My New Neon Colours!

What a week...the Olympic Torch came to Chichester and it was my son's last week at school.  I can't believe it's been a whole year since he started and I just had to bake his teachers some Thank You Cupcakes.  I also made 30 Olympic Torch Cupcakes...one each for Rory and his classmates.  It was the perfect chance to use my new Betty Crocker Neon Food Colourings which I found on www.Americansweets.co.uk.  They have so many things I love from America including Neon Cake Sprinkles and Oreo Cookie Pieces which are in the shape of tiny cows!  Very delicious in my Chocolate Brownies...yum

The Neon Colours come in Green, Purple, Pink (my absolute favourite, it is like pink bubblegum!)and Orange.  They really look amazing on dark chocolate and with the leftover icing I make iced flowers and other decorations to use on other Cupcakes and Cakes....no waste in my kitchen!

I used them on Rory's teachers Thank You Cupcakes and I think you will agree they look pretty amazing!

All packaged and ready to go!

The Hungry Caterpillar

I absolutely loved making this Hungry Caterpillar Cake.  It was for a repeat client of mine for whom I have made several cakes for grandchildren and great grandchildren!  This cake was for Otto who was having his 1st birthday and loved the Hungry Caterpillar.  It is a vanilla No 1 cake and I split it in half and filled it with my homemade Strawberry Jam and Buttercream (not an easy task!). 

I made the Hungary Caterpillar out of fondant and made some fruit to go with him, a little cupcake and a slice of cheese.  They all looked really effective on top of the cake.  I used pale green buttercream to compliment the green in the Caterpillar and around the bottom of the cake I used the icing nozzle that makes grass (I'm sure it has a special name but I have no idea what it is!).  I cut out fondant flowers and leaves and decorated the base of the cake with them.  I also made some bigger leaves and piped Otto's name on them.  I got this idea from www.lucys-cakes.com she makes amazing toppers for birthday cakes, so please have a look if you need any ideas for childrens birthday cakes.

Happy Birthday Otto