Jorge's 3rd Jungle Birthday

Apologies for the belated blog post, as it appears once again juggling work and cake decorating is proving to be a challenge, and lets not forget being a domestic goddess.

Here are the final pictures of Jorge's cake, we were going for something a little more rough and rustic, so we steered clear of the traditional fondant cake and opted for something a little more kid friendly, little Jorge was wrapped with the cake, as you can see below, and we had to have a chat to him about not eating the figurines until he blew out the candle. He was absolutely thrilled with his cake.

One great lesson learnt throughout this experience is the importance of ensuring that all the items on the cake are edible, when it comes to kids cakes. The minute those candles were blown out the kids attacked the balloons and the animals....it certainly made me fell special, this was one cake that didn't go to waste. Every last bit was consumed. (yay!)

The cake was inspired by Jorge's invite and mum Tonia let me have full creative control, which always makes the job a little more enjoyable and less pressure when there are no expectations. It was a chocolate mud cake with buttercream icing.

Nounna and Nounno with Godson Jorge

Until next time happy Baking

xo KB

Happy 60th Birthday to the Hamburger King

Never have I met a more generous and loving man than my Father in law,Con. I have known him for just over 10 years in fact I remember the first family event I was invited to was his 50th Birthday.

When his 60th came around it was a given that I would be baking something that he enjoys, making hamburgers. Dubbed as the "Hamburger King" of the Northern Suburbs, this cake was fitting.

This was my first attempt at a all over butter cream and I thoroughly enjoyed making, it was a labour of love. It took about 3 hours to complete, which included baking and preparation time, which is a world record. The cake is vanilla sponge with chocolate sour cream cake and lemon butter cream icing. It taste very moist and delicious,in fact the chocolate vanilla combo was great its been a good 2 weeks since I started my health kick, however I did enjoy a bite size of the cake, enough to not give me a sugar shock, I guess I will be burning that off at the gym tomorrow.

The expression on my father-in-laws face was priceless, definitely worth the effort. Until next time happy baking

xoKB

Amaya's 1st Birthday Cake

Its all about making the client happy at the end of the day, and whilst I was given a brief, this one topped the cake, it was a uber cute modern first birthday cake that had to feed around 70 people.

Amaya's First Birthday Cake

So a mushroom garden cake was made for my little niece Amaya to accompany her perfectly co-ordinated invitations and her dessert table. Given the response on the day, it definitely blew some people away, and the taste, well lets just say that mud cake has become my specialty. However, as hubby always says, " I can't just be a one-hit show" so next weekend I will be exploring with a few new flavours as well as cookies and it also marks the beginning of "my macaroon adventures" (this excites me the most, although there are many disaster stories i hear, which may make it a very short adventure). 

The Birthday dessert table

Until next time happy baking.....next on the cards are 40th anniversary cupcakes, bridal shower cupcakes, and possibly my first every wedding cake (I am still scoping whether I will have a satisfied bride at the end of it so am still scoping out the requirements)

Also, in my next blog post I will be sharing some tips on baking, which I have seriously learnt the hard way, this may assist you loyal followers who have said to me so many times...."i don't care about the decorating, I want to know how to bake...."

Enjoy

KB

Stefanies 7th Birthday- I heart cake



Stefanie's 7th Bday cake



Stefanie had strict instructions that it had to be a heart cake, and the mum gave me the colour pallet, so what better than a exploding heart cake. I tend to forget how much preparation goes into a cake, preparing and colouring fondant and cutting out shapes needs to be done days before the assembly of the cake. It was a "heart attack" of fondant in my kitchen this week. Hubby was far from impressed with the places he has found, fondant, sugar and ganache. I guess this weekend will be spent mopping up the floors.



The cake & mini Love theme



mini cupcakes

Cake is chocolate mud cake with chocolate ganache, baby cakes are red velvet with cheese cream frosting. This recipe is amazing, its been adapted from about 3 different recipes and dubbed "Connie & Katie's Amazing Red Velvet Cupcakes" Doesn't look like I am going to be able to share that recipe just yet with you all. It took us two attempt to perfect and lots of metric convertion charts.

I am hoping that this one is a hit with little Stefanie after all this is why I bake.

Until next time happy caking! xo KB

Kyle's Tennis Birthday Cake

I had the great pleasure in creating a cake for a very dear friends oldest child. Granted I was given free creative design and really no pressure. I really wanted to do this cake, firstly to gain more cake decorating experience and secondly to gauge the timing of doing cakes on my own.

I learnt a costly lesson, in using new items, DON'T DO IT..I tried to skip a step and buy a pre-made cake mix, it actually resulted in a super dry and crumby cake, so in the bin that went and a new mud cake from scratch was called for.

Armed with my trusty mud cake recipe, it was take 2, with success. I decided to make a square cake, inspired by Kyle's love of tennis. I also knew from many car journeys with Ms Toula that her husband often plays tennis with Kyle with very little skill.

Kyle's reaction was overwhelming and truly made the time spent absolutely worth it. He was amazed and said it was the best cake he had ever had. I guess that's my job done.

Until next time, Happy Baking xoxoKB

Charli's 6th Birthday

Charli celebrating her 6th Bday with a Unicorn Pink and White Square cake...she loved it