Good Evening everyone.

Well I am still happily on holiday.  Well for another 4 days anyways, than back to baking.

But I did want to post some pictures of the cutesy Snowmen Toppers I did for some cupcakes for a client.
I couldn't put them on the cupcakes, as they were iced with Cream Cheese frosting, and Cream Cheese frosting tends to soften Fondant.  But the client has said she will post some pics of them on top of the Cupcakes.

In the meantime, I have attached some pictures of the toppers.  They were Snowmen with a Hawain/Sunny Summer twist.

Enjoy.

And here we have a few Snowmen under umbrellas, with there Beach/Snow Towels ready.  A couple of melting snowmen with there Surfboards.  And a few in there Life Savers??.

These are the cupcakes for the toppers.  Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting.

So until next week.  Have fun!

Mandy-Jane

Hello everyone,

Long time no speak.  I am currently happily on holiday, and will be back with some pictures soon.

I do have some Xmas Cupcakes to make for the 24th December.  (Special order).  The toppers are made, and are just too cute.  Will definately be posting pictures of them soon.

I have a wedding cake I am busy prepping for, for January 5th, and than I am back in full swing from the 7th January.

If anyone in the Cape Town area is wanting to place orders for January 2013 and onwards,  please mail me as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
cakeheavensa@gmail.com

So until next week,

Have fun
Mandy-Jane

Hello all you wonderful people.

I must be getting into the festive season, I am in such a good mood.  Perhaps it is the sudden lack of stress of trying to make perfect cakes that is helping.  I am pretty much done for the year.  Just a few cupcakes to make and than I am on a much needed break with my family.

That doesn't mean you can all disappear into the woodwork.  I will be coming over to pay a visit on my page every now and than to see what is happening.

So for my last cake for the year I got to do an easy peasy Picture Cake (No stress whatsoever!)  Yah.
Here is a picture of the cake.  The Birthday Man is a huge BMW fan, as you can see.

So if I don't get to hear from anyone before Christmas.  I wish all you wonderful Peeps a very happy and safe holidays.  All the best to those that are celebrating Christmas, Hanukah and any other religious holiday that I may have missed during this December month.  I will be back with a BIG BANG! in January.  But will visit with a few more pictures during December.

So all of you HAVE FUN!  AND BE SAFE!
Mandy-Ja ne

Hello to all,

So I am slowly winding down for the year, and will be on leave shortly for a few weeks, before I start the new year with a BIG BANG!  A Wedding Cake and a Girly cake for the first week of January!  Phew!

I have been forced to turn a lot of new potential clients away, as I have been fully booked for the past few months.  It is always sooooo hard for me to have to say no to people.  So if you would like me to create your special occasion cake, please please please phone me at least a month in advance to avoid disappointment.

Cake design and decorating is my absolute passion!  And every cake I design (Some I do copy from pictures given to me) I get all excited over each and every cake.  Because I am only one person, I cannot take on too many cakes in a week, and have to limit myself.

Now that I have "waffled" on a bit.  I have a bunch of cakes and a couple of cupcakes to show you all this week.

So, first up was an order from a client who I did a couple of cakes and cupcakes for.  All theme related over the few days.  I started off having to bake 35 cupcakes in Pink, Purple and White Buttercream Icing.  I added a surprise topper of Music Notes on each cupcake.

I thought they looked gorgeous even without the Music Notes (Loved the colors) so I took a couple of photos of them plain as well.

Than the next day, I was asked by the same client to make a Picture cake for her daughter, so sticking with the Music theme, this is what I did.

AND THEN... For the Saturday (The day of her birthday party)  I was asked to do a 2 Tiered cake in Pink and White, I was entrusted to do it in a design I thought would look great.  And I was so happy with the final product.  The young lady was very happy with her cake.

So, in between all these cakes, I had a couple of other 2 Tiered cakes to do (Definitely the week of the 2 tiered cakes!).

The next cake, I think is my favorite at the moment.  Because here, the client asked me to just do what I thought would look great, as long as it was Avengers!, I got to design the cake, and loved doing it.  Of course Armando's face when he saw his cake was priceless!  (This is why I create and design).

Thors' Hammer was made out of Rice Crispy Treats, and covered in Fondant, so he could munch away on the hammer.  And the cake was flavored Strawberry, which smelt so yummy when I was baking it.

And the Board (Even though you can't see it) Was cut out in the shape of Iron Mans' Helmet.

And lastly, I made a cake for 2 little girls.  One who turned 6, and one who had turned 2.  Each one wanted there own theme, so this cake got to be a "half and half"  Half Hello Kitty, and half Minnie Mouse.  I tried to make the 2 tiered cake look like 2 separate cakes without taking away the color scheme or design.

Also, each little girl got there own figurine to take home or munch on.

Well, that was my busy, busy week.  I have one small picture cake to do this week, and than I take a break. Have some special Christmas cupcakes to bake on the 24th for a special client, but other than that, a nice hopefully well deserved break until the Wedding Cake for the 5th January.

So until next time, have fun.

Mandy-Jane

Good Morning Everyone.

Thank you all for your patience in waiting for me to post pictures.  I thought, before I get too busy today (Still have a couple of Figurines to make for Saturday).  I best post the pictures of cakes that I have done in the past few days.

So first up:  I got to do a Princess Crown cake again (Yippee!)  I totally love all the glitz, shine and shimmer I get to put on these cakes.
This one was also for a special Princess who turned One.

And than for the same day, I got to make a very special Barney Picture Cake (4 baby Barney dinosaurs on each corner as well!).  With the cake came a bunch on Mini Cupcakes in Edible cups.  Which I think is soooo perfect for little fingers.  I am surprised people don't order them more often.  I think they are just gorgeous (Plus you don't have to worry about paper wrappers lying around - or been chewed on by little ones).

And yesterday I got to make a Spiderman/Batman Cake.  Yep, half & half.  Seeing Jude's face when he saw his cake last night was just too precious.  I don't think he could have smiled any wider, or any harder.  So this is why I do what I do.

The original design is from:  Celebrate-with-cake.com.  I made a couple of changes, but generally kept it the same.  Thank you to the original designer.  A lovely cake (And a lot harder than I thought).

Phew!  Still have a few more (okay a lot more) for this week.  And than I am taking a mini Xmas break to be with my family.  In-between the break I have a Wedding Cake to prepare for in January, as well as another girly cake and cupcakes.

So until later in the week.

Have fun

Mandy-Jane

Good Evening All,

So I am typing away covered in Cocoa!  Being baking all day, but just had to stop for a second and post some pictures of a couple of cakes and cupcakes I did for Tuesday for a little boy who turned 1.

I was very happy with the little figurines, thought they all came out well.
So please see below a couple of pictures and a little detail on each one.

First up:  The cupcakes.  They the easy part as these were just picture cupcakes of Happy Feet Penguins

Than I did a small 20cm square cake with a picture of the Birthday Boy surrounded by little penguins I had made a few days earlier.  (Threw in a little Snowman, Snow balls, and Snow flakes)  Came out looking very cute.

And lastly a small 18cm Round cake with 2 little Penguins Ice Skating, and of course the Snowman.  I also added a little "lake".  Pretending the ice had melted (Which is why the penguins weren't skating) Lol.

The design of the Penguins I got of a book called:  100 Fondant Models for Cake Decorators.  By Helen Penman.

I really enjoyed doing the Happy Feet and Penguin cake.  Just perfect for a little 1 yrs old.

Will have more to show on the weekend, and than next week is very busy with 5 cakes and 1 cupcakes to do.

As usual there are more photos of the above in my gallery.  I do hope you all like the Penguins, and that some of you have tried the Tutorial I posted a week back.

Until next time.  Have fun.

Mandy-Jane

Good Morning All,

It seems like absolute ages since I last posted a cake to show!
So today I finally have something.  As you all know, the past couple of weeks I have been doing prep work for a bunch of cakes I will be doing for the coming weeks.  And this is the first of many to be coming your way.  This week I will have 6 (Yes 6!) Cakes and Cupcakes to show during the course of the week, so hold on to your hats!.

Okay, so today I got started off with a Bachelorette cake on Saturday (don't worry, it's not X-Rated! Lol).
I had fun and frustration doing this cake.  As simple as it looks, I had a little problem with sticking the darned Fondant onto the side of the cake! (My fault, I don't know where my head was when I planned the cake).  You see, the cake is a Red Velvet Cake with a Cream Cheese Frosting (Yip, I colored it Pink!).  Now any baker will know that Cream Cheese and Fondant are not the best of friends (Which is normally why I tell my clients when I do a Red Velvet design, that it is best to go with Buttercream).
You see, Cream Cheese makes Fondant, Sticky and soft and soggy!, so putting the fondant on the side of the cake just makes the fondant slide down.
I did manage to save the cake, and came up with a solution of painting the Martini Glasses (Not shown in this picture).  But I did give the client new cut out pieces of the Martini Glasses so that she could put them on the side of the cake a few minutes before if she wanted to.
So enough waffling!, here is the picture.  I hope you all enjoy.  And I do hope the client enjoyed her Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting.
The original design is not mine, but I don't know who's it is.  So when and if I do find out, I will credit the designer than.

There are more pictures in the gallery.

So until next time.  Have fun

Mandy-Jane