bespoke cupcakes

I’ve been really looking forward to making this cake. I was asked by the lovely Grainne to create something for her daughter’s 21st ‘Day of the Dead’ themed birthday party this past weekend. I LOVE this theme. Put simply it’s like Mexican Halloween or if you’re feeling particularly Spanish, Dias de Muertos. I adore it’s colourful vibe, patterns and of course the decorated skulls. I knew it would translate into …

If you’ve read my FAQs you will have spotted that this time last year I was working in The Cake Parlour. It was an incredible experience where I learnt more than I could have imagined in three months. Zoe is an incredible teacher and I would not be able to make many of the cakes you see on the blog without the knowledge and skills I learnt while I was there. Now baking for myself, I constantly find myself going back for inspiration from …

I’m full on in love with Autumn. I’ve been pulling cosy sweaters out of my ‘winter clothes’ boxes, wearing a scarf that is basically a picnic blanket and thinking about what to carve in to this year’s pumpkin. These cupcakes are totally in love with Autumn too. They are for my friend who had her birthday last weekend. She is an amazing artist and yes, some might say it may have been a silly idea to paint something for a painter but meh, I thought she’d love it. I picked pumpkins as we normally go choose our Halloween pumpkins together plus ya knowwww it’s that time of year! Despite being pumpkin themed they are carrot cupcakes, as I know she loves them. I went to the Cake and Bake show a couple of weeks ago and attended …

Everything seems a bit of a blur since I made these cupcakes over a week ago. Between a few evenings out, our trip to Ibiza and some other crazy life stuff, I hadn’t had a chance to post them. They are however too sweet not to. I kind of loved the chance to make something uber girly with lots of pink and shiny bits. These cupcakes are for …