Christmas Cookies

I enjoy unusual requests (to a certain extent!), and these cookies, given that Christmas is still a couple of months away, fit the bill.  These vanilla bean sugar cookies are for a Christmas-themed dinner party that will be held in Sydney tomorrow night.  Each guest will receive a Christmas-ornament-cookie, and one personalized with their name.  Lucky, eh? 

 

Haley's 21st birthday cake

Sophisticated, pretty and pink.  A chocolate mud cutting cake and matching white chocolate raspberry cupcakes for Haley's 21st birthday dinner.

Esther and Bryan's Wedding

Marble mud cutting cake, orange poppyseed and lime cupcakes for Esther and Bryan's wedding at Tamborine Gardens.  The figurine was from the bride's father, and using it as the main feature of the cutting cake adds a beautiful sentiment.   

A quick snapshot of the cakes before we left Tamborine Gardens.  I must say, it is a stunning venue - glass all around, the whole ceiling draped with white material and a chandelier dripping down from the center.  Plus, for the first time, I had no one vacuuming around me while setting up the cakes!   

Emily's garden birthday cake

This is for all the little girls who decide that they are too grown up for pink and purple.

"Thank you your photo. The party went really smoothly and all the girls had a great time.  The cake and cupcakes were a hit. I was secretly hoping there were going to be some left overs, but both were all enjoyed by the girls, I managed to get a couple of spoonful from my son's plate!!!  The chocolate cake was so yummy!!!  No cupcake was left!!!  Thanks Jen for helping me with the cakes and cupcakes. It was exactly how Emily wanted it."

-  Karen H, Brisbane

Marlie's Christening Cake

Pretty in pink, with a bow on top.

Aircraft and Mechanics

Chocolate and white chocolate mud cupcakes for Knight's airplane and mechanics-themed birthday.  The airplanes and cloud bits were easy, but the gears took some fiddling to make them look the way I wanted.  What fun, though, to be asked to make something I haven't done before.    

"The cupcakes were really good.  Though we did enjoy the chocolate mudcake slightly more ^^.  Thanks a lot for the photos!  Because nobody waited for the photos to be taken."

-  Knight K, Brisbane

Beautiful Girl

This is a lemon poppyseed cake I made for Julie.  I did not want to make her the usual princess-type dolly varden cake.  I wanted something a bit more sophisticated, a bit more elegant, but still keep the pretty and girly attributes.  A beautiful cake for an even more beautiful person.  Happy 50th birthday, Julie.   

"Thank you so much for the beautiful cake for Mum's 50th it was amazing... but then all your cakes are!  The lemon poppyseed flavour was delicious and everyone kept saying that the cake is just too pretty to eat!  We can't wait for the next big celebration so we can all indulge in another cake... thanks again."

-  Amanda L, Brisbane