I made this for my nieces 2nd birthday, it was my first cupcake cake and everyone loved it. I used 30 cupcakes, half chocolate and half white and also used rhinestone mesh for the waist belt and bought the crown and wand. Next, I covered my cake board with foil and applied icing under each cupcake. I … Read more
My son was obsessed with crocodiles and alligators and so like most little kids wanted a cake to match, so crocodile cake it is. The only problem was it was for a prekindergarten class and the need for edible simplicity was very high, so I decided to try a cupcake cake. With much research on how … Read more
My daughter is to be the big 30 so I wanted to make her a giant cupcake cake for a surprise. I had to make the decorations first. I made two different flowers in assorted sizes and when these had hardened I coloured the centres of the flowers with some food colouring watered down with … Read more
These Pirate Treasure cupcakes were for a 4 year old’s birthday party. The desire was for a feeling of pirate hidden treasure. The client wanted Jumbo sized cupcakes to allow decorating and treasure. I learned that sadly there are hardly ANY great decorative jumbo-sized cupcake liners or wraps so I went with gold foil. The … Read more
At church for our youth, we try to have a special birthday snack for each child. My granddaughter requested cupcakes for her 8th birthday celebration. She loves animals of all kinds and told me she would like to have cupcakes that look like all different kinds of puppies. I didn’t really know where to start….so … Read more
Talk about sassy…these little diva shoe cupcakes were something I had been wanting to try for ages!! One of my daughter’s coworkers was in need of some cute cupcakes fast. Luckily for me she had no plan and gave me free rein on the design. I had seen some of these a while back and … Read more
I made these flower cupcakes for my mother’s 84 birthday, she loves flowers but, always says don’t bring me flowers because they die. So I made some so she could eat them and enjoy them afterwards. I made plain cupcakes, frosted them around and added Kit Kat’s and ribbon to hold in place colored coconut … Read more
He loves Batman comics! I had to make him something connected to Batman for his birthday cake. When I saw a picture of a Batman projector on Google images, I knew I could make that out of a cupcake! First I made cupcakes (enough for everyone – but only the birthday boy’s was decorated). Then … Read more
This was my first attempt at a giant cupcake, for a 60th birthday at work. I made a really rich and moist chocolate mud cake, with vanilla butter cream through the middle and on the crumb coat. The cupcake case is made through chocolate fingers stuck onto the crumb coat and I piped the vanilla … Read more
This cake was an 8 inch strawberry cake, covered in pink fondant with white fondant polka dots, trimmed in pink and white polka dot ribbon, with a bow. The ears on the cake were made out of black fondant circles sandwiching lollipop sticks (dried for two days for sturdiness). The cupcakes were chocolate, piped with … Read more
I loved this grumpy old bird cake. I have done it so often for friends and family…and they all loved it. It’s very rich and seemed to keep the kids up all night after eating it! I wonder why??but the feedback and the happy faces on seeing it made it all worth while doing for … Read more
I made this Christmas tree cupcake cake for a Christmas party at my daughter’s girl scout meeting. It was a big hit! I made 2 dozen cupcakes and tinted buttercream icing green for the tree and brown for the trunk. I used a large star tip to decorate both the tree and trunk. For the tree, … Read more