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<![CDATA[cupcakedesign - a sweet blog]]>Mon, 28 May 2012 04:13:16 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[nice weather for an iced capp cake]]>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:14:00 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/05/nice-weather-for-an-iced-capp-cake.htmlCan't remember the last time we had a May Victoria day long weekend in Canada with this great weather, but I'm not complaining. Perfect time for an iced cappuccino post! My sister's favourite drink. For the drink part of the cake, I just roughly covered the fondant with cappucino buttercream (trying to add in some coffee grinds for the look). Of course the flavour was Cake Au Lait.

The xbox cake was made for a gamer, and no the cover of the game is not edible unfortunately (some things I just have to let go). However it IS the birthday boy Chris' face you see on the top middle frame. It can be useful being a graphic designer. And yes I am aware that the red circle around the power button means it failed, that was trying to add my sense of humour to it. You can't play cake.

Have a great long weekend! xo.

]]><![CDATA[anthropologie's sale!]]>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:22 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/05/anthropologies-sale.htmlAnthropologie is having their semi annual sale. Just some things I picked up:

I like the idea of having mismatched mugs for coffee and tea, I always buy one or two at this sale. Above: Do Sul Mug, $5.95! Culinary Herb Pot, $9.95!

]]><![CDATA[eat your vegetables]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:32:44 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/05/eat-your-vegetables.htmlOne of my excuses for taking such a long break from blogging in April is the crazy amount of birthday's I had. How many Aries are there out there, really. This is one cake I had so much fun with. Matthew, birthday boy, is on a serious health kick lately. The kind where you don't eat cake except for yours and maybe baby Jesus' birthday. This is the one chance I had to make him really good cake since it's the only cake he'll have all year (hm, so he says). Naturally you and I both know cake should be eaten anytime it's in front of your face. Considering all this, I thought it would be humourous to make him a broccoli cake.

I used the normal point tip #2 or #3 in fast circular motions to make the broccoli head shown in more detail below, #2B tip would probably work too.

Sculpting a cake is both fun but also terrifying to see it in the beginning steps - will it look right? Will it be proportioned?

The broccoli cake was a strange one, it started off looking like a mushroom from Super Mario Brothers.

Let them eat broccoli! (cake)

]]><![CDATA[tree pose cake]]>Fri, 11 May 2012 06:58:37 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/05/tree-pose-cake.html

My good friend Kelly finished her yoga teacher training and I wanted to congratulate her. This cake right here is proof that I don't just work with fondant!
I wanted to do something pretty for the look of the buttercream and it came to me instantly, at this moment I grabbed a…

It's simple, turn the cake around a drag your fork at the edge. Helps if you have a turntable or lazy suzan.

For the flower I tried to create a lotus (key word: tried) out of gumpaste. It is an intricate flower. Probably would have worked better if I made it in white gumpaste and then painted it with food coloring. Couldn't decide on putting it on the top or side. What do you think looks better?

Have a good weekend.

]]><![CDATA[back, with a jersey cake]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:05:07 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/05/back-with-a-jersey-cake.htmlIt's been awhile since my last post! Did you miss me? I missed you. In all this time away I've baked a lot and designed a lot. This means I have a lot of material to post, and I'm excited to share them with you. Let's start with this baseball jersey cake for a 27th birthday...

ps.
I haven't exactly called it quits with my contest a day challenge, but I have to mention that it has been over 6 months of not winning anything. Maybe the big prize is on its way? Who knows, but I will try to keep this going by posting 7 contests every monday. We'll see. I am a positive one.

]]><![CDATA[the cupcakes on fire]]>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:05:50 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/03/the-cupcakes-on-fire.htmlThe Hunger Games movie came out this weekend, and I've never felt this excited about a movie in a long time. The books were fantastic and if you read them you will agree you cannot put them down. They didn't disappoint with the movie. Rare.
I had some fun this weekend making more tie dyed themed cupcakes and inspiration came to me to make cupcakes on fire.

Using Wilton tip #97, I filled half the side of a piping big with red icing, the other half with yellow icing.

And it piped out like this:

The original "on fire" cupcakes from this weekend:

]]><![CDATA[tie dye cupcakes, perfect for the kiddies]]>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:29:50 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/03/tie-dye-cupcakes-perfect-for-the-kiddies.html

I invited my cutsy little cousins over for a couple days of their march break. I had activities planned almost hour by hour (and apparently I still managed to miss a few hours). My favorite part was making tie dyed cupcakes. Every kid loves colour, and is excited by the thought of eating things that look like rainbows. I assume that's why they love sprinkles so much. Each of them choose the shade they wanted to dye the white gluten-free cake. Then they each got to spoon a bit of their batter into the cup. It's important not to mix the spoonfuls or you'll end up with an unpleasant shade of brown.

Turned out like this:

Then set up a sprinkle bar for them to decorate. The sprinkles you see below on the right are the most dangerous... I am still finding little balls everywhere.
Just don't say I didn't warn you.

And here is their little cupcake gallery:

]]><![CDATA[camera cookie cutter set]]>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:57:19 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/03/camera-cookie-cutter-set.html For the photography lover, $18 at photojojo

]]><![CDATA[St. Patty's day cupcakes]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:03:03 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/03/st-pattys-day-cupcakes.htmlIt's been a crazy week. A lot of it had to do with march break. While baking up some colored cupcakes with my little cousins (more on that in an upcoming post) I threw in some all green cupcakes for St. Patty's day tomorrow. Last year I made this green dessert. Or if you prefer something with beer, this cake is a good one.

The cupcakes were a white gluten-free cake mixed with green food colouring. The sprinkles are yellow gold and the shamrock was made from gumpaste.
Happy St. Pat's!

]]><![CDATA[last snowfall? first snowfall?]]>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:10:29 -0800http://www.cupcakedesign.ca/2/post/2012/03/last-snowfall-first-snowfall.htmlIt's been a pretty mild winter in Toronto. Next week we are expecting some early spring weather, and I can't wait to wear my blue joe fresh mac coat.

Had to throw that in there.
Today we have just witnessed a snowfall and I am taking it as an opportunity to post my white snow cupcake.

Click here for a tutorial on how to make the royal icing snowflake topper.

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