Grandy’s Naked Cake

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Today is my Grandy’s birthday. We decided to make her something summery (even though this week’s weather thinks it’s October). We went for a naked cakey but piped the buttercream to keep the edges neat and used lots of fresh strawberries and raspberries sandwiched with

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Hydrangea Print Cake

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It’s August. How did that happen?! This summer is flyyyying by. But it’s ok as it’s been filled with lots of fun things like my friend’s Hen Do which this cake was for. I based the design on the super cool invitations her brother designed for the event, which was in keeping with the floral theme. For the cake I printed the design on to sugar sheets which I ordered from

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Modern Art Cupcakes

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Hands down these are my favourite cupcakes to date. I got a request for ‘Modern Art’ themed cupcakes for a friend of ours’ daughter to take to school. ACTUAL dream come true. Not only did I finally manage to put my Art History degree to good use, but I got to do it through the medium of cake! I thought I would challenge myself by making each of the 24 cupcakes have different pieces of art. I made a list of all my favourite Modern Artists and their most famous artworks then began hand making each of the toppers. I started with Frida, a personal fave, and worked my way through from Warhol, Picasso, Dali, Monet, Van Gogh and loads more. For most of them I

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Chocolate Caramel Flower Cupcakes

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I’m having a bit of a moment when I have too much to share and don’t know where to start. Just picture me as that girl emoji with her hands on her head looking a little overwhelmed. Yep that. I’ve been so super occupied with making, testing, drawing and planning that my camera and sketchbook are full, but the blog has seemed a bit empty. Don’t worry, I get how boring it is to hear about how busy someone is so here are sweet chocolate, caramel dripping, frilly flower cupcakes which are faaar more entertaining. I made these

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