Friday 31 October 2014

Baby Boy Bonbons

I've mentioned to you this mini baby-boom my friends are all experiencing. Within the span of about two months, six of my friends will have off-sprung! This particular assortment of cakes was for a colleague of mine from my last job who is expecting her second little one, a little boy named Logan, whom she will be welcoming into their family any day now!! There were two occasions that called for baked goods, one was her last day at work for which I made the cake and pops, then I attended her baby shower to which I brought the mini-cupcakes. The theme of her shower was actually a "Baby Sprinkle," thus making the decorations on the cupcakes all the more important!


When ever I think of babies, one image I always think of is illustrations in the Nursery Rhymes. Soft animals in celestial settings, playing and frolicking, pure innocence on a page. Therefore when I was designing this cake, I couldn't help but make it slightly nursery rhyme-themed with the jumping sheep, the sun and the moon and the soft grass. 

One special request I got was to cover the cake in marzipan instead of fondant, so that is indeed blue-tinted marzipan surrounding the blue velvet cake inside.

I loved making the fences, I wanted them to look realistic enough to pass as wood so I went so far as to make notches in the planks. 

These little guys were fun to make also, and were different enough from the little baby girl pops I made for another friend's shower. So simple, yet so visually effective.


The pitter patter....


 Finally, the mini cupcakes I made for the "Baby Sprinkle". Lemon cupcakes, topped with blue-tinted cream cheese icing and multi-coloured sprinkles.

(I've discovered that my fridge casts a a beautiful light....who'd a thunk?)

Sunday 26 October 2014

A Rainbow for Serena

A while back, you may remember a group of Unicorns I made as part of an auction lot I donated to our Church's talent auction this past Summer. This group of colourful pops is the second half to the lot. As I was made to understand these were going to be put into the freezer, and taken out by the young lady who won the auction lot and eaten whenever she fancied a pop. I think that's a very rational things to do, just when you need a little something sweet.

Working with the request "just make them colourful!" I went ahead and made a two-toned design with contrasting sugar colours. Important to keep track of the colours, otherwise I was easily confused... all worked out in the end, and I do believe they can be described as "colourful".




Monday 20 October 2014

Flowers for England

My Mum made her annual trip to England this Fall, and in her carry-on luggage was a box full of these little truffles. Mum knew there were already several engagements made and she wanted to have something to bring with her as a thank-you. I was happy to provide some truffles for Mum to bring. Originally I was going to send her with some boxes of truffles but in the end the truffles were too big for the boxes so Mum made up bags of truffles whenever she went to someone's house, that worked perfectly.

I had several emails from people that Mum had just gone to see, thanking me for the sweet treats. I even got a photo of the cakes in mid-consumption! (I think they liked them)