Diaper Party Gender Neutral Cupcakes

Well the title explains it all!

These were indeed made for a Diaper Party (this is the men equivalent to a woman's baby shower, just an fyi for anyone wondering what I am speaking about).

As the sex of the baby is going to be a surprise - a gender neutral colour was needed.
Yellow is definitely my favourite colour - a soft baby pastel colour was used here.

To achieve this yellow, I made 2 batches of buttercreme icing and added 4 drops of "Sunshine Yellow" by Artisan Accents.

Packed and Ready to be Shipped out. All I have to do is close the box and tie.

It was a cute arial view.

Created: June 10th, 2017

Happy baking!

-Ashley

Retirement Cake

One of the Legal Assistants at my job was retiring this past April. I was asked to make her a cake which she absolutely loved. I'm happy you enjoyed it and I wish you the best!

This is the first cake I baked since my Accident back in March and it was fun to do.

 This colour purple was achieved using "Deep Purple" from Artisan Accents. I bought this at Icing Inspirations in Kitchener, Ontario, however this can be bought directly from any baking website including Artisan Accents and Icing Inspirations.

I wish I had this line of Artisan Accents colours 2 months ago, but I have them not and I am thoroughly enjoying them. They keep their colour and you only need a drop or two to get a deep colour such as this purple. If you bake a lot and spend time using more and more colour to get a darker shade, than this system is for you!

Beautiful & Effortless colour.

Created: April 13th, 2017

Happy Baking!

Valentines Day Cupcakes!

The Valentines Day Cupcake Sale 

(posting a bit late)

I got requests for the Champagne Cupcakes which are featured below.

Details:
-White Cupcake with Champagne imbedded into the batter (used egg whites instead of the full egg to get the full white cupcake effect)
-Buttercreme Icing with Champagne imbedded into the batter and turned pink to celebrate the day
-Toppers: one outline of a heart and the other solid heart, both made with Red Merkens Chocolate

Always start with a good liner. The type of liner will depend on the cupcake you're making and if you want the liner to be vivid and stand out. Since I only made a white cupcake, the liners kept their colour in order to show the valentines effect. [However, if I made a chocolate cupcake - it would be best to go with "Colour Cups Foil Liners". Those will not fade.]

Finished products:

Packed and ready to go!

 Some for the Cupcakes, Some for me ! Lol.

Most supplies bought at Bulk Barn.

Cupcake Boxes bought at Creative Bag.

Valentines Day 2017

Happy Baking

-Ashley

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Pizza Cake

This past weekend I had the opportunity to make 2 cakes.

This pepperoni pizza cake was one of them.

The birthday girl's friend is a friend of mine and insisted on this style and topping of cake.

They absolutely loved it and said it tasted great that they kept going back for more!

Icing colour for dough was obtained using brown and yellow from Wilton's colour right system.

The pepperoni was created by dying fondant with red and crimson from wilton's colour right system.

The "cheese" was formed by shaving white chocolate down. (I used 3 different tools for 3 different effects. The first I do not know the name of, but I'm sure it is a zester. The second was a vegetable peeler and the third was a cheese grater).

Cake Created: February 2nd, 2017

Happy Baking!

-Ashley

Purple Ombre Rosettes

Purple Ombre Rosettes for a darling 8 year old!

Happy Birthday Nevaeh!

This cake came about after Nevaeh's mom seen my last post on instagram.

 (instagram: sweetpiecesbakery)

She fell in love with the style of the cake, but was more interested in an ombre effect. Purple was the birthday girls favourite colour and we went from there. Inside, the cake is also 2 shades of purple.

Cake: Vanilla

Purple Pearls on Top

Rosettes with a 1M tip

These were two toppers I was playing around with that didn't necessarily come out the greatest.

The "eight" was gorgeous, but then was too thin and broke.

The "8" stayed, but wasn't as fluid and free from imperfection.

We'll work towards getting it perfect!

Cake Created: January 28, 2017

Happy Baking

-Ashley

Pink Rosettes

This cake was created for my friend Keisha. She loves all things pretty, classy and gold.

The minute she seen this featured cake, she had to have it. (I did a smaller version for a cake smash.)

The cake features a coconut cake with coconut icing. She absolutely loves this flavour, it is why I had to introduce it as a standard flavour within my bakery.

Pink Rosettes formed with a 1M tip.

Gold Pearls sprinkled on top.

#26 made of white chocolate and painted with "old gold" dust.

Good reviews came from this cake and Keisha definitely enjoyed it!

Cake Created: January 20, 2017

Happy Baking

-Ashley

Red Coconut

This cake was done for my friend's boyfriend Elijah. Happy Birthday!

First cake of the NEW YEAR!

Cake features the spatula technique I had worked on after Christmas.

Coconut Cake and Coconut flavoured icing.

Cake created: January 1, 2017

Happy Baking!

-Ashley

Little Mr. Man

This little man is growing up! He is turning the big ONE!

His mom decided to have two cakes (both blue with moustaches), cake pops, and cupcakes.

Happy Birthday Real Deal.

While making these cakes, I was asked to make another cake for a Christmas party - but red velvet. The white cake is cream cheese icing done with the same spatula technique over a red velvet cake.

Goodies created: December 26th, 2016

Happy Baking

-Ashley

Cupcakes!

Just a few examples of Cupcakes that have graced my kitchen.

Happy Baking!

-Ashley