Posts tagged "buttercream"

Cowboy cake

The brief for this cake was ‘something cowboy themed’ and it was great fun to work on. The cake was a 3 layer vanilla sponge filled with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream. I covered the whole cake in white sugar paste then added a band of blue for the jeans, brown for the belt and...

Baby Shower Giant Cupcake

At the weekend it was my sister’s baby shower. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it as I am suffering from a nasty cold and thought it best not to share my germs! However, I did send Dale, the girls and this giant cupcake. It is a vanilla cupcake decorated with vanilla buttercream and sugar paste decorations....

Summer strawberry cupcakes

I love all the fruit that is around this time of year and strawberries are my absolute favourite. I’ve wanted to try these cupcakes for a while so when I saw English Mum was hosting a Big Bakeoff, I thought I’d use them as my entry. These are vanilla cupcakes with a fresh strawberry in...