There is a contest to win a three tier cake of choice. (round, square or rectangle)(Fondant, buttercream or ganache)
The details can be found on the Crumby Creations group wall on facebook.
All you have to do is be a member of the group and bake a cake. Send a photo of the finished cake to my facebook inbox, or post the link to the photo in the comments here.
The contest is open to those in the hobart and surrounding areas.
Make something yummy and you could win something delicious!
Friday, April 30, 2010
A delicious weekend
It's started.
Last night there was chocolate brownies to be had. Today I'm pondering making some of Julie Goodwin's lemon diva cupcakes. I don't want to enter the competition at Birchall's but I am a fan of baking, so what better way to give myself an excuse to bake than to mark an occaision?
I also plan on making my fiance a cheesecake. He's been so good through all the wedding breakdowns, what better way to thank him. I can't find my spring form tin though, so I might have to make do with a pie dish. :(
I also have to find some time to get some wedding invitations mocked up foir my mother's approval. This is going to be a great, but long, weekend.
Last night there was chocolate brownies to be had. Today I'm pondering making some of Julie Goodwin's lemon diva cupcakes. I don't want to enter the competition at Birchall's but I am a fan of baking, so what better way to give myself an excuse to bake than to mark an occaision?
I also plan on making my fiance a cheesecake. He's been so good through all the wedding breakdowns, what better way to thank him. I can't find my spring form tin though, so I might have to make do with a pie dish. :(
I also have to find some time to get some wedding invitations mocked up foir my mother's approval. This is going to be a great, but long, weekend.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Birthday Baking!
Something is going on with my computer and image uploading is being blocked by the stupid pop-up blocker....which I have turned off.
I wanted to tell you about the playboy cake. Two tiers. Now I know traditionally tier cakes have pillars....but not lately. Now tier cakes can be pillarless, and there are even the topsy turvy ones that seem to defy gravity! I wish for those pans, I really do.
The bottom tier was a two layer chocolate cake with chocolate cream in the middle and chocolate cream icing. Black chocolate cream icing. The top tier was again chocolate cake with chocolate cream, but the icing was a dark blue. No, I wouldn't have willingly dyed icing that colour but what Kelly wants, kelly gets.
The cake was finished off with some white chocolate playboy bunny heads. There are pictures on the crumby creation group on facebook, but as I said, my pop ups are all being blocked and I can't get the java window open to upload them here. So toddle over if you want to have a look.
Apparantly it was delicious! I wouldn't know. I was too busy playing bar wench at the party to sneak a piece!
I wanted to tell you about the playboy cake. Two tiers. Now I know traditionally tier cakes have pillars....but not lately. Now tier cakes can be pillarless, and there are even the topsy turvy ones that seem to defy gravity! I wish for those pans, I really do.
The bottom tier was a two layer chocolate cake with chocolate cream in the middle and chocolate cream icing. Black chocolate cream icing. The top tier was again chocolate cake with chocolate cream, but the icing was a dark blue. No, I wouldn't have willingly dyed icing that colour but what Kelly wants, kelly gets.
The cake was finished off with some white chocolate playboy bunny heads. There are pictures on the crumby creation group on facebook, but as I said, my pop ups are all being blocked and I can't get the java window open to upload them here. So toddle over if you want to have a look.
Apparantly it was delicious! I wouldn't know. I was too busy playing bar wench at the party to sneak a piece!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
baking, baking, baking....
It's anzac day this sunday, this means that not only is it my best friend, and partner in crumby creation crime, Kelly's birthday, but it means that I have to bake anzac bixcuits!
Mmmmmmmmmm and I bake the chewy kind people, not those tooth breaking crunchy ones!
Kelly has been my best friend for many years. She is going to be my maid of honour in my wedding in October and we have gone through a lot with each other. Her birthday is the 25th of April and every year I bake her anzac biscuits because it was something her mother used to do, but stopped when she got older.
There's something comforting about baked goods. I enjoy cooking anything. But when it comes to eating, there's something more comforting about cakes, breads, biscuits and roast meals. Things that go in the oven. Maybe it's the time, or the memories of mother's baking, but they are the things that I get excited about eating!
So yes. Anzac biscuits tomorrow, and a two tiered playboy cake for Kelly's party on Saturday evening.
If I don't blog over the weekend....it's because I partook of a few too many cocktails! Wish you could be there!
CHEERS!
Mmmmmmmmmm and I bake the chewy kind people, not those tooth breaking crunchy ones!
Kelly has been my best friend for many years. She is going to be my maid of honour in my wedding in October and we have gone through a lot with each other. Her birthday is the 25th of April and every year I bake her anzac biscuits because it was something her mother used to do, but stopped when she got older.
There's something comforting about baked goods. I enjoy cooking anything. But when it comes to eating, there's something more comforting about cakes, breads, biscuits and roast meals. Things that go in the oven. Maybe it's the time, or the memories of mother's baking, but they are the things that I get excited about eating!
So yes. Anzac biscuits tomorrow, and a two tiered playboy cake for Kelly's party on Saturday evening.
If I don't blog over the weekend....it's because I partook of a few too many cocktails! Wish you could be there!
CHEERS!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Competition!
Ok, for those who read this Blog and live in the greater hobart area.....
Birchall's is having a competition! Cupcake decorating!!!!!!!!
The details can be found here: http://www.birchalls.com.au/
But basicly you have to make Master Chef winner; Julie's Lemon Diva cupcake and decorate it. You can make one, two or a million (maybe not a million, you only have a week!) Julie is the judge and you could win $200 worth of Joseph Joseph cooking utensils!
There are great ideas for decorating these wonderful cakes!
The ever popular Cupcake Burger,
A cupcake mosaic
and of course, a citrus theme (in keeping with the lemon diva aspect)
I wish those that enter much luck! I look forwards to seeing who wins!!!
Monday, April 19, 2010
One person's failure....
I made a cake today. It was an order for a friend. It was supposed to be a fastback mustang. 1969.
It certainly LOOKS like a car. It has the details of a fastback thingo....but see.... here's the problem.
I am not a car person. The cake looks like a car. It has the same lights, curve of the back, two doors, bonnet scoop of the fastback. I'm worried it isn't going to be what my friend had in mind when she ordered.
I am not a car person. The cake looks like a car. It has the same lights, curve of the back, two doors, bonnet scoop of the fastback. I'm worried it isn't going to be what my friend had in mind when she ordered.
I did however learn a lesson.
When doing cars in future, use fondant. Gravity is attacking my icing details and it makes me sad.
Edited to add: She loves it. She's very happy and that makes me like it a little bit more!
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