Sugar Ruffles

 I was asked to create some new cupcake design based on vintage teacups for a wedding this weekend. The bride had been collecting vintage teacups and wanted cupcakes top sit inside each cup. Each cupcake was individually designed to match the cup and the cupcakes were all baked in gold cupcake cases to match the gold rims of the teacups. Here they are set up at the venue. Congratulations Melissa and Miguel!

Floral cascade of ivory roses, white and green hydrangea flowers and buds.

Wedding cake with dusky pink and aubergine roses, white hydrangea flowers and butterflies.

Manuka honey cupcakes sprinkled with bee pollen and topped with a fondant bee.                                   Manuka Honey and Bee Pollen Superfood Cupcake Recipe For the cupcakes : 250g Butter unsalted, softened 250g Golden caster sugar 250g Self-raising flour sifted 4 Eggs 1tbsp Comvita UMF10+ Manuka Honey 1tsp baking powder  For the buttercream : 150g Caster sugar 3 Eggs (whites only) 250g Butter unsalted, softened 1tsp Natural vanilla extract 1tsp Yellow food colour 1tbsp Bee Pollen to sprinkle Method For the cupcakes : Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan oven 160oC, 350oF, gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper cases Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the flour, baking powder and Comvita UMF10+ Manuka Honey and fold into the mixture. You can add a little milk if the mixture looks too dry. Divide the mixture between the cases and bake for 20 minutes. For the butterc

A four tier wedding cake with lace detail and pink satin bows finished with sparkly diamante brooches.

Vegetable Garden Birthday Cake Vanilla bean sponge with vanilla bean syrup layered with vanilla bean buttercream and raspberry conserve. The vegetable garden is made with buttercream 'grass', dark chocolate ganache 'soil' and marzipan carrots, aubergines, pumpkins, tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers and pea pods.

Wedding cake with sugar lace detail and purple sugar roses.

Ruffles and Roses Lace wedding cake with ivory roses and a layer of sugar ruffles. 

Dark chocolate roses with a rich chocolate cake truffle centre. Rose cake pops would make lovely wedding favours or would look beautiful displayed together as a cake pop bouquet centrepiece.  Also available in milk and white chocolate and in a range of colours. 

Lemon sponge cupcakes brushed with zesty lemon syrup with swirls of lemon curd buttercream,   topped with yellow fondant roses.

 A blue ombre ruffle cake topped with a white chocolate boat.  A cake to congratulate Josh who took part in the Queens Diamond Jubilee 1,000-boat flotilla on the Thames.

Viennese Whirls Viennese whirls make a lovely Jubilee treat. I made half of mine with strawberry jam and half with raspberry jam. Delicious!  Viennese Whirls (Adapted from a recipe by The Hairy Bikers ) Ingredients 250g soft butter 50g icing sugar 250g flour 50g cornflour ½ tsp vanilla bean paste  Filling 100g butter 100g icing sugar plus ½ tsp for dusting ½ tsp vanilla bean paste 75g seedless raspberry or strawberry jam Method Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper. T ake a circular cutter and trace 16 circles onto the greaseproof paper. Flip the paper over so that the ink is on the bottom. Put the butter, icing sugar, plain flour, cornflour and vanilla extract in an electric mixer and mix until smooth.  Spoon the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle.  Pipe whirls of dough onto the greaseproof paper using the circles as a guide. Bake in the centre of th