Halloween Cupcakes

So for halloween I made some graveyard cupcakes, spooky! I made a chocolate sponge then topped with chocolate butter icing and cocoa for a 'dirt' look. I then made some gingerbread which I cut into tombstones and crosses. Simply put RIP on the gingerbread or other designs and put on the cupcakes. I did have to put toothpicks behind the tombstones to support them but the icing dries so they do stay in place.

Perfect to wow anyone :-)

Xbox cupcakes

It was my boyfriend's birthday recently and he asked for gaming cupcakes, so I came up with the idea for Xbox cupcakes. I made simple chocolate and vanilla cakes and topped them with roll out icing. I used a template to cut out the grey icing which I put on a circle of bright green roll out icing.
They are surprisingly easy to do but look so effective.

Enjoy! X

Simple Vanilla Cupcakes

For my first cupcake post I thought I'd start with a basic cupcake design. I used a simple vanilla cupcake recipe of 4oz sugar and butter creamed together, 2 eggs beaten and mixed in and 4oz of self raising flour folded in. I then used some butter icing, which I separated and added green, blue and red to, to get these pastel colours. Then I simply piped the icing on using a piping bag and nozzel.

I also added some edible glitter to make them a little special and I love a bit of sparkle!

I think these cakes are perfect for celebration cakes or just as practise for piping icing.
They were delicious!

Tell me what you think :) 

Hello!

I love baking, especially cupcakes and cakes. In this blog I hope to show you some cupcakes I have made and some that I think are amazing! Please feel free to use them for your own inspiration :)

R x