and the baking it holds

The search for the perfect chocolate cupcake!

Looking through multiple chocolate cupcake recipes I finally found one that makes them moist and yummy! It seems to come down to the addition of buttermilk... the one I decided on is on one of my favourite treat blogs the frosted cake n cookie!

So usually I do a new set of cupcakes every weekend and this week I used my new found recipe to create some super yummy chocolate cupcakes with chocolate butter cream on top, I have a new icing tip with is the 1M, which gives a really nice full swirl! Yum!

They have now been added to my collection for order, they are a great simple cupcake which I think would be good for any occasion, they look great in the metallic cases, which I think I am gonna use more of as they don't go oily in once the cupcakes are baked!

I also tried fondant for the first time and made a fatal mistake, I added liquid food coloring ...... this makes it sticky and practically un usuable! I was about to throw in the towel for good but after research online (which I should have done before I started) I learned that using gel paste coloring is best... So may give it another go

BUT this weekend is for a trial run of some Halloween cupcakes! On the 29th of Oct I have promised that I will sell some treats at my work....

I was thinking Count Dracula cupcakes (this is what I may trial this weekend), Spider web cupcakes and other scary treats! Keep an eye out for the pics as you might want to order some!

I also am keen to try out some more flavoured cupcakes after success with carrot cupcakes, Im thinking lemon or apple.... which would be nicer? thoughts?