Cakes by Pauline: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

School Theme cupcakes

I had fun making these cupcakes - they were for my mum in law's friend Susan. Vanilla cupcakes with Italian Buttercream and Chocolate Cupcakes with American Buttercream. They were decorated with fondant books, blackboard, rulers, pencils and apples.

I did a different recipe this time for the vanilla cupcakes. Is from a famous bakery in NYC. I was a bit hesitant at first cos I heard it didn't turn out for some people, but it did for me. I love the taste - is just so vanilla. No wonder people line-up for them...well at the bakery anyway.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Butterfly cupcakes

Well I have been wanting to try my hand on butterflies with "hole" in it - okay, let's call it the see-through butterflies ..and since I have some Royal icing left from my cake class, I thought I will try it. Lesson learnt - always use new batch of royal icing for this or it will break when you peel it off the wax paper ;)...But I managed to save a few.

Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry mousse

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Rainbow cupcake

imagine the fun of biting into this little colourful cupcake

Boston Cream Pie Cake

Boston Cream Pie is one of my favourite cake - 2 layers cake with a rich creamy vanilla custard, covered by chocolate. The cake is usually decorated with icing sugar but this time, I thought I will decorate it with flowers done with quilling technique. The flowers are made of fondant so they are all edible!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Summer Cake

Well, I don't think the only time we can have cake is when there is a special occasion. So since summer is approaching, I think I will make something light. Is a 7.5" by 9" chocolate sponge with strawberry mousse and fresh strawberries. My husband who is not really a fan of strawberry complained that me and my mum-in-law finished the cake when he only had a slice. Well, have to be faster next time!