Flowers and Stripes cake

Last week it was my mums birthday and after having looked at a few cakes online together I knew what sort of style and colours I wanted to go for. I used mostly pastel colours that compliment each other and added a few brighter tones. The cake is vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream and the flower decorations are all edible although slightly on the crunchy side as I made them using florist paste.
I was pleased with the final result and my mum loved the cake too!

Dress and Shoe Biscuits

I got two great new cutters for my birthday, a dress and a shoe, and I have only just had chance to try them out. Also at work we have some new products in from a company called Beau. They sell flavoured sugarpaste and all the different flavours in liquid form. I bought the elderflower flavour to have a go with and added it to my favourite biscuit recipe. I used royal icing to decorate the dresses and shoes and added a little extra lemon to the icing to compliment the elderflower.

Trampoline Cupcakes

My little sister actually made these cute cupcakes (with a little help from her big sis) to raise money for her trampolining club. I think it is a really clever idea and beats the usual swirly buttercream type of cupcakes as these have a strawberry jam surprise inside!