Two Birthday Cakes

I was commissioned to make two cakes last week - both for birthdays. One was for a customer who wanted a really moist and yummy chocolate cake. I knew exactly the recipe needed for it - the chocolate mud recipe I used for the mud cupcakes in the last post.



I'm really happy how this turned out, but I am going to practice my writing some more. A friend of mine who worked in Thorntons has given me some great tips.

The next cake is a little bit different from your average birthday affair. My friend at work wanted to give her a son an extra special cake to commemorate not just his 21st birthday but also him graduating university after studying History. His dissertation was on Stalin so she thought up having a Communist cake:



It's a Black Russian cake (basically chocolate with a lot of vodka and coffee liqueur) with red buttercream icing and yellow fondant decoration. On the side it reads 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMRADE'. Thankfully he found it as funny as his mother did and they said it was very tasty.

Chocolate Lovers Cupcakes

These were an order placed by a colleague at work for her husband's birthday. They are chocolate mud cupcakes with white chocolate butter-cream icing. They are pretty spectacular, I must say. =)

Our First Cake Sale!

Yesterday, my lovely friend and I sold cupcakes, cakes and biscuits in order to raise money for Cancer Research at Aylesbury's Relay for Life. Our gym Curves was there as one of the relay teams and whilst they worked up a sweat, we sold yummy treats to the hungry masses.



I had a selection of different cupakes for punters to choose from - all vanilla cakes but with chocolate fudge, orange or vanilla icings. Alongside I made some special gluten-free cakes because I've heard good feedback about my recipe.



I also made my speciality ice-cream cupcakes (with the added modification of custard filling!) which sold out within minutes. I really, really need to design a carry-case for those - I had several heart-attacks getting them to the show.



My friend Kirsty stayed up all night making an array of desserts, such as lemon drizzle cake, coffee cake, rum and raisin cake and carrot cake. They all went down a treat and we managed to raise about £80 for charity!

Methinks we need to set up shop at the local car boot. =)