Goodies!

Most of my goodies arrived this morning!

I'm still waiting for my glass cake stand and ribbons but most of it is here! I need a bigger stock cupboard though with all of the boards, drums and boxes I now have in stock! I do need a few more bits but I will have a look at the cake store I visit in Norwich when I go next week. I can't wait to get trying my new cupcake nozzles so I'm going to get some valentines themed cutters and sprinkles to make up some Valentines Cupcakes! I've going to try them with handmade gift tags attached to the boxes to add that little extra something. I'm going to get a start on those this week while the hubby is off work! Watch this space.


Sam x

Pretty Cupcakes

Today I have made a box of cupcakes for a friend to give to her mum. She asked for them to say 'Mum' and to be pretty. We went for pink and white with some shimmer, I think it was a good choice! She chose 6 Vanilla Cupcakes which I decorated with shimmering 'Mum' lettering and used some handmade dark pink edible roses and leaves and sprinkled with some pink and white sugar pearls. I really pleased how they turned out and I actually think the rose topped cakes are the nicest ones I've done. I do love a nice girly cake! Take a look, let me know what you think!

I will be doing these again for Mother's Day this year, I know my mum would love them so hopefully lots of other mums would be pleased to receive them too!
I'm now thinking ahead to the other 'holidays' this year, the next being Valentines Day! I just realised, I have no Valentines related cutters though so I had better have a look for some and think of some cupcake designs to do! I have some Valentine's card making and craft things so I might just have to get a start on them when hubby is off from work again in time for February 14th!
thanks for reading, I'll be back soon!

Ooops, Did I really just spend that?

I had a Christening cake picked up today for a Christening tomorrow. I hope the cake goes down well. It's a very large 12 inch square cake with lettering and a hand piped Pram design. The design was on a 'New Baby' card given to the customer on the birth of her son and asked that it be on the cake. I had to do it a little bigger than I expected in order to get the lines crisp but I think it's turned out well. What do you think?

It was time to stock up on a few cakey bits and pieces and I may have spent a little more than planned but I need the best tools I can get to keep making fabulous cakes! I have some weddings booked in for this year and more keep creeping in. One in particular I have in April is for an old friend who has chosen a gorgeous black and white themed cake, striking yet elegant and it called for a fancy cake stand. It's ordered and on it's way, I'm looking forward to it arriving to I have a good look at it. It will be available for hire from The Sugarplum Bakehouse too so if you like the look of it, you can contact me here or via my website. Here it is!

Gorgeous!
On that note, I shall leave you! More soon to come!
Sam x

Flickr!

I've just updated my Flickr account with plenty of new cake pictures! Please take a look, all comments are very welcome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesugarplumbakehouse/
Sam x

Wedding Cake!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to seeing in the new year!

It's been a busy December here at The Sugarplum Bakehouse and it looks like it's going to continue into the new year. The books are slowly filling up. As the 2012 rolls in, I'm planning on expanding into a craft business doing handmade cards and going into Wedding Stationery; place cards, invitations and more so you can come to Sugarplum and get a wedding package of the cake and themed stationery too!


I shall leave you with a picture of my latest wedding cake due for a couple tying the knot tomorrow on New Year's Eve! I hope they love the cake, have a fab day and a long and happy marriage!

Sam x

Christmas Bakes!

I've had a few very busy days. I am finally sitting down for the first time in what feels like an age of caking! I've tried out a new recipe this week of Buttermilk Cake. I was slightly concerned about it's texture while it was cooking but in the end it turned out perfectly. I have one more day of baking ahead of me before the big day, the rest of the time will be spent finally finishing my handmade gift tags and Christmas cards aas well as wrapping far too many presents! I shall leave you with some pictures of the past weeks works!

Sam x

Christmas is A-Coming!

Evening all!
The first 2 Christmas Cakes have been picked up, I still have some more to be decorated so it looks like I shall be doing those tomorrow! I did some Festive Cupcakes yesterday as well, Mint Chocolate, Chocolate Orange, Gingerbread & Christmas Pudding! One of my friends had ordered 3 boxes of them for her boys to take to school as a Thank You for their teachers before the Christmas Holidays! I did a couple of trays of small cupcakes for my eldest daughter's Pre-School party. Originally I made some small chocolate cupcakes but my neighbour dropped round to see if I had some cakes he could take! I then made some vanilla ones for my daughter to take instead, I wasn't sure how popular I would be for sending chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for 3 and 4 year olds to eat anyway!
It appears I now have a couple of days off before a busy week next week filling orders up to Christmas Day! I suppose it will give me a chance to catch up on my housework! I will be at home on Saturday as I am being sent a new handmixer out as mine broke this morning. I dread to think how many mixers have sent to their electrical graveyard but this one has to be the shortest surving one, it lasted only a month! At least they're replacing it! I think I may have worn it out!
I shall leave you with a few pictures of my most recent cake creations!

Sam x