Cake Endeavours

For this wedding I made 10 dozen cupcakes all topped with the same white buttercream icing.   I tested out my new acrylic cupcake stand that came with lights to take the picture adding the labels for each flavour.  My other cupcake stand is getting a little ratty.  Hopefully, this one will wear better! Cupcakes: Vanilla, Chocolate and Cookies & Cream with buttercream icing

Miss E asked me to make cupcakes for Pride Week at school for students to decorate.  I was all over that! I made 3 dozen chocolate and 3 dozen vanilla flavoured cupcakes.  For the icing, I made two batches and divided into six bowls then dyed into rainbow colours.  E wanted more pastel colours which was fine by me as the vibrant colours can be tricky!  I had some extras that I decorated for inspiration with some rainbow sprinkles added.   Cupcakes: 3 dozen chocolate                       3 dozen vanilla        

A fun Moana themed cake with Encanto cupcakes.  Emma's mom was able to order the figurines on Amazon and have them shipped directly to me.  I still marvel that it's that simple these days! I picked up the flowers and greenery from Michael's and made some shells out of fondant.  The sand is from some crushed graham crackers.  Cake: 6" 3-layer strawberry cake with one layer of lemon curd filling and one layer of strawberry filling with buttercream icing Cupcakes: chocolate with buttercream icing

This request for Sandra and Vaughan celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary at  Chronicle Brewing Company .  They have an amazing event space above the store. The cake waswas forfor the couple to enjoy after the party  Thanks to Miss E for taking these cupcake shots for me of them set up at the venue. I would have preferred to have used maraschino cherries with stems but they were not to be found!  Cake: 6" 3-layer carrot cake with cream cheese icing.   Cupcakes: 2.5 dozen chocolate with chocolate ganache icing                     2.5 dozen cherry with buttercream icing and a cherry on top 

I had some extra cupcakes and icing leftover from the Christmas cupcakes I made so I switched up the icing by adding some instant espresso.  Added a few embellishments and we had these for Friday night dessert.  Cake: 1 dozen chocolate cupcakes with espresso icing.

I was asked to make a dozen cupcakes for a friend of mine to take to a Christmas dinner.  These cuties are a favourite of mine to make.    Cupcakes: chocolate with vanilla buttercream; fondant leaves and snowman noses

Celebrating Mr. Dewell's 45 years of being the music director at St. Paul's.  I am so honoured to make his cake and cupcakes to celebrate the church's 188th anniversary. Cake: 6" 3-layer lemon cake with cream cheese filling covered in fondant. Cupcake tower! Carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Chocolate with chocolate mocha icing. Lemon with cream cheese icing Cookies N' Cream with vanilla buttercream icing.  

Michelle and John renewed their vows today!  It was such beautiful ceremony.  To help celebrate I was asked to make cupcakes for the guests to take when leaving the church.     Purple icing continues to elude me.  One day I will master this colour and get the vibrancy and shade I want.  Until then, I will compensate with paper decorations!  6" 2-layer chocolate cake with buttercream icing Cupcakes: chocolate, carrot, vanilla and lemon Congratulations Michelle and John!

The wedding theme was Great Gatsby.  I found this headpiece on Amazon that would work perfectly for the theme.  I did a very simple white fondant covered cake with some art deco lines. Cake: 6" 3-layer cookies n' cream cake with buttercream filling.  Cupcake Tower: Black Velvet with cream cheese icing Lemon with cream cheese icing Chocolate with vanilla icing Cookies n' Cream with vanilla icing All topped with some gold dragees and dust Congratulation Courtney & Jordon! 

 Made this cake for my friend's mom for Mother's Day.  Strawberry shortcake is her favourite.   Cake: 6" 3-layer strawberry shortcake with creamc heese whipped cream filling. Used the extra batter to make cupcakes to take out to Bowmanville to share.

 Today I got to visit some friends that I haven't got to hang out with in so long.  I decided to bring along some cupcakes as a treat.   I used some of the left over dyed buttercream icing that I had from the two previous cakes to add some colour to the top.  Dying and bagging icing for piping can be tedious and wasteful so it's great when I have a few projects on the go that I can use up everything.

 Cupcakes turned Christmassy with the addition of some sprinkles! Chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream icing. Lemon cupcakes with whipped cream icing as well.  

 It was so nice to be able to celebrate this milestone for my cousin and her husband in person!  I was asked to make cupcakes and a special cake for the two of them as they are both celebrating their 60th birthdays this month.   This was a 4" four layer carrot cake with cream cheese icing.  The theme was black and gold.  I splattered edible gold paint all over the cake then topped it with black fondant flowers and gold dust covered malt balls.  We lost two of them on the ride over to the floor in the car, but it wasn't that noticeable.  This is why I usually take a picture before a cake leaves the house.  Ha! The cupcakes were carrot and red velvet.  I didn't check to see if I had red dye before I made the cupcakes, so they were more of a maroon/burgundy velvet colour.  No one complained, so that's good.  :)

 Lately I've been getting together with some neighbours in my building outside every weekend for cocktail hour but we call ourselves "Ladies who Lunch".  I either bring a cheese dip or cupcakes, depending on what cakes I'm doing that weekend or not.  This weekend I had some leftover filling from the strawberry shortcake cake and extra batter, so I made these cupcakes. I didn't add the strawberries on top until I was ready to go as I didn't want the cupcakes to get soggy.  They were a big hit.  Of course, now the pressure is on for next week!

 Last night we dropped off these cupcakes for Cachet's anniversary celebration today.  The owner is celebrating 40 years in business today.  I love getting to be a part of celebrations in my home town, Bowmanville.  It's always an honour. I made 4 dozen vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.  I added some flowers and leaves for a little bit of colour.  For the toppers I used the Cachet logo with 40 behind it and backed them with some black cardstock.

 It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since my brother and I had a celebration for my parents' 40th anniversary in their backyard.  It was an amazing party and I am so glad we had a big celebration with all of their friends and family.  Fast forward 10 years and the big celebration we were hoping to repeat just couldn't be done.  Instead we thought it would be fun to surprise them with a celebration up at their trailer inviting the park residences to stop by to pick up a cupcake, or two and to wish them happy anniversary.  Bur first I had to bake the cupcakes.  In order to do that you need an oven.   Earlier this week, the oven out of the blue started beeping.  We were no where near the kitchen,  A quick Google search told us that it meant a wire had come lose.  I was able to find someone who could look at our stove; didn't realize that not everyone deals with induction stoves.  Of course the stove needed parts which meant I...

 I was asked to make these cupcakes for an outdoor backyard wedding.  I love being able to go to the venue to set up the cake or cupcakes.  It's so much fun to see all the decorations and set up for the reception.   The cupcakes were vanilla with vanilla buttercream icing.  I added some silk baby's breath for decoration.  So simple, but love the touch that it added.   Congratulations Don and Joan!

 This weekend we celebrated Mother's Day by visiting outdoors at each of our parents' place.  Mr. T's parents recently moved into a condo so we had no back yard to visit outside in.  Fortunately, the condo has a beautiful piece of green space that we can bring out lawn chairs out to and visit now that the weather is so much nicer.  At my parents' they have a big back yard and deck that we can visit outside in.  It was wonderful to be able to get together with both mothers (and dads too).  We brought them some chocolate cupcakes for a little treat. Sprinkled with some gold sugar for bling. 

Another Easter in captivity!  Fortunately, my parents have a big back yard and deck that we were able to be outside to celebrate even though it was a bit chilly.  Dinner was finished off with classic carrot cake and cream cheese icing; a family favourite! I did cupcakes so we didn't have to worry about plates and forks.  Added some chocolate eggs for decoration because, is it even Easter without some chocolate?  

 I'm always so excited to do a cake for Jaxson.  This time for his 10th birthday the request was for Pina Colada cupcakes.  These were super fun to make.  I ordered the cocktail umbrellas from Amazon.  These never go out of style.  For the maraschino cherries, I would have preferred that they had stems, but sadly Mr. T was unable to procure any.  :(  Thankfully we had some extra cupcakes that we were all able to test out and even to take to my parents up at their trailer.  A perfect summer treat.