Champagne – have your drink and eat it too!

by ChicCakeChick // May 6, 2014 // 2 Comments

For my last birthday (numbers unmentionable), I was inspired, but maybe a little skeptical to make real the idea of champagne cupcakes. I am a great fan of champagne. It’s really my drink of choice. When I say champagne, I don’t mean just... Continue reading →

Ruffled

by ChicCakeChick // July 20, 2013 // No Comments

So last week I was telling you about how to make a gorgeous gluten free hazelnut cupcakes. I mentioned that a big cake of this might warrant a bit of a strawberry buttercream effort. What better occasion than a dear friend’s... Continue reading →

Doing Deco

by ChicCakeChick // July 12, 2013 // No Comments

With the Great Gatsby coming out right now it was a good time for my colleague Chrystal Dare to choose an Art Deco themed bar for her thirtieth birthday (and surprise marriage proposal from her boyfriend!). My present to her... Continue reading →

Freckleicious

by ChicCakeChick // July 12, 2013 // 1 Comment

There comes a time in a baker’s life where she has seen about the interwebs such culinary hilariousnesses as the Polka Dot Cake and has herself become ready to move into the realms of Very Silly Insides.I’ve done marble cake, and don’t... Continue reading →

A little trip to Panama – with substandard insurance!

by ChicCakeChick // August 27, 2010 // No Comments

Chocolate. Rum. Almonds. Could we really ever go wrong?I’ve made a few Victoria sponges in the last week or so and for my mum’s birthday, I thought it would be nice to make a foray into the realms of true... Continue reading →

WCW part 5 – the grand finale

by ChicCakeChick // August 18, 2010 // 2 Comments

I doweled the cakes the day before the wedding. You have to put dowels in the center of the supporting tiers or the cakes would sink down into the lower ones under the weight, cracking the sugarpaste. Even the little... Continue reading →

WCW Part 4 – Ice, Ice, Baby.

by ChicCakeChick // August 15, 2010 // No Comments

Now that the cakes have been baked and layered, they are going to be covered with stable sugarpaste icing. Here’s a cute picture I took of the layered cakes in their boxes prior to being chilled overnight in the fridge. Its... Continue reading →