The best thing about making lemon cupcakes is the unbelievable smell of freshly squeezed lemon juice.  I have made lemon cupcakes many times but this time I decided to try adding lemon curd to the centres.  The results were delicious!

My Mum and Dad's anniversary is a couple of days before Fathers day so I wanted to make them a cake that was for both of them.  I opted for my Dad's favorite sponge carrot cake and decorated it with roses and ruffles which I knew my Mum would love. I did a 6" cake with 3 layers.

This is my first attempt at buttercream ruffles and roses.  I have seen many other people's amazing ruffles and roses cakes and I wanted to combine the two. I was very pleased with the results and I can't wait to use these techniques for future cakes.

My Cake! 

A few weeks ago I bought  a silicon cameo mould from a company called ClassiKool and when it came through the post I didn't quite realise how small it was going to be... note to self... read the information provided detailing the size! I had a wedding project in mind when I bought it but it was a bit too small for what I had planned, so,  I decided it would be perfect to make mini cupcake toppers with.  I finally had the perfect opportunity to try it out when I was asked to make some engagement celebration cupcakes for someone at work.

It was my first time using a mould and my first time using edible paint and I was pleased with the results.   I am looking forward to future experiments!  The cameo is moulded out of sugar paste and I made the little blossom flowers with gum paste with a sugar pearl painted with gold edible paint in the centre.

The cupcakes are vanilla sponge filled with jam and topped with vanilla buttercream coloured blue.  I used the same recipe for the sponge and buttercream detailed in my ice cream sundae blog post.

I still haven't found the perfect cameo mould but when I do I shall be sure to blog about it!

I spent Saturday at the beach with my boyfriends 5 nieces and nephews which was great fun.  It was one of their birthdays so I took some cupcakes with me.  The beach always makes me think of ice cream which gave me the inspiration to make some ice cream sundae cupcakes. Here they are..