I love how the colours came together perfectly and that the decorations add some fabulousness! I think they are perfect for a birthday bash and definitely have a gorgeous girly touch.
I hope that you had an amazing birthday celebration and that you enjoyed your cupcakes B! x
My gorgeous nephew, Zac, is turning one next month and to celebrate his special day my sister wants to have a dress-up birthday party for him. After sharing different ideas we arrived at Peter Pan and she decided that that would be the theme! Unfortunately, they live in Zambia which means that the rest of our family won’t be with them on the day. I wanted to make something special for the party and knowing I was going to see them this last weekend I decided that I would make some cake decorations that my sister could take home with her and use on Zac’s cake. I have been using every spare moment to make these edible Peter Pan characters but have had stacks of fun doing it and I learnt a lot on the way. When I showed my sister last Thursday she was so surprised and excited! Even though I won’t be at Zac’s birthday party I am so glad that was able to contribute in some way!
Today I decided it was time I learnt how to make some figurines. I’ve been dying to try out some ideas and, with thanks to some online tutorials, I made this cute Ellie and some ladybugs! I’m so excited to keep trying out different figurines, yay! Will keep posting…
I recently went to spend some time with my boyfriend’s family in Swaziland. His mom was hosting a Wimbledon lunch with some friends on the day of the men’s final and she asked me to make some cupcakes for the occasion. It involved a bit of logistics as I left a few days before the final so I made the decorations in Cape Town and the icing and cupcakes in Swaziland which we froze. She then put the cupcakes together on the day and sent me these pics…
She said, “The cupcakes caused a sensation! Everybody whipped out their cell phones to take pictures - we had a fun afternoon, but I was disappointed that Nadal did not win!!” Agreed!
Birthdays, in my opinion, are one of the best days of the year… It’s the only day that you get completely spoilt and appreciated just for being you!
Making birthday cakes and cupcakes always make me so happy because they’re always fun, bright and full of life.
These cupcakes are devil’s food cupcakes with white chocolate ganache and the piping is done in coloured chocolate. They were a lot of fun to make and I heard that the party that went to was fantastic!
I hope that you had a wonderful ‘big’ birthday Stuart and have many more to come!
When I got My Delight going and started uploading pictures on Facebook and generally trying to spread the word, a friend of mine form school messaged me to say that she had seen the pics and would love to try some cupcakes one day. Unfortunately being in different cities it wasn’t that simple!
Luckily on my recent trip to Joburg I was (at last) able to get some cupcakes to her! The cupcakes on the left are vanilla cupcakes covered in dark chocolate ganache with white blossoms.
I just want to say a big thank you to Liesl. It’s really great to have friends’ support and I appreciate your enthusiasm for My Delight so much!
I am a massive fan of brownies! Fortunately a batch is too much for one person so I don’t make them myself. However, I made this batch for a friend of mine who coaches Herchel netball. She ordered these brownies for the team to congratulate them on the season (so sweet). They are truly delectable – hard on the outside and soft on the inside with a pecan nut crunch. Ok,now my mouth is watering…
A friend of mine had a vaudeville-themed birthday party on Friday night. Sadly I couldn’t be there but the photos look amazing! There were balloon animals, top hats, waistcoats, bowties and feather boas…
She asked me to make this circus-tent cake for the occasion. The cake is a chocolate cake covered in chocolate ganache and fondant, decorated with top hat :)
I flew up to Durban this last weekend to see family and celebrate my dad’s birthday. This is the second time I’ve flown with a cake and it’s definitely a nerve-wracking experience! Luckily both cakes reached their destinations in tact. I’m so glad I got to go home and be with my dad on his birthday. I hope you had a good one dad :)
My boyfriend graduated from CPUT in April with a degree in BTech Structures. To celebrate all his hard work I made him these graduation cupcakes.
The cupcakes are devils food with chocolate icing covered in silver sugar sprinkles and graduation scrolls.
Congrats PH, I’m so proud of you xx
These cupcakes were made for a corporate client. They are vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter icing and raspberries. They make me think of hot summer days…
A friend of mine celebrated his birthday at the end of March and was given this cake by his girlfriend. It was not his 21st birthday but hey, why not! We all need to stay young at heart! The cake is vanilla iced with white chocolate ganache, piped with dark chocolate and decorated with raspberries. I hope you had a great ‘21st’ birthday Quint!
My boyfriend and his twin sister celebrated their birthday on the 2nd April. They had an awesome ‘old-school’ Olympic themed party which involved some good old traditional games like egg-tossing and some other, well, interesting games! Everyone was dressed in theme- there were togas, headbands, tight shorts… needless to say that the day was lots of fun!
I made them these Olympic cupcakes for the occasion…
As I’ve mentioned before, I did an 8 week cake decorating course with Cakes by Julie. In the last 2 weeks of the course you have to design and make your own ‘project’ cake using the skills learnt in the preceding weeks. I’d seen a cake made by Charly’s Bakery that was featured in the Get It Magazine which I used as my inspiration.
I hadn’t made a two-tiered cake like this before so I was quite keen to learn how 
The cake is a chocolate mud cake covered in chocolate ganache which is further covered in black and white fondant.
I’ve always loved my birthday. Some people aren’t too bothered about celebrating their birthday but for me it’s a great excuse to spend time with friends, eat lots of good food and do something fun. My birthday fell on a Tuesday this year so I went out for sushi with some friends on the Tuesday night and then had a braai on the Friday night after which we went out. I decided to make cupcakes for the braai and I had so much fun playing around with decorations!
The cupcakes are vanilla and they’re covered with white chocolate ganache.
I was also very spoilt with lots of presents to add to my kitchen. Here are some of the great gifts I received. Thanks friends and family for spoiling me!
So if you’re a chocolate lover like I am, this cake is probably as chocolate as you can get! This was made during a lesson on chocolate in the 8 week course by Cakes by Julie. The cake is obviously chocolate, covered in chocolate ganache, surrounded by a patterned chocolate collar and filled with chocolate curls, hearts, leaves and flowers made with modelling chocolate. Now if there’s anything to satisfy a chocolate craving this will definitely do it!
In February and March this year I did a 6 week course run by Cakes by Julie. During the course we learnt how to make flowers, cover cakes in fondant, work with chocolate and so on. We had the choice of covering a dummy cake or we could make our own fruit cake to cover. My mom’s birthday was coming up and, being a fan of fruit cake, I thought I would make a cake as a birthday gift for her. I had to get the cake on a plane to Joburg which was a bit hairy but the cake made it in one piece and turned out to be a great surprise! I hope you had a wonderful birthday Mom!
These pics come from three different orders I’ve had this year. I hadn’t made ladybugs before so these were my two attempts at making them. I must say that even though there were a lot of steps involved in making them they were lots of fun and I learnt a lot along the way! The marshmallow flowers are inspired by a recipe in the Australian Women’s weekly book ‘Cupcakes and Fairycakes.’ It’s such a great book with lots of pictures to inspire you!
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