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

June "Birthday Month" Special

As June is my Birthday, I thought I'd spread the love this month: 

I am offering 10% off any CAKE order placed between 

June 1 and 30 only, for a date within June or July, 2017.

The following dates are booked:

June 23-25

June 29

July 20 & 21

Inquiries?

Email: sweetpiecesbakeshop@gmail.com

Instagram: sweetpiecesbakery

Please Note:

If you have already placed an order prior - this 10% has already been taken into consideration

Owl Cake

My friend Rosie is in love with Owls. Her birthday was in May and she originally seen a two-tier Owl cake with Cherry Blossoms. I was asked to re-create it using a one tier and this was the result.

I made the cake more of a tree stump for the Owl with a few cherry blossom branches sticking out.

She absolutely loved her cake and I am happy that she did.

The side here is to allow for the stump and roots effect. If you look closely, you can see the lines engrained into the fondant as though it was actual bark.

Created: May 5, 2017

Happy Baking!

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!

Regal Purple Cupcakes

This little girl asked her mom for "Gangsta Purple Cupcakes with Gold". She's 4. What does she know about gangsta purple? LOL

My inspiration came from "A pimp named slick back's suit" #Boondocks

I think I did a good job matching the colour as it is very hard to get a deep purple without using the whole entire jar AND without making the icing taste bitter. No one wants that!

Product Used: Americolor Regal Purple , Gold Liners, and Gold Pearls

Created: February 19

Happy Baking
-Ashley

Another Pink Rosette Cake, this time with PEARLS!

Pink Rosette Cake

with Customer Pearl Topper

This cake has been very popular over the last couple of months. 

Most people see it, want it, and sometimes ask for an upgrade.

This time around, I made the rosettes larger and made a customer cake topper, which I will explain below how to make.

For the Pearl Topper

You will need the following supplies:

(A LIST OF LINKS are included at the end.)

-An item to cover in Pearls

(This was for a lady's 91st Birthday and her first name began with an F.)

-Jewel It Embellishing Glue

-Pearls

(this one is up to you, you can use whatever you like and you can use fully rounded or half flat)

-Tweezers (optional)

I bought a white letter purposely because I did not want to have to paint it. The process only took about 20-25 minutes while I was on lunch at work and the glue hardened within the house.  

TIP: Running low on time, stick it in the fridge. (I had to do this when I had to replace one minutes prior to putting on the cake)

Step 1: Clean your letter and place on a flat surface.

Step 2: Grab your pearls and apply a bit of Jewel It to the side. (Tweezers come in Handy for the small ones, I was at work and had to improvise and use a thumb tack)

Step 3: Apply to letter

Step 4: Let Dry.

Step 5: If placing on a cake, I cut out a piece of a thin cake board and stuck it to the bottom with White Merkens Chocolate. I then adhered the cake board with the same chocolate to the cake for it to stand up perfectly. I then covered over with the icing rosettes.

Links:

Click each name to be directed to the site.

Letter Topper

Jewel It Embellishing Glue

Pearls

(The closest link I could find for the Pearls is still by the same brand, except the case I bought was 7.6 oz with various sizes and no pink.)

Created: February 17, 2017

Happy Baking!

-Ashley

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

Valentines Day CUPCAKE SALE!!

         Valentines Day is quickly approaching!

TWO FULL DAYS LEFT TO BOOK.

ONE SPOT LEFT!

Now's the Chance to grab something Sweet for your Sweetheart.

Choose your flavour.

Choose your FREE topper.

Email: SweetPiecesBakeShop@gmail.com

BOOK YOUR SPOT TODAY BY FEBRUARY 10th!

This Offer is for Pick Up Only! Pick Up will be by February 13th at 9:30pm.

Cars. Happy 3rd Birthday

Cars "the movie" Cake and Cake Pops.

Aiden's mommy is a regular here at Sweet Pieces Bakery and she always leaves the design up to me. While it is always fun to have control of a design, it is nerve wrecking when you show it to them for the first time. In this case, and like always with Ms. Nisha, she loved my idea.

Happy 3rd Birthday Aiden!

The cake is vanilla covered in fondant

The cake pops are vanilla with a hint of coconut.

The design of the cake features a Roadway for the cars, Checkered Flag along the back, and the cars logo.

The cake pops turned out really well. I almost wasn't going to make them as the last time I had a few crack. I researched a few reasons why and changed my method vaguely. This time I had no issues and will apply the same method next time!

Cake Pops Packaging

fitted with our business card

**Note: A little ribbon goes a long way to making something plain look elegant. As one of my favourite movies says: simplicity is a fine line between elegance and plainness.**

Cake Created: February 3rd, 2017

Happy Baking

-Ashley

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