Friends & Ballons

Cupcakes with sugar roses

A little present I made for a friend's b'day. All were chocolate cupcakes, topped with buttercream and a sugar rose.

New Year 2009 cupcakes

Made these cupcakes for the 2009 new year celebration. One was all just colourful to enhance the festive mood.

Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache and a sugar rose.

Butter cupcakes topped with buttercream and sprinkels.

Butter & chocolate cupcakes topped with buttercream and sprinkles.

Various Cupcakes & Designs

Chocolate cupcakes with coffee butter cream

Various designed cupcakes; some with coffee butter cream, some with plain butter cream.

Chocolate icing stars added to complement the coffee butter cream

Orange Flavoured Butter Cream & Chocolate Ganache

Simple butter cupcakes with orange flavoured butter cream, topped with RI hand made forget me nots. Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache and pipped with pink and yellow rossettes.

Forget me not - cupcakes

My friend Jane (in the US at the mo.) recommended me to her cousin Michelle who was looking for someone to bake a cake for 2 of her friends who were having a joint b'day celebration. Michelle who is in China at the moment could only discuss the details via email and she finally decided on chocolate cupcakes with flowers and the wordings. The colour and type of flowers were up to me. As Michelle was so far away, I thought hmmmm...'forget me not" would be quite appropriate for the toppers. So spent a few hours piping these flowers and getting them to harden before placing them on the chocolate ganache topped cupcakes.

It was a surprise indeed for Chole and JQ who only saw the cakes when they were delivered to them.

Expressing your love the cupcake way

It's nice for a change to see a guy express his love to his girl and what more with something different other than flowers. I thought this idea was so cute...and not to mention romantic. So Ruben I hope Goay Imm loved the cupcakes and the love showed through them.


Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate gananche topping for a chocolate lover...and lovee (if there is such a word).

Sunflower covered cupcakes

Tested out some orange flavoured cupcakes. They go well with the chocolate ganache. Then added the sunflowers for added effect.

Double chocolate cupcakes

These were to die for. Chocolate cupcakes, with chocolate ganache. Ohhh...the kids of the mother I made it for, loved it. But I think chocolate always brings out the kid in everyone.

Cupcakes

Cupcakes seem to be the fashion these days and though its cute and easily handled, it often takes time to decorate each cupcake.I found working with butter cream with direct designs onto the cupcake is the fastest...and not to mention the cheapest. Usually prefer plain butter cupcakes, but I did a batch of 100 chocolate cupcakes a few weeks ago.