Ladybug cupcakes .............

Baked these with Darragh today after school,he loved making the sugarpaste lady bugs...lol.He is such an avid little baker,today he decided we shouldn't use the mixer so we mixed all the cakes,buttercream by hand :)......

We started off with basic mix but just enough for 12 :)

4 oz Plain flour

4 oz Caster sugar

4 oz Butter

2 Free Range eggs

I Tsp Baking powder

Bake in fan oven at 155 for 20 mins...

Also made enough icing for just 12 cakes

113 gr of Butter

200 gr of Icing sugar

Sugarflair party green colour ....

Apply buttericing to cupcake with butter knofe or icing knife

Smooth out the icing

Get a desert fork & splash effect on the cake ( couldn't find my icing nozzel to make the grass...lol)

Add your ladybug to the icing ....

Sugarflair Red poppy colouring & Americolour Black colour for the sugarpaste ladybugs

Make small red balls with the red paste,flatten & shape a little for the body,the place a line down the centre...

Make smaller balls with the black paste for the heads,attach with a little water ...

Paint black dots on the body & allow to dry ....

Finished result is mouth watering cupcake with a handsome chief taster :):)

Thanks for looking :)

Jeany

Cookie Monster Cupcakes

Before I start I want to make it clear these are not my idea,I saw them on a blog & regretfully didn't add the blog to my favourites,so if anyone here knows the blog I would be more than happy to add the link to my post :)

Ok with that clarified I will babble on...lol.I had seen these on a blog & promised Darragh I would make them with him this week,as luck would have it I am sick & kept putting it off but today just had to keep my promise.They were very fun to make,Darragh is only 5 & loved messing with the icing & placing the cookie in the monsters mouth & attaching the eyes,definetly a fun evening for him :).

Have to say the blue icing left his mouth rather coloured,even his teeth,hopefully we won't be repeating theses again too soon....lol

Too start off we made a small amount of cookie dough & made mini cookies....

Then used the basic cupcake mix off...

8oz Plain Flour

8oz Castor Sugar

8oz Butter

2 Tsp of Baking Powder

4 Eggs

The icing consisted of....

225grms of Butter

400grms of Icing sugar

The colours I used to get the one I needed were

Sugarflair Baby Blue

Americolor Eletric Blue

I placed the icing on the cake with a knife,added the cookie & then mashed with a fork to get the hairy look....lol

Then I used some white chocolate buttons,melted some milk chocolate & piped it onto the white buttons & placed them on the cupcake as eyes ( sorry for the quality of the pics ).....

Thanks for looking :)

Jeany

My first gumpaste fairy........

Yes this is my first ever attempt at a gumpaste fairy !!!!!

Ohhh my nerves are wrecked from the stress....roflol.

I actually enjoyed making her even tho she isin't perfect,it was fun trying to make legs look like legs ect.....

I finally got to use my mini cutters & my face mold :):)

To start with I used normal fondant ( white) & Paprika colouring to make it a flesh colour,then I added the Tylo powder & mixed it well :)

This is what the colour comes out looking like :)

Her legs...Yep they do look a little wobbly but they are my kinda wobbly ;)

My mini heart cutter for dress & wings ...Used pink colouring for these....

Used this tool to give the dress & wings texture ....

Finally a body with a head...lol....Hair to follow I promise....lol

These are tiny tiny little flowers for her posie.....

Taaaa daaaaaa my Fairy :):)

Thanks for looking :)

Jeany x x

Mini strawberry & cream chocolate gateaus with chocolate ganache

My darling grandson & I got to bake whilst his baby sister Saoirse slept,we had so much fun & he even did some of the photos for me :)

He is 5 & loves to bake,his specality has to be mixing,whipping & needless to say chief taster....lol.

This is a quiet simple recipe & doesn't take long to make...

Ingredients

Chocolate Ganache

Method to make the mimn gateaus...

Finished product :)

Thanks for looking

Jeany