The Giant Cupcake Experiment

Today I did my first giant cupcake! I may have to tweak my recipe slightly to get them perfect but practice makes perfect!

First off, here are the halves filled with yummy chocolate cake batter! This was the second attempt as the first time I didn't fill the moulds enough. I used the additional piece of the mould not shown here to create a cavity in the top of the base to be filled!

 

Once the cake had cooled, I covered in a layer of roll of icing before filling the cavity in the base with some of my yummy hot fudge style chocolate sauce!

Annnd here is the finished article! This was my first time piping frosting roses. They're not perfect but I'll keep practicing until I get them just right. I've only made this one as a practice hence why the board is left uncovered but my next one will be fully decorated! I have some ideas for different designs including a few for Mother's Day.

Thanks for looking!
Sam x

More Cakey Goodness

I had a birthday cake picked up today. I finished the cake itself last night and had to do the finishing touches this morning when I got up. I was really pleased with how it turned out and I hope the birthday girl will be pleased when she sees it tonight! We decided to go with a Contemporary style cake, but a more classic sort of style rather than the big stripes and bold shapes. I wish I'd counted how many silver dragees and flowers I put on the cake, there were hundreds on there! Check below for some pics of the cake!

 

I'd love to do a tiered wedding cake in the same style so you can really see the effect of the blossoms on the cake. 

Tomorrow I'm having a play with my new Giant Cupcake Mould, I'm very excited! Can't wait to see how it turns out!I'm doing a Giant Filled Chocolate Cupcake. My friend is a very loyal filled cupcake customer so I'm making the cake to take pictures to add to my website and fan page, and she's getting it at a vastly discounted price! I shall post pictures of the cake tomorrow, might even do some during shots as well!

Thanks for reading!

Sam x

More goodies!

I've registered with Makro today so I can shop for ingredients! We had a quick loo round today as there was so much else to do but I did come out with cocoa, icing sugar and a whopping 12.5kg of caster sugar! I wonder how long that'll last! We popped into my local cake craft centre to get a few bits and pieces too, as usual I managed to spend a fortune after only going in for a couple of bits! Got some ribbons, lustre sprays, flower paste and some new rose cutters! A good friend of mine is getting married in July and I'm doing her wedding cake! Very exciting! She's decided on a white 3 tier cake with blue and white roses draped around. I'm looking forward to seeing that one finished!
Over the next couple of days I have a Thomas The Tank Engine Cake and a white cake with flowers and silver and turquoise accents. I'm certainly looking forward to getting on with them! I've bought some Valentine's sprinkles, glitter and some heart toppers for my Valentine's Gift Boxes. I've bought some cake dummies in too so I can play with some new wedding cake designs! How exciting! I've FINALLY ordered a giant cupcake mould! I've never had one or made one before and I figure it's about time I did! They certainly seem to be popular at the moment! Oh the poor bank balance has taken a bit of a beating just recently but we cakers need lots of tools to make lovely cakes!
I'll be back soon with some pretty cake pictures!
Sam x