Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

rainbow cakes and inspiration






Well ladies and gents, I am still unemployed and though it was pleasant at the beginning, now it only serves as a monkey clinging to my back, i cant seem to shake the joblessness from me...aghhh! I needed some inspiration today and during my musings i came across a rainbow cupcake to go with my rainbow cake or earlier posting, and a cloudy photo which always serves a good purpose.

onward and up we go

I signed up for an online adobe website design course today so hope that i can fill my time constructively, though not sure how i will pay for it yet...! lol It will stop me from looking at all these other lovely things to make :D

hope you enjoying happy days all!!

Thursday, 27 May 2010

More Rainbow cake!


Well how to resist posting this glorious interweb find twice in one day; check out the full details and flikr pic clicks here

http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake

this website was BORN to be my friend :)
xxx

Friday, 15 January 2010

Seriously pretty things







not much to say today except oh so pretty things, i am so loving this year so far, cant wait for february, the month of luuuuuurve!! yayay so many nice projects to start!

and anyone who wants to make me a cake can make me one that looks like the owl one, how gorgeous is that! :D

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Lemon Drizzle Muffins

Ingredients

2 eggs, beaten
85g/3oz caster sugar
240ml/8fl oz milk
100ml/3½fl oz vegetable oil
300g/10oz plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
4 lemons, zest only
For the topping
50g/2oz icing sugar
1 lemon, juice only
sprigs lemon thyme, to garnish (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Line a muffin tin with paper cases. Mix the egg, sugar, milk and oil in a large bowl. Sift in the flour, baking powder, salt and then add the lemon. Roughly mix.
2. Spoon the mixture into the pre-prepared muffin cases.
3. Bake for 30-35 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.
4. Make the lemon drizzle topping by mixing together the sugar and lemon juice.
5. Spoon the lemon drizzle mixture over the cooled muffins. If desired, decorate the muffins with sprigs of lemon thyme.

Monday, 28 September 2009

Beads and crafty things













Quick one, I found these hand made buttons beads and keyrings on the net this moring and HAD to share, they are made from polymer clay and ooooooooooh so cute, i wish i had the patience to make things like this!! The jelly babies are SO REAL!!! and the ninjas, oh so gorgeous, and of course the super cuppakes, it really has been cake month in September LOL

-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO-X-O-XO

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Praise Butter




BUTTER BUTTER BUTTER - the answer to my cupcake decorating dreams!!

Let there always be good butter, for without butter there is no buttercream...!

A good tasting, good looking cupcake doesn't need an afternoon budget splurge at a professional bakery, nor the shipping in of exotic ingredients, nor the sacrifice of a sunny day as you hand-moulded marzipan daisies for decor. Perhaps one of the most attractive qualities of a good cupcake is this: simplicity.
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First, you need a good vanilla or chocolate cake recipe.
Second, you need a good buttercream.
Third, you need a simple yet striking decorating plan.
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For now, let's focus on step two.
Because, well. Buttercream has butter in it.
And, I believe in butter.
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The secret to a stand-up-and-sing buttercream is a pack of pure butter. When butter is skimped upon, a stiff, super-sweet frosting occurs, bogging down the fluffy cake below.
A good, basic buttercream should be simply that, basic. You need only the right base of ingredients. Beginning with such allows you to create a multitude of succulent frosting flavours without sacrificing texture or taste.
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All these lovely cupcake designs I have been dreaming about, they will soon be MINE!!! wah-ha-ha-ha-ha

I have found your secret you clever cupcake design making people, I too will make cupcakes in assorted atractive colourful designs!! wooooooopppppie!!

* apologies for short madness spell, sanity will resume as normal in a few weeks/months/years lol

ALSO
Check out these cute apple popcorns!! HOW CUTE IS THAT??!!!! :)

Monday, 21 September 2009

Still thinking about Cake







Chris made an awesome Banofee cheesecake for us, and it is huge, and soooooo sweet, have to have some people over later to drink gallons of tea and help us eat it :)
Found these lovely cupcake pics online and had to share it, maybe next week I will make some of my own, best ones I ever seen are from our friends in Liverpool, Rachel Armstrong made a huge selection of them and they are just the BEST!! here are some pics of the last batch she made for a bbq, hhhhmmmmmmm time for a reunion i think so we can have them again!!

Thursday, 17 September 2009

Its all about CAKE!!








One of my favourite topics, as all who know me will verify, is CAKE!! These are some of the amazing things that I love in life, all expressed in the form of cake, I mean, c'mon - how good is that???!!

I wish I could decorate as well as this, because I know I would have a good solid base for a business!

..............hmmmmm....................hmmmmmmm...........cake!!!!

If you live in London you can order the cupcakes (as a gift to a friend or your self if you prefer...!), they're a bit pricey but dont they look awesome!! I think I might even be able to attempt something similar.....one day!! lol and then all you, my lovely friends, we will all eat fabulous cake together

Let there always be cake!!

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Crafty Inspiration





Today I've been surfing and found some really great crafty things on the net, like these super cool cake tissue boxes, they are so lush!! Shame I can't crochet or I would make some attempt to make one!! They would be uber cool gifts for crimbo, especially since it is prime 'cold and flu' time!!
Back to the surfing, more pics tomorrow of any nice finds! ;)