Happy Birthday

This weekend I made my first Birthday cake...for a 50th Birthday Gal...with an Autumn theme.

Sakeenah's mom was in for a treat. Imagine a Chocolate Mousse cake covered in Chocolate Ganache and finished off with a Chocolate collar...a must for all chocoholics. Yes, I have made this cake before but this was the first time I made all the decorations as well.

And some Red Velvet Cupcakes...just because she had heard so much about how delicious they are.

Here's the review:

 Sakeenah Grainger: "The cake was so beautiful, thanx!  My mom loved it."

We're in Business....

On Friday, I received my brand new business cards. New ones were designed as all my contact details were not on the original.

I would like to thank Rashieqh who designed the original business cards s well as the updated version! I...Love..it!!!

Market Day

Love Cupcakes currently has a stall at the Porters Market in Tokai (from 9am-1pm). Saturday, 12 March was my first weekend there and I have to admit that preparing for market day was quite time consuming, but also loads of fun. Thank you to all those that helped and supported me!!

Here are a few pics:

After the market, I had a bit of a rest and was inspired to make my boyfriend, Anton, some coconut marshmallows as it's his favourite...and it was our 6 month anniversary :)

Busy Bee...

It's been awhile since I have added any new pics...SORRY! I have been busy this weekend to make up!  And to think...with chocolate of all things..imagine, in this heat! Well, it came out quit well if I do say so myself.

Firstly, I made some chocolate cupcakes with chocolate Icing for Monique who's Nephew will be arriving in SA today for the first time EVER!

I also made some Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing for Tanja's sister-in-laws baby shower.

 

Lastly, just for fun...I made a Chocolate Mousse Cake with Chocolate Ganache and a chocolate collar...

This cake was time consuming as it had to be done in stages...luckily I had the whole weekend to myself to try out the recipe.

Bridal and Baby Shower

Yesterday at work we held a surprise Bridal and baby Shower for Toni and Jess. Just something small to show wish them well.. And boy were they surprised. We actually had to explain to them why we were having a celebration. Love Cupcakes was asked to make some cupcakes...

Monique's Lemon Delite...

My Colleague and friend celebrated her 26th birthday yesterday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! She is crazy about anything lemon...so I found a delicious Lemon Cake recipe contains lemon juice, lemon rind and lemon curd...hopefully it's enough lemon for her :)

What I've been up to...

Since completing my Patisserie and Decorating Courses, I have been keeping myself busy creating delicious treats for friends and family...on request...or just because I felt like spoiling them :)
 

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Vinny Birthday Cake - Coconut Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Brent's B-Day Cake

Just a special something for my Dad - Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Another Chocolate Cake - Becoming a favourite

Carol's Cupcakes - Granadilla Cupcake with Buttercream Icing

I recently completed another course...a Decorating Course with Roxanne Floquet and in the space of 12 hours, ranging over 4 days, I learnt such a lot. She is a creative genius. These photos illustrate what was covered in the course.

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