I got an order for a Red Velvet Cake (RVC) a week ago, I had never made one before so I decided to make a trial cake. Forntunately this trial co-incided with Hannah's birthday so a few people got to enjoy it. I'm not entirely convinced about RVC, I think they are overrated.. much prefer my chocolate cake, that being said everyone who tasted it raved about it, so maybe it's just me! It was exciting making something new, especially when it worked out as well as it did! So here it is .... the famous Red Velvet Cake!
This is what my baking is all about: family. I love baking for my family and in this case with my family! I was so happy when my YOUNGER brother joined me in the kitchen to make red velvet cupcakes. I have so much love and respect for him, he has already achieved such big things in his short life, and will hopefully continue to do so. I can always rely on Steve to eat my baked goods, I suppose when you do the amount of exercise that he does there is no worry about putting on weight!! I love baking for Steve, he is so appreciative and complimentary and makes me feel like I've done something really special!
I made these beautiful morsels for the youngest cousin's 21st birthday. The colour scheme was white and peach, thankfully Wilton food colour gels actually had a colour called peach! But even with the peach gel colour it was still a little tricky getting the right tone. I was so proud of how they looked, all dressed up in their own little lace frocks ready for a night out, pity they didn't get very far...
Once again, not great pictures but what can you do when your photographer is on holiday!
I made this cake for a little boy's first birthday, I know it's not your typical children's cake, but I am really proud of how it turned out. I had so much fun colouring all the batter and splodging it in layers. If you're wondering what those weird caterpillar/sausage decorations are... they are Dr Seuss trees from "oh the places you'll go"... of course!I so wish I could have been there for the cake cutting moment when the rainbow was revealed!
So not the best photos, but my photographer is currently galavanting about Europe so I have to make do with my point and shoot camera. This is a 60th birthday cake I made for a family birthday. I started colouring the icing with raspberries, so that I didn't need to use as much red colour, also to give it a better flavour. I learned a big lesson with this red colour, the secret is to colour the icing pink first, then add red.
I made my sister's wedding cake for her country style wedding. It was a six layer Raspberry and Vanilla Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. I had so much fun making this cake and I am so proud of how it all came (and stayed!) together. What a privilege to be trusted with such an important task. I love how imperfect it is, my kind of style! It's a little rough around the edges, oozes country charm and boy did it taste good!
The beautiful, light, lemony taste of this cake is perfect with a mid morning cup of tea. It's the kind of cake that I imagine being served with vintage china tea cups, lumps of sugar, all lovingly laid out on a gorgeous old lace linen table cloth inherited from Grandma...
