Xmas Tree Cake pops

Came out way better than I could have hoped !



I made tree cakepops my youngest son's xmas dinner @ school & christmas day

Pink cakepops

These are my second try at cakepops and I must say with these things practice definately makes perfect. These look so much better than my 1st try ! Tasted just as good though, you really can't go wrong !

Cakepops

Ok so I'm willing to share my failures in baking, not just my successes (although I'm not sharing them all though)

These are my 1st cakepops, they are supposed to resemble halloween pumpkins, well at least they taste like cakepops ....




These were for the boys to take to school, the kids loved them !

cookbooks

It may have been quite here but I haven't stopped baking. For my birthday I've received and bought quite a few cookbooks ( i received lots of book vouchers that I'd thought I should invest wisely ;) ...

I bought Bakerella's cake pop book, Nigella Feasts, The Hummingbird bakery,Tara Ramsay's Family Kitchen, Nigella Express, Yvonne Jaspers Spaghetti aan het plafond (cookbook with dutch celebrities and their family), The Pastry Queen by Rather Oresman and I was given Somja Kimpen kook je slank & fit (belgium health guru) and High tea Party by susannah blake.

Can you believe I still have lots on my wishlist ? LOL yep plenty !

What is your favorite cookbook and which one do you desperatly need to add to your collection ?

Mini Cake Bunting

Mini Buntings on cakes are all the rage, but to be honest all the cutting stamping etc. is a lot of work after you've made a cake.

Thank god for freebies ! Here's a digital freebie for 3 different shades courtesy of the Tom Kat Studio

Download PASTEL pages HERE

Download BRIGHT pages HERE

Download BOLD pages HERE

Cupcake Stores

The cupcake stores are popping up in the Netherlands, here are some that are not more than an hours drive from me

There is one in Utrecht Sweet Things

There are two in Den Haag, Cupcake Chic and Cupies

There is one in Rotterdam, Alice in Cakeland

Have I missed any ?

Can you believe I have not been to one of these ? I think it's time for a cupcake day, touring from one shop to another ! Who's in for it ?

Pink Tea Party

This last weekend I celebrated my 40th birthday in style; a girly pink party with cupcakes ! I will share some close ups that the fab miss delis took of this table

and here's what I served:

Red Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream, Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry swiss meringue buttercream, Marshmellow Pops, Cupcake Cookies, Chocolate covered cookies (only thing not made by me),
Croissants with parmaham, cream cheese and strawberries, Sandwiches with cucumber and cream cheese, salmon with cream cheese and mozzerella with pesto and tomato, Candy Floss

I made the cute "Keep Calm" posters @ this website.

And my garland was cute too with white cake doilies and pink tissue pompoms.