White and pink present cake

Just finished making this cake. I had every intention of making the 'ribbon' in pink and yellow, but it started to look like a baby shower cake! Also wanted to do something a bit different with the pom pom bow so put a black rose in the middle :) This is one of my favourite cakes that I have made so far! Absolutely love it!

My first attempt at chocolate panels

Can't say I'm the master at it yet. But looking forward to trying it again!

Red Angry Birds Cake

It must be birthday season! I feel all that I have done over the past few months is bake cake after cake after cake! After I uploaded the photo of the angry birds cake last weekend, I got a big request for a work friends son's birthday this weekend. Still need to add the finishing touches. But I think it's looking great so far!

Angry Birds Cake

Hi all :)

Check out this Angry birds cake that I made for my cousin's 5th birthday! I had lots of good feedback on the birds and piggies from my friends. Thanks Bake Happy for the tutorial on how to make angry birds. The link can be found here!

Baby rump cake

This is the baby rump cake I made for my friend Tessa's baby shower on Sunday
To get the baby bottom, legs and feet I used my 3D ball pans. With one of the ball halves, I cut out two banana shapes and two peanut shapes for the legs and feet.

Wild animal 21st cake

This is the cake I made for my sisters 21st party :) The top cake is white chocolate mudcake and the bottom is dark chocolate. I had quite a lot of fun making it, and surprisingly wasn't that hard!

Half girl / Half boy cake

Hi again :)
Today I made a mudcake for a girl who's turning 14 and a boy turning 13... Now I haven't had much experience when it comes to shared birthdays... YET! (Eva's 1st birthday next year is on the same day as her Aunty Mikayla's) And I did think sharing a cake isn't much fun. But having two cakes and not enough people to eat it isn't fun either! So I did half n half. I had lots of fun playing with my rose cutters last night. I have to say, they look so much better than the ones I used to make. And on the other side I did a full fondant rockstar theme!
If you want to know how to make the guitar I got the tutorial from: http://thepinkrubycakes.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/how-to-make-a-fondant-guitar/
Looks delicious! Can't decide which side I would want to eat... A slice of each perhaps? :P

Birthday cakes

Haven't posted in a wee while as I haven't made any cupcakes! However have had a lot of requests for birthday cakes so I may as well share what I have been up to :)

Pinata cake made for Mr 5's birthday party... Super fun to make and even more fun watching the kids freaking out wondering why he was about to throw a hammer at it!...

 Sitting safely in the fridge...

Pinata cake

The Aftermath of a pinata cake

I have also made two attempts at ombre cakes tonight. I was meant to make one, but I love getting a phone call from my lovely DP saying 'What's for dinner? Also that cake was YUM'. So I had to make another. Grr

Purple Ombre Mudcake

Here's my second attempt...

Purple Rose Ombre Mudcake

Cupcake rant

One thing I find difficult is not eating what I bake, so I have taken a couple of weeks off to focus on healthy eating and exercise. It is SOOOO hard. All I think about it sugary food. I have baking chocolate in the cupboard, and all sorts of lollies that I'm not allowed to touch! I've also discovered this week that TV adverts DO work! Cadbury chocolate ad came on last night, and I NEEDED it instantly. Ohmygosh I just can't get over it. I AM ADDICTED.
On a cupcake note however, Eva, my mum and I went to Christchurch a couple of weeks ago and I found 'The Cupcake Collection' at Westfield Riccarton. Their kiosk was TINY. But the girls said they make everything on site, and they had dozens of different flavours. Made me realise that I could do this! Yet I still have no idea where I should start... Do I want a massive shop or a cute little kiosk?

I couldn't help myself and had to buy two of their cupcakes... Hokey pokey and chocolate. YUM YUM!

A few fun themes are coming up really quick too. My sisters birthday party on the 20th. Thinking of doing a wild animal theme. 31st is HALLOWEEN! And in a couple of months Christmas! I have pre-ordered some really cool Christmas themed cupcake soaps from ilovesoap.co.nz...
CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON THEM :)
Will try post some baking soon, when I have some motivation. Is there such thing as cupcake block? [like writers block?] haha

Girly girl chocolate cupcakes

Today I have made chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and dark chocolate flavoured fondant blossoms :) Yep, still obsessed with my new blossom plungers hehe!