flowerpops.

As you might know if you've been with me for a while, I like cake pops, so naturally today's offering is about cake pops that somehow involve the flower theme.

I love the delicate colours and decoration of these beautiful cakepops from De La Rosa Cupcakes in Perth, WA.

I think the petals of these roses are likely to be 

moulding chocolate. 

These are from Cake Pops and More in Cairnlea Vic.

These upside down pops are also from Cake Pops and More.

A slightly different type of rose are these from 

All Things Cake and Small in Sydney. 

The petals have been piped on - very effective and quite simple to do.

Rather than a bunch of flowers, 

why not a bunch of flowerpots.

These were made by Cake Pop Creations in Perth, WA.

Sweet Empire in Cheltenham Vic, have these stunning full bloom rose cake pops on their site. I don't know how they did these - steady hand I suspect is part of it. Just beautiful.

Have a great weekend everyone.

flower cookies

Continuing the flower theme and looking at cookies today.
I've searched and searched but have come to the conclusion that there are not many cookie-makers in Australia, so unless I can find some in the next half hour then it will all be from off-shore.

Kristen from Make Do has these simple daisy-like cookies on her blog which she made for her mother-in-law's book club.

These beautiful cookies are from Lizy B Bakes

Here's a closeup showing that beautiful decorative work in the centre of the flower:

Don't know who made these gorgeous blooms in a jar 

found here. Great presentation idea.

Arty McGoo, who is undoubtedly one of my favourite cookie artists (yes, artist!) has these lavender bouquet and bits on her facebook page:

She has a tutorial for the single spray cookies (the ones on the right) here.

Finishing off with these poinsetta flower cookies from Sugarbelle's Cookies. Made from lots of cookies the same shape and put together on a plate. Clicking on the link will take you to a tutorial for this one too.

See you tomorrow.

Flower cupcakes.

Today's offerings are flower cupcakes.

First up is Amazing Cupcakes and Treats.

Simone came to the Cakeriffic expo and had lots of examples of flower cupcakes  - she also demonstrated how to do them with buttercream piping.

I love the yellow and orange of these ones finished with the tiny pearl doodads (cannot remember what they are called):

These hydrangea cupcakes were also gorgeous:

And a beautiful basket of roses:

Another method for adding flower decoration is to make fondant flowers as in this example from Cakes by Josephine based in Cairnlea Vic:

And how pretty are these pale yellow flowers on cupcakes from Boutique Sweets by Anna in Taylors Hill, Vic.

It's difficult to see in this photo but they have a dusting of pearl glitter powder. Simple, beautiful.

It's raining here, however I hope you all have a great day and stop to smell the roses. 

I have two very big apricot-coloured roses on my standard rose this morning - very happy about that.

Flowers in the cake garden.

Been a bit sidetracked lately, so apologies for that.

This week I've really noticed the abundance of flowers in gardens and public places as I travel around, so I thought I'd focus on cakes with flowers this week.

This first one is by Blissfully Sweet Cakes from Putney near Sydney NSW. It's a first birthday cake and I love the bright colours of the flowers. Jacki Fanto the creator, says that the cake is strawberry/vanilla swirl cake. Yum!

I like the contrast of these big red roses against the animal-patterned decoration on this cake from 

Lyl's Sweet Treats in Cairns in Qld.

From Ethel Fetterly Artisan Cakes is this cake with a gorgeous spray of pink and white flowers.

Finally is this white cake decorated with an incredible bunch of proteas - all edible!

This was made by Janita Phelan who runs our kids' corner at the Cakeriffic expo. No training - just worked it out herself.

Below is a picture of a real protea.

soccer cake stuff

Had a busy weekend and start of the week, so finally got back to the blog.

Big football weekend for the A-League here in Australia - we topped 100,000 people attending games over the weekend for the start of the season which bodes well going forward.

From Build, Sew, Reap are these soccerball cake pops which were imo some of the best ones on the internet. There's also a step-by-step as to how she made them which is a bonus.

From Bella Bakery Bellisima come these cute goalie cookies. Great idea for a variation on the ball theme.

These soccer ball cookies were some of the nicest I found from Baked Perfection

Kara's Party Ideas extended the soccer ball theme to include the "strip" - shorts and shirts.

(My team drew by the way). 

The round ball game cakes

On the eve of the start of the A-League football (soccer) season here in Australia, and being a Melbourne Victory fan and this being my blog, I thought I'd indulge my passion with a few cakes which celebrate "the beautiful game".

Cake Fields located in Dandenong, Victoria made these awesome soccerball cakes of arguably the top 3 teams in the English Premier League. The football club emblems are edible printed images.

From Scrumpalicious Designer Cakes in Lyndhurst, Vic are these cupcakes. Decorated in an easy-peasy way with edible images and lettering these would be great for any age soccer fan. Check out their facebook page for other cake designs.

Lauren Camilleri from Shut Up Eat Cake made this soccer ball cake with accompanying cupcakes and player 

- isn't he fantastic! Awesome job.

More piccies of other cakes they do here.

Caroline Springs, Vic, is the home of Springtime Cakes who made this soccer field complete with goals. Don't know if these goals are edible, however I have seen that done. 

Storytale Cakes have lots of cupcakes on their facebook page which includes these soccer ones.

Going offshore, I found this 

awesome football stadium cake here.

All edible except the white supports, which are made of wood.

Also had to share this cute cake for a goalie (a thirty-year-old goalie) from Jenny's Cakes in Ireland. Love this.

There will be no blog entry tomorrow due to me wearing my other hat. which is organiser of the "From Picture to Page" papercraft show. It's on this weekend, here's the facebook link.

Very particular work

I came across Particular Cakes whilst surfing the net the other day. Based in Springvale, Victoria, I was impressed with the quality of their work. 

How darn cute are these ladybirds/ladybugs. I love the way the cake pop ones are lined up at the back - it's like something you'd see in "Miniscule" (click on the Miniscule link for video of ladybugs)

This giraffe on a cake is so sweet. I love this too. 

(sideline joke: what is the definition of "giraffiti"? 

- very high up scribbling on walls)

How flamin hilarious are those sheep dancing across the back of the cake. Brilliant!

Go check out their other cakes on their facebook site. And give them a like tick because I reckon they are worth it.