Happy New Year !

Merry Christmas

Hi Everybody !

I have been baking , as I do occasionally ; and here are the results of my Baking Time.

 I enjoy Baking cakes and Cake Decoration them as it is one of my favourite hobbies which I know is therapeutic, fulfilling and rewarding .As such , it was FUN-TIME  for me when I baked and decorated dozens of assorted cup cakes recently.

Cup cakes are desirable treats which are very popular as after-meal desserts or as snacks for tea or coffee time and for sharing at parties. 

I  made these ones here with two batches of cake mixes with much reduced sugar ; a sponge mix and a fruit mix - I prefer glace Cherries cake mix for m cup cakes .

 Both cake mixes were flavoured with vanilla and strawberry flavours and slight traces of other flavours.

Then I decorated each cup cake with butter cream icing which I piped into roses and edged each rose with piped frilled shells and ruffles designs

The final touch to each cup cake was adding variegated sugar leaves made with floristry paste designed in lovely summer colours and then I added a sprinkling of coloured edible crystals.

                                           Fresh from my oven. 

All cakes , cup cakes included do look "bland and sad " not very presentable in public gatherings without the special finishing touch of beautiful icing on the cakes . Don't they ?

I leave my cakes to cool down for at least 24 hours before I start decorating them.

This waiting time allows the cake flavours to mature and be sealed inside the cakes.

So here they are ; cooling down in my kitchen ; before I decorated them . 

  I choose different sugar flowers designs and colours. Then added variegated sugar leaves to give them the " OOOMPH " factor .

Those of you who are followers of my blogs have seen on some of my other posts here how I make my Sugar Roses and Variegated leaves.

For these ones here I used icing cone No. 109 and icing sugar to make the roses and the surrounded them with piped sugar ruffles , stars or shells.

I made the variegated sugar leaves  with Pastillage and Modelling Fondant.



You like one ? Yeah ? Hmm...!

I am tempting you with too much sugar , you say ?

Well , these cup cakes are indeed tempting ; but so are all the other good foods and drinks which we consume every day . Moderation is the watchword for all weight-watchers .

A cake slice or a cup cake , once in a while is good enough for anyone.

Avoid the temptation of  eating excess of  sugary drinks , sugary and salty foods or eating too many cakes . I don't eat them in excess  and I encourage people to avoid doing that..

Thank you ! 

Do watch your weight . Have a glorious Summer!

Christmas Cakes

Have a Sweet Time this Christmas . Share the Season's Cheer!
I had loads of fun , baking these Christmas cakes.

Sugar Flowers , leaves and berries.

Two - tone Holly leaves and red berries in sugar.







   Sugar Poinsetta flower

Sugar Variegated Ivy leaves. 


Arrange sugar leaves, berries and flowers into a bouquet and place on top of Christmas cake


Finish with a lovely ribbon and and bow


Christmas Cup cakes. 




Christmas  Birthday  Cakes

Thank you dear friends . Happy New Year !

CUP CAKES

 

Cup cakes are desirable treats  which are very popular as after-meal desserts or as snacks for tea or coffee time and for sharing at  parties. 

I am tempting you with too much sugar , you say ?

Well , they are indeed tempting ; but so are all the other good foods and drinks which we consume every day . Whether we like to admit it or not , cakes are in high demand as popular treats for all events. A cake slice or a cup cake , once in a while is good enough for anyone.

Avoid the temptation of  eating excess of  sugary drinks , sugary and salty foods or eating too many cakes . I don't eat them in excess  and I encourage people to avoid that..

 

Occasionally , I find the time to enjoy doing one of my best hobbies -  which is Baking cakes and Cake Decoration . For me , cake decorating is therapeutic, fulfilling and rewarding , as such , it was FUN-TIME  for me when I baked and decorated  dozens of assorted cup cakes for someone's Summer Garden Party, recently.

I  made these ones with two batches of cake mixes with much reduced sugar ; a sponge mix and a fruit mix - I prefer glace Cherries cake mix .

 Both cake mixes were flavoured with vanilla and strawberry flavours and slight traces of other flavours.

Then I decorated each cup cake with butter cream icing which I piped into roses and edged each rose with piped frilled shells designs

The final touch to each cup cake was adding variegated leaves made with floristry paste designed in lovely summer colours and then a sprinkling of coloured edible crystals

 

 

 

 

 

You would agree with me that cakes look "bland and sad " and they are not presentable in public gatherings without the special finishing touch of beautiful icing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

I am happy and encouraged when I see the look of appreciation on the faces of people when they see and eat deliciuos and beautifully decorated cakes and I am pleased to hear their expressions of delight - -"Oooh!" ,  "Aaah!", You made these ? Fantastic! These are simply gorgeous ! !"

Well, which cake decorator wouldn't appreciate that ? 

Yeah ? Thumping my chest? Hmmmm...!

 

Thank you ! Have a glorious Summer!