Lastminute Cupcakes Galore.........

I made 60 cupcakes last Friday....... and only 6 are remaining...

It all started with my sister-in-law's birthday...... I wanted to make something and thought cupcakes ( I had made a cake for her last year), and  there were few other close relatives and friends we needed to visit so I will make some for them too... this was Friday morning and I didn't have some of the stuff so off I went to the shops after dropping off my son at school... made the cupcakes in between looking after the little one,  picking up lunch ( my mother-in-law had lovingly made for me too), making dinner, picking up my son, picking up my hubby. Made the first batch and then it struck 'oh my God some of them won't eat the cupcakes on Friday 'cos it had egg in it'... So made another vegetarian batch. 

All together 60 cupcakes waiting to be decorated and it was already 5:30 pm and had to take some of them by 7pm when we start the visits!!!My head was already on dysfunction mode... I couldn't even think of a proper design to do.  Then I made the executive decision to just decorate 3-4 cupcakes and give the rest as it is without icing ;-). Even that was tedious especially with my hubby breathing down my neck saying "we are late... we are late...if we make an appointment we should go on time etc...." Anyway I managed to get 24 cupcakes to my sis-in-law and

  6 of them to a good friend of ours who are expecting their first baby.

Now Saturday morning  I was so tired , I wanted to get up early  but managed to get up by 8:00am and I had planned to take some cupcakes to a friends morning tea birthday party which started at 10 am. Managed to do 12 of them and ended up going to the party at 11am ( guess what my hubby would have been saying by then?? ;-))

Came back from the party and started decorating some more cupcakes for a dear cousin and his lovely wife who are also expecting their first child. At least I had a bit more time with these ones but still we were late getting there' cos of me ;-).

Next time I have to plan things properly...... no Last Minute anything!!! but I wonder if this will ever happen???? ;-)

Cakes to play with...

I just couldn't resist putting this up....Look at what my kids are playing with now :-). They actually wanted a pretend cake to play with......so their happy Mommy got this for them so that they will play with these instead of bugging her to play with the real thing . Now their mom is also playing with it ;-)

Quick Spring Themed Birthday Cake

I made this quick colourful cake for a lovely little girl. It was a last minute decision to make this cake, did this in a day, hence the flowers are not that perfect.

Easter Picnic

I made this cake for an online cake competition. I was in two minds about doing this. Initially I thought I might try this and made the mad mistake of mentioning it to my dear son. Then I decided I wasn't going to...... too busy, too scared( this would be the second time I would be entering a contest)!!!. Then just two days before the closing date my darling son started bugging me about the Easter cake I promised him I was going to make... why am I not making it, he wanted bunny on it, Easter eggs etc... I couldn't let him down, could I? No harm in trying.... So here is what I created in two days.

 

I have submitted my cake.... and the hopes of winning is very dim, slim, but the enjoyment and experience I got from making this cake is tremendous. There are about almost 150 lovely beautiful cakes to compete with :-). My actual headache starts tomorrow, 'cos I have to vote on the cakes and pick ONLY 5 out of the whole lot. which itself is so hard because they are all stunning creations and then grade the 5 that I have picked. Thank God it will be one less because I can't vote for my cake !!!;-)

Old Hollywood Bachelorette Party Cupcakes

Now I can write about my latest Mystery cupcakes. I wasn't sure whether I could write about it initially because it was a challenge and I wasn't too sure about the rules. Now the results are out and here goes.... This was the first time I have entered a contest of any sort.  These cupcakes was for an inspiration challenge based on a theme and set of colours. 

I didn't end up winning but gained loads of experience doing these. I can also proudly say that I can spot (or have the eye for)  a winning set of cupcakes miles away ???. Out of all the cupcakes there was one lot that I really liked and I actually did comment on it and clicked on the favourite for it ( it didn't win because I did that, It was the editor's choice).... And guess what those cupcakes  ended up winning!!!! WOW not bad huh for a first timer??? CONGRATULATIONS to the Winner of the challenge.