cupcakes

I’ve been enjoying the tennis this past week. While in Wimbledon I couldn’t resist visiting the Sugarpova Pop-Up shop in the Village for a sweetie fix. We took some silly photos and browsed the shop. I picked up a few things but my favourites have to be …

Are we excited for the World Cup? These cupcakes are making me a little more interested I’ll have to admit. I think I’m just not getting my hopes up.  Apart from actually watching the football I’m more looking forward to pre-football BBQs, checking out Glen Johnson, and eating football themed treats, such as these, which I made to celebrate a few birthdays and the start of the World Cup yesterday. I chose …

I’ve been desperate to put baby doughnuts on cupcakes since I made this cake. This week required me to make some cupcakes to celebrate a few birthdays so it was the perfect chance. This week also happened to be National Doughnut Week  so I also got to contribute to The Children’s Trust. Half the cupcakes were vanilla cupcaks filled with raspberry jam, topped with raspberry frosting and a tiny pink doughnut. The other half were …

When I was asked to make some cupcakes for our friend Tom’s birthday, I knew I wanted to incorporate aeroplanes in some way. He is a Cabin Service Director for BA, so I knew that tiny aeroplane biscuits as toppers on cupcakes would be perfect. Not owning the exact tiny cutter wasn’t going to be a problem, as I’ve learnt that you can make a biscuit in any shape and size you want just by …