Vroom vroom race cars

Big mama & little baby race cars

Twin race cars

I had planned a whole afternoon of making race car and race track toppers for my banana walnut cupcakes but we'd spent the day with a couple of friends instead so I only managed to make two whole race cars. Not to mention the gluten-free orange cupcakes & macaroons which was on the list of things to make this weekend...sigghhh. Hopefully next weekend I have some free time.

I'll try to finish it off tomorrow but we'll see how it goes. I may have gobbled up all the cupcakes before I finish making the race cars and race tracks. Yum yum yum.

Not the best colour scheme I know but I didn't make enough blue for the cars so I had to settle with the yellow which I made too much of.

Merry Berry Muffins

Merry Berry Muffins

I thought I'd start the year with something simple - berry muffins! 


They're easy to make, delicious and loaded with blueberries & raspberries.


I'm thinking of topping it off with some whipped cream mixed with raspberries and crushed meringue...do I or do I not? Especially after all the indulgence over the last 2 weeks - from the roast chicken to ambrosia to the paua fritters and bbq lamb chops. Better get my running shoes on to work it all off.

Christmas Time

I made some red velvet cupcakes from a recipe forwarded to me by a baking addict in the office (you know who you are). She had gotten the recipe from the Chelsea Sugar website - Here is the link to the recipe if you want to give it a go Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe 


It's an easy recipe and is absolutely delectable...the only evidence left of these cupcakes are the pictures you're looking at now.


I hope you have a wonderful Christmas & New Year

Daisy Fruit Cake

Here it is! I finally covered a cake with fondant, even the daisies were made of fondant. It's not the prettiest looking thing but hopefully with practice I'll get better and there will be less visible flaws.

I made the fruit cakes a little too late this year and so they're a little dry...The ones made earlier this year are sitting in a fridge 8,000 miles away.

I seem to be constantly running into a problem of not knowing what to do with the finished creations. I guess we'll have to finish this cake ourselves...

Snowflakes in Summer

Summer Snowflakes

Macaroons should have come out of the oven this weekend but carrot cupcakes came out instead. I saw the carrots at the vege shop and momentarily forgot that I was supposed to try my hand at making macaroons. Oopsie!

I covered the carrot cupcakes with a layer of cream cheese frosting then topped it off with a snowflake.

There's about 2 dozen of these yummy treats left in the kitchen...first in first served.

Enjoy!!