Vintage cupcakes and mini cakes

Recently I designed some vintage mini cakes for a wedding show which I was exhibiting in (although I will save that for another post). I wanted to create something that was pretty and delicate using ivories and dusky pinks. Following on from the show I created a set of vintage cupcakes to match the same theme. I think my favourite thing about the mini cakes and the cupcakes is the delicate cameo design which was created using a mold I recently picked up from the International cake show.

The mini cakes are 2.5 inches wide and 3 inches high and feed 1 – 2 people. I love the different styles of cake and how they still seem to belong together. The first mini cake has the mini cameo which is framed with ruffles and has the pearl detail around the bottom. For the second mini cake I wanted it to be really delicate and for the main focus to be the gumpaste rose on the top. The third mini cake has a quilted effect and where each diamond meets a pretty ivory pearl edible bead. I loved this effect and wanted to follow this through onto the cupcake design.

For the cupcakes I started by creating a low dome of buttercream and embossing the dusky pink icing with the quilting tool. I then applied the same cameo design from the mini cake onto a high domed cupcake. I love how the dusky pink comes together with the natural coloured buttercream. There are more pictures of these cakes in my cupcake gallery, or if you would like to see matching wedding stationery then head over to my other website dedicated to all things weddings Thelittletouches.com

Pink Flower (gerbera) Giant Cupcake

I made this cake for a good friend of mines birthday a little while ago. I wanted to create something that was really pretty and feminine. I decided on a giant cupcake as I really wanted to try out a different technique of icing the top than the ones I had used previously…

I was so happy she liked the cake as it was a surprise. The cake itself was vanilla on the bottom and chocolate on the top with corresponding buttercream. The buttercream on the outside was pipped into the rose swirls with the 2D wilton piping tip which is one of my favourites. The gerbera flowers were made out of gumpaste using the PME daisy cutters in 2 sizes for the petals, which I also used to make the shapes on the board. It was really nice having the 2 different shades of pink which I tried to also pick out in the 2 butterflies.

Mother’s Day Cupcakes

Sunday was Mother’s day in the UK and this meant cupcakes. I was asked by a few people to create some Mother’s day cupcakes for them to give their Mums, and I also made a box for my Mum too…

The theme of the cupcakes was very similar to the best friend cupcakes I made a few months ago. Although I chose to make the Mother’s day ones in yellow and I think it made them have a nice Spring time theme about them. They included little yellow flowers and butterflies plus icing ribbons and plaques which said ‘Happy Mothers Day’.

I really love how these cupcakes look together as a set, but I wanted to make them look more like a gift. I created Happy Mothers day gift tags and wrapped the box in matching yellow ribbon which I think looked really pretty. My Mum was really pleased with her box and I hope she had a lovely Mother’s day.

Knitting Cupcakes

After making the best friend cupcakes for a lady I was asked to create some knitting themed cupcakes for another one of her friends. These were such fun cupcakes as I was able to use a variety of pastel colours…

One of the things I really like on these cupcakes is the buttons. These were made by using real buttons and pushing them into moulding putty which once sets allows you to use icing / fondant into the create the button shapes. I really hope the lady liked them as they were really fun to make.

Pink Best Friend Cupcakes

I was asked to create some girly cupcakes for a ladies best friends birthday. If there is one thing I really love its pink girly cupcakes.

These cupcakes were vanilla with vanilla buttercream died pink. I used my flat star nozzle to create ruffle swirls which I think looks so pretty on girly cupcakes. I then added icing / fondant flowers, butterflies and messages. The thing I like most about these cupcakes is that they are all a bit different but still go together.

I really hope the ladies friend liked them…