Birthday Goodness

Just a super quick one to show you the cupcake tower I made for Mini Sugar's birthday (I finally got some pics back from the photographer!)

Mini Sugar is very sure about what he likes. He picked all of the colours and decortions, right down to the siver cupcake cases! I made the stand myself and spray painted it blue. I then got some thin red silk cord from a haberdasher and glued it on as edging. It was a total coincidence that the colours he picked matched the party room though! (he had the party at one of those giant soft play centres).

The cakes themselves were my favorite organic vanilla and rosewater recipe. The rosewater makes the cakes really soft and gives them a lovely sweet flavour. The icing was a white chocolate fudge buttercream that I coloured with natural colourings (the last thing we wanted was a room full of 5 year olds coming down from E numbers!). The trains on the top of each cake were some lollipops I found on a party supplies website in the U.S. Judging by the stampede that ensued as soon as the candles were blown out, I think Mini Sugar and freinds were pretty impressed!

Ta dahhhh!

So, that's it for now and i'll write again soon!

Love

Sugar
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P.S Mr Sugar is away next week, so I feel some big, fluffy, glittery girl cakes are in order!

Wibbly

Hello!

I know it has been a million years since I last posted. I do intend to post some stuff really soon! I've been saving up all the cakey goodness I have to share with the faithful few who kindly spare the time to read my ramblings!

Since coming back from my amazing holiday, life has been mental. Mr Sugar unfortunately lost his job, I quit mine and started studying at uni full time! everything has kinda come to a head recently and I am feeling a little wibbly (I think this exactly describes the way i feel!). I fully intended to do the Iron Baker Basil challenge and I even mucked about with a few recipes but time flew by and before I knew it, the deadline was up! I am having a MAMMOTH baking session tomorrow night, so I am deffo gonna throw in a few recipes with this month's ingredient (cheese). My last day with the LWP is this friday so I'm saying farewell in style with some cupcakes so tasty that I may have to open a support hotline when they realise they won't be getting them anymore!!! I'm thinking simple. I'm thinking piled obscenely high with as many different confections as I can find!!!! The only course of action: a devil's food cake base. Fresh whipped cream. oozing caramel centre. tons of chocolate on top. Job done. I'm trying to come up with a name as I type. Death By Chocolate isn't quite right as these will be SO much better than that! Answers on a postcard please.

Another thing that you may have noticed is the distinct lack of good photos in this blog. I am absolutely pants at photography unfortunately. But I know that my ramblings would be much easier to understand if they were accompanied by some pics. So, faithful reader, I promise that I will photograph my next efforts, even if the photos look like they were taken by a ham fisted drunk with a serious miopia!! it's the thought that counts, no?

well thats it for me. Got to hit the text books to prep for Tort Law tomorrow (yay!)

Love

Sugar
x x x x

P.S the sailor buns I mentioned in my last post turned out AWESOME!!! I made little tattoo's out of icing and everything! you should see! (and I did take pics so you will see next time! even better!)
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