Deb's Cakes and Cupcakes

Baby Bugs Cupcakes

2012-01-02T08:13:00.005-05:00

I made these cupcakes for a baby shower. The Mum did not know the sex of the baby so I went with pastel colours. I loved makign these cupcakes and love the outcome. They are made using the First Impressions moulds and flower and butterfly cutters.

Christmas Cupcakes

2012-01-02T08:02:00.005-05:00

I made these cupcakes for my sons music concert. I didn't have much time to get them done but they turned out ok. I put little picks in the front middle three with the name of the Music group. I am hoping to one day have more time at Christmas so that I can do some harder cakes that I have been dying to make. Maybe next year!

Ladybug Baby Cupcakes

2012-01-02T07:54:00.003-05:00

These baby cupcakes are made using the First impressions baby moulds. I love this little mould! The cupcakes are a vanilla cupcake with white chocolate ganache and a fondant top. Would you eat that baby?

Baptism Cake

2012-01-02T07:46:00.002-05:00

This is the Baptism cake I made for my baby. It was a raspberry swirl vanillia cake with raspberry butter cream, then covered in white fondant. The blocks are made out of fondant and the lion was a statue.

Guest Post: My Sisters Tinkerbell cupcakes

2011-10-11T07:53:00.003-04:00

My sister made these cupcakes for her daughter's 3rd birthday. The cupcakes are butter cakes with butter icing tinted with chlorophyll. They were then decorated with marshmallow flowers, marshmallow and meringue toadstools and butterflies, stars and flower sprinkles and chocolate drinking chocolate sprinkled over the cakes and toadstooles. The stand had tinkerbell figurines on it. The cakes looked fantastic and tasted great and fitted in with dietary requirements of the guests. Great job!

My 30th Birthday cake

2011-10-11T07:44:00.002-04:00

This is my 3oth Birthday cake. It is a chocolate and caramel choc swirled mudcake with rolo chocolates inside, choclate ganache, and white choc fondant. I used edible shimmer ribbons for the first time and a edible image. The bottom is black sanding sugar. I ran out of time to make this cake so I would have liked to have took more time to make it a bit neater. But it was great to learn a new flower and how to use the images and ribbons.

Beer Stein 30th Birthday cake

2011-10-11T07:17:00.003-04:00

I LOVED making this cake! It was for a friends 30th Birthday. He loves XXXX. The cake is a chocolate and caramel mud swirl cake with chocolate ganache and covered in white choc fondant. the handle is made out of flower paste and a wire through the middle. The beer can is supported by a piece of dowel going through the cake that was covered in toffee. The bubbles were made from piped white choclate ganache.

I got the idea from a picture on google images by gilmandj (Thanks!).

30th Birthday Party "Bad Taste" themed cake

2011-08-19T19:32:00.003-04:00

I made this cake for my friends 30th 'Bad taste' birthday party. It is a chocolate mudcake with choc mint ganache and covered with a bad taste mixture of colours made from mint fondant and pictures of the birthday boy printed onto edible images. The bad taste was the decorating. The cake was super yummy!

Graduation Cupcakes

2011-08-19T19:23:00.004-04:00

I made these cupcakes for my sister-in-law when she graduated from university. The cakes are choc caramel cupacake. The icing was decorating cream mixed with white chocolate and caramel top and fill. It was super yummy but very rich. The topper is made out of fondant.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

2011-08-19T18:48:00.004-04:00

I made these cakes for a baby shower for a baby girl that had a lilac and white nursery. The mother also requested some pale yellow to add another colour. The cakes are vanillia cupcakes and they are iced with white chocolate ganache and fondant. This was my first time making a pregnant mother topper. I had lots of fun!

Guitar legends cakes

2011-06-06T22:53:00.003-04:00

These are the cakes I made for my husbands 30th birthday. He asked for a 'Guitar Legend' themed cake and wanted Slash, Dimebag, James Hetfield and Zak Wild to be on his cakes as they are the guitarists that he looks up to. I got the guitarists and the band labels printed on edible paper. The 5th guitarist is my husband.

The cakes are chocolate mudcake with a chocolate ganache and fondant covering. I also used my new lettering kit to make the letters.

2nd Birthday Elmo cake - for my son

2011-06-06T22:43:00.002-04:00

These are the Elmo cakes I made for my sons second birthday. The cake is a chocolate mud with chocolate ganache and white choc fondant icing and figurine.

This is the cake I made for his family dinner:

This is the cake I made for him to take to his playgroup. It is a vanillia cake with white choc fondant and figurie and chocolate ganache

These are the elmo cupcakes I made just to give them a try. They are vanillia cake with fondant faces and a chocolate ganache.

Park Themed cupcakes

2011-06-06T22:17:00.004-04:00

These cupcakes were made for a little girls (my goddaughters) 2nd birthday at a park. They are vanillia cupcakes with lime flavoured icing and fondant bugs and flowers on top.

Inspired by a pic on google images by 'Justcelebratecakes' - thanks!!

Cupcake Bouquets

2011-06-06T21:53:00.005-04:00

I tried my first every flower bouquets for Mother's Day presents this year. They were heaps of fun and my Mother, Mother-in-law and sister (who is a Mother) loved them!

They are vanillia cakes with different icing flavours: pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, turkish delight, orange and vanillia.

Chocolate Lovers Cake

2011-03-26T21:28:00.003-04:00

This is the Chocolate Lovers cake that I made for my friends birthday. It is a chocolate mudcake with chocolate ganache, filled with caramel, iced with chocolate ganache and then decorated with chocolate panels and topped with maltesers and mars bars.

Inspired by the amazing talents of Viva La Cupcakes- Thanks!

My Baby Shower Cake

2011-03-24T23:38:00.008-04:00

This is my baby shower cake that I made. It is a caramel chocolate mudcake with a caramel chocolate fill. It has white chocolate ganache and white chocolate fondant decorations. The cupcakes are caramel mudcake and half had caramel fill and white chocoalte ganache swirls and the other half had Rolo's in the cake with white chocolate ganache and white choc fondant decorations. I had so much fun making this cake!

Baptism Cake and Cupcakes

2011-03-18T06:51:00.005-04:00

These cakes and cupcakes were made for a baptism for two baby girls (A & E). The cake and cupcakes are made of chocolate mudcake. It is then iced in Vanillia and Strawberry flavoured butter cream. The stork and shoes were provided by one of the mother's of the children and was used on her baptism cake.

Mum and Dad's 30th Wedding Anniversary cake

2011-03-18T06:39:00.003-04:00

This is the cake that I made for Mum and Dad's 35th wedding anniversary. It is a chocolate cake with butter cream and then a white chocolate fondant. The cake is Jade to represent the 35 years.

Giraffe 2nd Birthday Cake

2011-02-26T04:18:00.005-05:00

This cake is for a 2nd Birthday.The top cake is a double barrel chocolate mudcake with chocolate ganache chocolate/white chocolate fondant and a caramel filling.
The cupcakes are also chocolate mudcakes with chocolate/white choc fondant and caramel filling. They are super tasty (I had to try one!)

Inspired by Elitecakedesigns- Thanks! U guys are amazing!

Females 30th Birthday Cake

2011-02-26T04:07:00.001-05:00

I made this cake for my friend for her 30th birthday. It is a chocolate mudcake with chocolate ganache and white chocolate/chocolate fondant.

Males 30th Birthday Cake

2011-02-13T07:53:00.004-05:00

I made this cake for a males 30th Birthday. He has a love of Holden Utes so I made a Holden EH 1964 ute (classic blue) back tray out of fondant to go on top. It was a choclate mudcake with chocolate ganache and chocolate fondant ontop. It was very Yummy!!

Birthday Girl Cupcakes

2011-02-04T01:09:00.002-05:00

I made these cupcakes today for my sister in laws birthday. It was great fun doing whatever I felt like!

Baby Animal Cupcakes

2011-02-04T00:53:00.005-05:00

I made these baby animal cupcakes today from the PC cupcake book. They took over 14 hours to make 36! They are vanillia cupcakes with white choc ganache and white choc fondant.

40th Wedding anniversary cake

2011-01-28T23:19:00.002-05:00

This is a cake I made for a 40th wedding anniversary. The top cake is a double barrel vanillia cake with white chocolate ganache and white chocolate fondant for the covering and decorations. The bottom level are matching cupcakes. This was great fun to make.

Exploding star - Aussie Day themed cake

2011-01-25T06:55:00.003-05:00

This is a cake I made for Australia Day. It is a vanillia cake with choc chips, covered in white chocolate ganache and then white chocolate fondant. It is a double cake (double barrel cake) to give it it's height.

Rosette cupcakes

2011-01-20T02:27:00.002-05:00

Rosette cupcakes:

Builder cake

2011-01-17T16:38:00.005-05:00

My friend asked me if I could make a cake for her son who has just finished his building apprenticeship and to celebrate him starting his own business. She gave me the company logo and asked for the cake to have it and the company colours on it. I suggested that we could even make the builder and tools and put them on top. This is the result. It was a fun cake to make!

Kid's Christmas Tree Cupcake Lesson

2010-12-04T19:50:00.004-05:00

I went to my sisters school the other day and taught the kids how to make these Christmas tree cupcakes. They did a great job don't you think!

Colourful cupcakes

2010-12-04T19:46:00.002-05:00

These are vanillia cupcakes with white chocolate gananche icing and star sprinkles, gold star sprinkles, choc sprinkles, confetti sprinkles and love heart sprinkles.

Baby Boy Cupcakes

2010-12-04T19:18:00.006-05:00

These cakes are vanilia cupcakes with white chocolate gananche and white choc fondant. Sorry some are sideways. I have tried to turn them but they just keep popping back!
I followed the instructions for these from the Planet Cake cupcakes book- Fantastic book!

Baby Shower Cupcakes

2010-12-01T19:31:00.006-05:00

I made these baby cupcakes for a baby shower. They are vanillia cupcakes with white chocolate ganache and then white chocolate fondant on top.
I made these following the instructions fromt he Planet Cake cupcakes book- GREAT BOOK!

Wedding Shower Cupcakes

2010-10-31T01:45:00.002-04:00

I made these cakes for a bridal shower. They are white chocolate mudcakes with white chocolate ganache and fondant decorations.

Birthday Cupcakes

2010-09-26T04:38:00.007-04:00

These are the flavoured mini cupcakes that I made for my birthday.
Lemon Meringue cupcake- White chocolate cupcake with lemon butter, vanilla icing and a meringue.

Jersey Caramel cupcake- White chocolate cupcake with soft caramel center, vanilla icing and jersey caramel.

Crunchie cupcake- Choc mud cupcake with crunchie icing and a crunchie piece on top.

Apricot cupcake- White chocolate cupcake with apricot cream cheese icing and an apricot on top.

Pineapple cupcake- White chocolate cupcake with pineapple flavoured icing and a pineapple lolly on top.

Raspberry cupcake- White choc cupcake with raspberry icing and a raspberry lolly on top.

White choc cupcake- White choc cupcake with vanillia icing and a white choc piece on top.

Hazelnut cupcake- Chocolate cupcake with a soft hazelnut center, chocolate ganache icing and a hazelnut on top.

Marsbar cupcake- Chocolate cupcake with soft caramel center, chocolate ganache icing and a marsbar piece on top.

Snickers cupcakes- Chocolate mud cupcake with peanut and chocolate ganache and a piece of snickers on top.

Strawberry and cream cupcake- White choc cupcake with strawberry icing and a strawberry and cream on top,.

Mint cupcake- Choc cupcake with mint icing and a mint leaf on top.

Malteser cupcake- Choc cupcake with malteser icing and a malteser on top.

Choc top- Choc cupcake with vanillia icing and a piece of cadbury chocolate on top.

Oreo Cupcake- Chocolate cupcake with oreo icing and a mini oreo on top.

Choc Filled Cakes

2010-09-05T18:29:00.002-04:00

I made choc mud cupcakes on the weekend for our father's day lunch. Half had a caramel fill (as u can see in pic) and half had a hazelnut fill. They were then topped with ganache icing - mmmmmm. My favourite so far!!!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

2010-09-05T18:19:00.002-04:00

I made red velvet cupcakes for the first time on the weekend for Father's Day. They are an American favourite I am told. The cake has a mild chocolate taste and is then iced with a cream cheese icing. My mum and husband were fans of this cake but as I am a big chocolate lover I like something with a little more choc!

Guitar cake and cupcakes

2010-09-05T18:11:00.003-04:00

I made these cakes for our friends birthday on the weekend. The cake was 'Planet Cakes' mudcake (which I highly recommend). It was then covered in chocolate ganache then white chocolate fondant (which I also tried for the first time and we all loved it) The guitar was made out out flower paste and piped royal icing. The cupcakes were choc mud cupcakes. The green cups were filled with a hazelnut fill and the blue were filled with caramel fill and then topped with chocolate ganache.

Farm Animal Cakes

2010-09-05T17:54:00.004-04:00

These are the farm animal cupcakes i made on the weekend. The cupcakes are egg free vanilla cupcakes. The icing flavours are mint, pineapple, raspberry and strawberry. The animals are all made out of fondant.

Egg free cupcakes

2010-09-05T17:51:00.001-04:00

These are my first ever egg free cupcakes. I was very suprised by how well they worked out and you could hardly tell their was no egg in them.

Flower 17th Birthday Cakes

2010-09-05T17:45:00.002-04:00

These cakes were made a little while ago for a girls 17th birthday and I forgot to put them on here. They are vanilla cupcakes with rosewater, strawberry and vanilla icing.

Med Students' Birthday

2010-08-20T04:54:00.003-04:00

I made these cakes for a lady that is nearly a doctor. They are white chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate ganache icing, raspberry icing and strawberry. The doctor is made out of fondant.

Experimenting with flavours

2010-08-20T04:49:00.002-04:00

These are new flavour cupcakes I made. The first one is a chocolate cupcake with a peanut butter and chocolate ganache. The second is a chocolate cupcake with peppermint icing. mmmmmm...

96 Company colours cupcakes

2010-08-05T06:00:00.002-04:00

This is a pic of some of the 96 cupcakes that i made for a company's end of financial year party. The icing is a vanilla buttercream and the cakes are vanilla. The cups were white and the cakes icing was a blue and white swirl to suit the company's colours.

Sufer Cupcakes

2010-07-24T17:34:00.004-04:00

These are my surfer cupcakes that I made for a friends birthday. They are choc caramel mud cucpakes and choc orange mud cupcakes.

Super Hero cupcakes

2010-07-24T17:23:00.002-04:00

These are my super hero cupcakes. There is Spiderman, Batman, Iron man and Superman. The cakes are three flavours: Choc Orange mud, Choc mud and Choc caramel mud. They are then covered in Choc ganache icing and fondant. Each shape was cut out by hand and were very time consuming but they turned out great.

Fondant embosser

2010-07-23T21:29:00.004-04:00

I had a practise with a fondant embosser the other day. The roller makes a flower pattern on the fondant.....

My Sister's 25th Birthday cake

2010-07-10T22:45:00.008-04:00

Today is my Sister's 25th Birthday. Happy Birthday Jess. I made her this cake inspired by the pic that she got taken for her 1st ep. It is a vanilla cake with buttercream icing, white fondant and then decorated in flower paste, white fondant, butter cream icing and royal icing. The royal icing around the bottom is the to the tune of 'happy birthday'.

This is the pic from the ep and this is the cake.........

Birthday cupcakes

2010-07-06T22:54:00.006-04:00

I made these cupcakes for a male today for his birthday. The letter cupcakes are made using fondant and the swirl cupcakes are made using flavoured buttercream. The red is strawberry, yellow is pineapple, green is lime and the orange is orange. I also used my new sprinkles on them. There are gold stars, blue glitter flakes, colourful stars, colourful confetti, glitter sugar in red, gold and opal colours. I have to drop them off at my husbands work so I also made him one with mini love heart sprinkles!

Fondant Cupcakes

2010-06-14T06:13:00.023-04:00

I made my first fondant cupcakes today for a friend for her work tom. They are strawberry and turkish delight flavoured on either a chocolate or vanilla cake. I also made some more icing decorated ones so I will put those pics on as well.

Baby Girls 1st Birthday - Red, white and pink theme

2010-06-12T08:21:00.000-04:00

hese cupcakes are butter cakes with strawberry icing, vanilla bean icing and turkish delight icing. The butterfly's are handmade out of fondant and royal icing

My son's 1st Birthday Jungle Cake

2010-06-12T08:04:00.000-04:00

The bottom layer of this cake is butter cake, then it has two layers of mudcake. It is covered in ganache icing and then fondant and decorated in handmade fondant animals.

Bayb Girls 1st Birthday Cupcakes- Pink butterfly theme

2010-06-12T07:51:00.001-04:00

These cakes are vanilla cupcakes with strawberry, rosewater and vanilla bean icing. The butterflys are handmade using royal icing.

Koala Cake

2010-06-12T07:45:00.001-04:00

This Koala cake is made from a chocolate mudcake with ganache icing and then fondant. The koala's, pinic food and tree are all made out of fondant.

Mother's Group babies 1st Birthday cake

2010-06-12T07:33:00.001-04:00

This cake was made out of a buttercream cake with ganache icing and fondant on the top. The babies are all handmade with fondant.

Bunch of Flowers

2010-06-12T07:10:00.000-04:00

These flowers are made out of buttercream icing, and a butter cake.

Baby Shower cupcakes

2010-06-12T07:03:00.000-04:00

These cupcakes are made with butter cake, butter cream icing and handmade fondant dummies.

Sunflower Cupcakes

2010-06-12T06:57:00.000-04:00

These are my first decorative cupcakes. They are butter cupcakes with buttercream icing and an oreo for the center of the sunflower. The ladybugs are made out of jaffas and icing sugar.

Flower Cake

2010-06-12T06:28:00.001-04:00

This is my first ever cake. The bow is made out of flower paste and the cake is covered in butter cream and fondant. The cake was milk chocolate mudcake on the bottom and white chocolate mudcake on the top and had a white chocolate ganache filling in the middle.

My New Blog

2010-06-12T05:44:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,

This is my new blog to let you know about the cakes I am creating. I'll post all my pictures up on here so you can see what I'm up to.

Let me know what you think!

Deb