2011 has finally FINALLY come to an end. I can’t even begin to tell you how thrilled I am that it’s over. Haha! It’s not that it was a terrible year, it’s just after June it exploded into six months straight of 60+ hour weeks and 16-19 hour days. I’m burnt out. For some reason [...]

It’s Christmas on Sunday! Need some last minute ideas for people you don’t want to / can’t afford to spend a lot on or want to make something pretty and homemade? Some suggested contents: A nice thick set of oven mitts to put it all in, an oven thermometer or timer (or both!) a good [...]

HOORAY! I finally have some decent answers to this terrifying situation. Get that tray of cupcakes out the oven because they look done, and leave them to cool… Only to find the liners start to come away from the cake? Here are the reasons I’ve had this problem over the years – thanks to some [...]

I’ve done a lot of great work lately, but this is a cake I particularly wanted to share with you all This is a 50th wedding anniversary cake I finished not long ago! It’s a two tier vanilla sponge cake filled with custard, cream and strawberries, and then covered with white fondant (RTR). It’s loosely [...]

I’ve lost my perfect macaron recipe and now I can’t seem to get them right again. Though, I think it has something to do with my egg whites and my mixer. When I first started getting into baking, I bought myself a Sunbeam Mixmaster from Kmart. At the time, I thought it was the absolute [...]

Two years ago, I sat at my computer (as I do most of the time) and I believe my friend Taryn messaged me and asked when Adelaide would be getting their own Cupcake Camp. And well.. I love cupcakes. Cupcake Camp is actually what triggered me to start my own business, and look how successful [...]

I have had my camera for four years this year. In 2010 I bought a new lens for it that has changed the way I use my camera, before that I was pining for a newer model. After being told it’s mainly the lenses that make the camera, I splurged on a new one and [...]

Happy 14th of February! The last four days have been my busiest cake days on record. I baked 250 mini cupcakes, two dozen regular cupcakes, one giant cupcake, one 6″ cake and ~60 macarons… And only about a quarter of those were related to Valentine’s Day! Phew. Since my last post I also went to [...]

Busy weekend this one! I went to a wedding of a family friend on Saturday, and as well as the seven tier surprise tower (above) we made for the bride and groom, I was also the photographer. A very very long, hot and tiring day, but I had one of the most wonderful and fun [...]

NEVER making this mistake again. This weekend I had two orders, a big square cake for four people having their 30th together, and a steak cake. Steak cake is probably my signature cake now, as after this weekend I’ve made three of them and they are all perfect. Except I was only meant to make [...]