Love at first bite

Red velvet cake is such a pretty cake.  The gorgeous crimson red colour is a lovely choice for many occasions - Christmas, ruby wedding celebrations, halloween and, of course, Valentine's day.

Cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of red cake crumbs is the traditional topping for red velvet cakes.  I'm not really a fan of cream cheese, so I piped roses in vanilla buttercream instead.   Much prettier and just as delicious.

These ones were the just desserts of the ladies at the Sewcial on Tuesday at Fabric HQ.  

Such a delightful way to end a great evening.

Everything's coming up roses

Congratulations to Fabric HQ who celebrated their third birthday last week.  To wish them happy birthday, I made this lovely bouquet of flowers for the Sewcial last night.

To make the bouquet, roses - in white or graduated pink tones of buttercream - were piped on vanilla cupcakes using a 2D nozzle.  The roses were then attached to a foam ball (not as easy as it might look! but fortunately I had a fantastic teacher - the lovely Natalie from Faircake, London), creating a pretty ombre effect to the arrangement. 

Beautiful to look at, the roses have a gorgeous vanilla scent and are delicious to eat.  I think a cupcake bouquet makes the perfect birthday present.  Happy birthday Fabric HQ and wishing you many more.