The last two weeks have been so busy, that I just now feel like I am coming up for air. It’s been cake, cake and more cake around here and I have seriously been missing my paper crafting. I’ve also missed out on a few card challenges which I hope to rectify this weekend.

I haven’t shared this here yet, but back in January, I took the plunge and started my own cake and card business – Sugar and Paper Creations . I have been decorating cakes for family and friends for years, but decided it was time to unleash my creativity on the masses.  My company may only be in its infancy but the last few weeks have been steadily busy and for that I am grateful.

So I thought I would share with all of you, what I’ve been up to lately.

Lego Ninjago Cake

Ninjago Cupcakes

Thanks to this blog, I had the opportunity to do these Lego Ninjago cupcakes and cake again, for a Ninjago fan who was turning 6.

Mini Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

These lemon and red velvet mini cupcakes were designed to celebrate the 5 Year Anniversary of BobCat House Concerts.  If you love great music but not the bar scene, you really should check them out.

Mini Chocolate/Chocolate Cupcakes with Star Sprinkles

Chocolate / Chocolate cake

Next up were these mini chocolate cupcakes and matching 10″ cake for a little girl who was turning four. Her only request was for chocolate cake with chocolate icing and green decorations.

This cake was designed with a wonderful little boy in mind, who was turning three. He loves dinosaurs and trains, so what  could be better than Buddy from Dinosaur Train.

The Hulk from the Super Hero Squad

Super Hero Squad Cupcakes

And last, but certainly not least are the cake and cupcakes I designed for a brother and sister duo who are having a joint birthday party and who both love the Super Hero Squad. The big request was that the cake had to be the Hulk, with his Super Hero friends on the cupcakes. With these cakes, I tried a new technique I hadn’t used before, a buttercream transfer. It was surprisingly easy too, time consuming, but easy. You simply find an image for your cake or cupcake, trace the reverse image onto paper, lay wax paper over top and trace the image with icing. Pop in the freezer for 90 minutes, plop onto the cake and voila.   It’s like adding an edible sticker to your cake and best of all it’s all icing.

Next up will be a Harry Potter inspired cake for my own children’s birthday party. Finally a cake I will get to eat!

If you have a minute, I would love you to ‘Like’ my new Facebook page . Who knows there may be a future giveaway involved!

Last week was a busy one around here.  Not only did we have the usual extra curricular activities to attend (soccer, ballet, school assembly, recital etc.) but I had my very first big, non-family, cupcake order to complete and we said goodbye to my son’s best friend and his family.

In fact the cupcake order and the goodbye were related.  Just before Christmas last year, my friend S told me there was a possibility that their family would be moving to Holland, if an opportunity for her husband panned out.  Well as luck would have it for them, it did and takes them away from Ottawa for a year!!

Fast forward to a few months ago, and my friend asked me if I could come up with a Holland themed cupcake. She wanted to have a little goodbye party in each of her son’s classes at school and thought it would be great if the cupcake somehow reflected the country they would be temporary residents of.  Well the parties were last Friday, so I spent my week making chocolate tulips, to go on top of 4 dozen cupcakes.

4 Dozen cupcakes waiting to be decorated

Chocolated, molded tulips

Finished product

Needless to say the cupcakes were a big hit (who doesn’t like cake!!). DD and I attended the goodbye party in my son’s class (she’s going to miss Z as much as my son) and were treated to not only cupcakes, but a short video as well. My son’s teacher is brilliant and found an age appropriate video on Holland, so the kids could familiarize themselves with the country their classmate would be calling home for a year.

So now the parties are over, the goodbyes have been said and Z and his family have arrived safely in Holland to begin their new adventure.  Meanwhile my son and I are learning to adjust without our friends and are thankful that technology will keep them close, even though they are so far away. Oh and we are counting down the months until their return