My Newest Cupcake Related Purchasing!!!.....

Oh MY GOD...i am such a cupcake GEEK! Haha.

I was shopping for cupcake cases in Lakeland over the weekend, and came out £30 poorer as a result of visiting this lethal and addictive shop!

They do not usually have many cupcake-related goodies in this place, so i thought that i would be safe walking in here, however........ there was a whole display sprawled out in front of me with everything and anything cupcake related that your mind could ever imagine! I was one of those poor beggars who just couldn't pass it without having a look....and picking up cases, which i DID actually need....however i also managed to find myself carrying to the counter a big plastic carry case with handle for all those big cakes i intend to bake and carry around with me (!?!) and a set of 2 individual cupcake caddies.....which were just TOO cute and USEFUL to pass on! (These were essentials i kept telling myself whilst trying to justify the spend when i can't afford to buy myself new shoes or save up for my wedding....ahem!)

When will i use these items? - Who knows....but they were SO useful i just HAd to buy them.

And i will.....Damn it!!!!

Lavender & Lemon Wedding Cupcakes....Strrreeeeesssss!

Ok..So i make Cupcakes for fun, and i somehow thought it would be a nice thing to offer to make my friends wedding cupcakes to take some stress off their shoulders! Well.... i gave myself plenty of time, and got making them, and freezing them to be REALLY organised!
They wanted a mix of Lavender (Which i made and froze right away) and then half Lemon...which again, i was organised and made and froze.
I thought i would count them to check that i had made the 100 that i need...... I got to 99, then re-counted to make sure i had gotten the *One* i had missed. 99 again..... GRRRR haha.
So now i have to make one more batch to get that ONE cupcake i missed....just my luck, but not a problem.

I sat down last night and decided to try my hand at purple vanilla buttercream....and it took me half an hour to get the colour right....blimey! This is harder than i thought it would be....how hard honestly can it be to make the colour purple??? Blue and Red.... right.....but how much of each? ..... This is quite the science! It really is!!!

I did give a few a go at icing, and came up with some really BAD icing skills.... why is that when i am making cupcake for fun i get the most amazing looking cupcakes? But when i am making 100 for a friends WEDDING...for people i don't know to eat (!), that they go so wrong and i get upset because they are looking like something a 3 year old has decorated? haha.....

My partner, Duncan has said that they look great, and once they are all in cases and mixed up on a stand they will look GREAT.... i know he is right....and i know my friends are not expecting a professional cupcake (As i am far from it!) but i still feel that i want these to look fantastic..... 6 days to go and i am sure it will be fine...... : s

Watch this space!!!!

I am Officially Blogging....Who Would Have Thought It?

Ok, So here it goes....As you may have read from my info, i have decided to blog about everything cupcake related, so as not to keep annoying my facebook *Friends* with my ramblings.....As it turns out that nobody else i know is as thrilled as i am about Lemon Buttercream, or Chocolate Coffee Beans for those Primrose Bakery Cupcakes i made last week! haha i don't understand why (EVERYBODY should be excited about Lemon Buttercream, Chocolate covered Coffee beans  or even  Lavender Sugar!)..... Everybody i know is very happy to EAT my recipes, but i don't seem to have a reciprocative relationship with these same people..... Nobody generally makes ME cupcakes hehe.... or shares with me THEIR recipes!

I say GENERALLY, as i have, as a result of my cupcake craziness, set up a *Just for fun* group called the Cambridge Cupcake Club, which i set up on facebook for local people (predominantly my friends!) to get together over a cup of coffee and swap home-baked cupcakes which we all take (Enough for 1 per person) and take some home should we not be able to finish them all!
It is easy to think that you could eat lots of cupcakes in one sitting, but believe me, our last meet had 14 bakers, so 14 cupcakes was a challenge that NOBODY could complete in one sitting!

Anyway, i am waffling....

This is what i need! An outlet and a place to receive cupcake-based advice and (Potentially) free cupcakes whilst i am here hehe.....should you want to share one with me, i would not say no ; ) 

I guess i figure that if anybody makes cupcakes and posts them as a business or sideline, please do feel free to ask me for my opnion as a chief taste tester ; ) 


Thanks for reading, and i shall be back soon to post something useful no doubt!


CCL : )