Sleeping Beauty - A Cake fit for a Princess

Meet Sleeping Beauty, my latest cake to order. A lovely sponge with homemade icing and a buttercream filling. My brief (from my 4 year old client) was 'Princess' and 'Purple'. After some interrogation I discovered that Sleeping Beauty was her current favourite so that narrowed the field a bit. I was under strict instructions to get her hair right though. No pressure.

Do you know how many cake makers cheat when they make Princess cakes? Humph. You wouldn't catch me buying a doll instead of making my own. Which sounds great as a moral stand point - until you start making the icing and moulding it into a little figure.

I'm quite pleased with the end result though. Let me know what you think. And of course if you'd like me to make one for your little princess you know where to find me. Email me here.

Cupcake, Cupcake?

It's a philosophical business cake making. While you're mixing, baking, waiting for it to cool, making icing and decorating, your hands are busy, you're concentrating, but your mind can wander. As I whipped up a huge batch of cupcakes for my latest order I had an epiphany and I thought I'd share it with you.

Up until now if someone called me cupcake I'd have been very tempted to hit them with my wooden spoon. It seems such a patronising, back-handed put me down.  You don't call a bloke cupcake so why me? After hours of baking these sweet nothings I think I've changed my mind. After all, what is a cup-cake? It's a light, tasty, yummy thing, topped off with a big swirl of loveliness. So, if you want to call me cup-cake, do, and thank you, much appreciated.

Oh yes and of course - I make cupcakes!