Potato and Thyme Bread

I was short on wholewheat flour that day so I used potato to substitute the loss of flour. It worked very well and returned a pleasing result. The bread was very moist but still fluffy and the hint of thyme added a nice touch. I paired it with a bruschetta of tomato and basil. This bread is sugarfree, free of refined products and is vegan which makes it even better and guilt free!

Pink Ombre Cake

 I wasn't sure at first why my Dad wanted a pink and white cake with forklines on it, but after he said it was because my grandma used to make cakes like that when he was little. In my opinion I struck to the brief: I see lots of pink and white and forklines. He didn't know I made the inside ombre so when it was cut open it was a big suprise, although I think he knew I would never do a plain cake for a birthday as last year he just said he wanted a vanilla cake so I did that and made it in a cricket bat. The inside is a vanilla butter cake which was also part of the brief, and he gave me the option to make whatever part I wanted pink and white, so I made both the icing and the cake just that.

The outside is a plain vanilla buttercream.

I marbled some pink into the sides of the cake, and even though I was reluctant about the forklines, I did them anyway and i guess they dont look too bad. I couldn't do them on the top though, I think the sides were a better option.

Wave Cake

This is the ultimate cake for people who love the surf. It was made for my friend's birthday as she's a beach kid. The inside is a vanilla butter cake and the icing is a lemon swiss meringue buttercream. The surfboard is made of white chocolate and the 15 was made from a crumbled cookie. The cake was basically cut and stacked into 5 layers and sanwhiched with white chocolate ganache. This is one of those birthday cakes which has a lot of icing as it was needed to create the wave effect, making it very rich but ideal for lot's of people.

Valentines Day Macaron Lollipops

 I thought I'd make something for my friends on Valentines Day as it's a nice feeling to get and give something. I'd always wanted to try heart shaped macarons so i thought this was the perfect time in my attempt to spread the love. I wrapped each one individually so they were easy to take to school and they looked cuter anyway. As Valentines Day is always associated with chocolate I sandwiched the macarons with chocolate ganache.

The shell was coloured pink and flavoured with vanilla as I wanted to add some pink to the hearts as brown ones wouldn't have looked as pretty. I also made some circle ones as in the end I got frustrated with piping hearts, and since everyone wanted the heart ones the most I made it a lucky dip to who got what.

Bouquet Cupcakes

These were made for my friend's 16th and she said to make something with pastel colours. Instead of a singular rose on each cupcake as usual, I wanted to make lots of little roses so that each cupcake looks like a bouquet of roses, all differents shapes, colours and arranged all differently so that with all the cupcakes together, it looked like a massive bunch of flowers. I was going to try making the cakes into an actual cupcake bouquet but the pot I used cracked. In the end though I think the plate was probably more convenient so it didn't bother me that it worked out that way. These cupcakes are just flavoured vanilla and so is the icing which is a Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

Turkish Delight and Raspberry Marble Cake

 Someone brought over a packet of turkish delight from a turkish delight as a gift, and it wasn't getting eaten as it is insanely sweet, so I made it into something more insanely sweet! The raspberry counteracts some of the sweetness, though it is still a very rich cake, and feels a lot richer than maybe say a chocolate mud, though it's still too good to resist. The inside is mixture of Rasberry marbled with rosewater sponge cake. In between the layers is rasberry jam and around the cake is a raspberry swiss meringue icing, as for the slightly pink colour. On top is a generous amount of turkish delight topped with pistachios.

Tim Tam Cupcakes

There always seems to be a packet of Tim Tams at our house somewhere, and after seeing the Tim Tam Cake around the internet I felt compelled to do something with the iconic Aussie biscuit. The cupcake is a dark chocolate cake which is made a bitter as the icing is very sweet. Inside the cake is a pice of Tim Tam and for the icing, I tried my best to recreate the icing which is found in the Tim Tam. The leaf is made of a piece of Tim Tam as well. I made these for my friend's birthday, and I'm hoping she enjoyed it!