Mr & Mrs Whitaker

What an absolute pleasure to make the wedding cupcakes for Simon & Eve Whitaker for their wedding on 27th December at Matfen Hall.

Eve was such an organised bride and knew exactly what she wanted which made it very easy for me to design.

This was the first time I've used cupcake wrappers and I must say they did look amazing.

Congratulations to you both X

Christmas Cupcakes

With the growth of my business 'marketing geni' and my husbands business 'geni' this year we had a fair few Christmas gifts to deliver and what better way than homemade cupcakes.



After last years Christmas trees I wanted to make something a little different so opted chocolate and cinnamon cupcakes topped with holly, berries and a log, and vanilla topped with red stars.

Logo Mince Pies??

I had a festive enquiry from Christian Cerisola, MD of Quay 2 Media in North Shields.... "Heather, we've seen your logo cupcakes....do you think you can make us 240 logo mince pies"





Well never a one to turn down a challenge off I went on my mission to make the best mince pies topped with soft white fondant and the logo of Quay2, placed in beautiful silver boxes and wrapped with ice blue ribbon. They were gorgeous and very well recieved by their clients :)

National Cupcake Week

2 weeks ago I ran a 'twitter competition' for National Cupcake Week. Entrants had to tell me why their workplace should win a 'yummy box of 12 logo cakes'. The response was fantastic but their could only be one winner....hmmm not quite there were two who recieved their boxes on Friday.

The first box went to @callagentsuk - a business set up after being made redundant from CJ Garland & Co. Rachel & the team thoroughly deserved their box of cakes after enduring months of hardwork to get their business up and running. Well done x



The second box (pictured above) went to @codoherty who applied on behalf of The Sick Childrens Trust in Newcastle. I had the great pleasure of personally delivering Carolines cakes and meeting the fantastic team at Crawford House. What amazing place and an amazing charity. Enjoy x

Logo Cakes

Logo cupcakes have been so popular recently. I love to make them and the companies I've made them for have always had fantastic feedback.

Here are some I made recently for Exel Elevator based in Sunderland

Weddings

I've had the pleasure of making the cupcakes for a couple of weddings recently. The pressure of making something quite perfect for somebodies special day is quite stressful, but being part of such an occasion can be emotional - especially if you an old romantic like me!

The picture here is from a wedding last weekend and my first 7 tier tower. The wedding was at Kirkley Hall in Ponteland. The brides theme was white and purple and the room looked simply stunning as the colour co-ordination was down to absolute perfection.

The pressure of setting them up (and not dropping them) far outweighed the end result, which for a perfectionist like me I was pleased to say I was very happy with.

Vanilla Extract

I'd been using Supercooks vanilla extract for ages and recently changed to the Nielsen-Massey brand. What a difference!

As soon as you open the bottle the smell is so much stronger and the vanilla aroma from the baked cakes and icing is amazing! At the weekend I made 150 cupcakes for a wedding and the next morning before delivery, the house wash awash with the most amazing Vanilla smell.

It is more expensive than Supercooks but I would definitely recommend it.