The Cupcake Lady

To celebrate spring day and Casual Day, Qmuzik ordered cupcakes for their staff today.

One half of the order was chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, iced with vanilla or chocolate butter icing and topped with a little bit of caramel, strawberry preserve, passion fruit filling or lemon curd.

The other half of the order was chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, iced with vanilla or chocolate butter icing and stuffed with one of the following- a whole strawberry, something that’s a little like coconut ice, Turkish delight, a malted honeycomb ball or fudge.

I then colour coded the paper cups and stuck a legend inside the box lids so the people would know what was inside and so that someone allergic to strawberries wouldn’t accidentally eat the wrong one!

They went down a right treat and people were going to each other to see who had what inside their cupcakes!!

A friend of mine recently had a baby boy, and because of all sorts of wedding things and various events I was unable to attend her baby shower.

When I went to visit to meet the little man, I took her this little gift of six. Two with caramel secret centres, two with strawberry secret centres and two plain chocolate cupcakes topped with all sorts of pretty decorations.

Margarita cupcakes – with real tequila in! B)

Chocolate with caramel secret centres, chocolate with strawberry secret centres and “plain” chocolate all topped with chocolate butter icing and decorated with all sorts of things to compliment the chocolate!

I said goodbye to full time employment today. Thats right, I have been working full time, for a boss and a salary, since 1992. I am now setting off on my own and I am very nervous about it… but I have a lot of support and love.

These are the cupcakes that I took to work with me to say goodbye to colleagues and clients. There are vanilla cupcakes cored and stuffed with fresh strawberries or cherries and topped with cream cheese icing. There are some vanilla cupcakes stuffed with caramel, strawberry jam or granadilla pulp, and topped with lemon butter or vanilla butter icing. And there are chocolate cupcakes stuffed with chocolate butter icing anf chocolate decorations.

Vanilla cupcakes, cored and filled with caramel, and topped with chocolate butter icing and sprinkles.

Chocolate cupcakes, cored and stuffed with fresh pitted cherries, topped with cream cheese icing and sprinkles.

Vanilla cupcakes, cored and stuffed with strawberry jam, topped with lemon butter icing and fresh gooseberries.