Boozy Baileys & Dulce de Leche

Here's a little bit of what I've been up to in the last month or so.

Made some new flavours:

 Boozy Baileys cupcake:

Rich moist espresso-infused cake, topped with Baileys buttercream. 

*WARNING* It's an Adults-only cupcake!!

 And this is my Dulce de Leche cupcake:

Chocolate-fudge cupcake, with Dulce de Leche (an Argentinian caramel) on the inside,

topped with whipped mascarpone, a slice of banana and more Dulce de Leche drizzled on the top!

This went gangbusters at the Southside market where we debuted it.

Speaking of which:

 

Happy 1st Birthday Southside Market!

This was the Boozy Baileys ribbon cake I made for them to celebrate their 1st anniversary.

Surprise!!

(PS. I made the bunting too, real easy, will post a tute on it soon.)

 Our little cupcake stand.

And the setup with Peek! Sweets.

And finally, did a lovely vintage-themed rustic cake for Ben and Jerica. It was held up at Mount Dandenong, so you can imagine my nervousness driving up the windy mountain roads to deliver the cake! But the layers made it all there in one piece, did a quick touch-up, added the flowers from the bride and her cake toppers and voila! Gorgeous cake!

Don't you just LOVE the wood-cut figurines??

Singapore Sweet Safari

Coming to the end of my trip here in Singapore, I've had the lovely opportunity to try the many varied and interesting sweet treats this island-nation has to offer.

My tastebuds have been tingling from the the many delicious desserts I've been tasting. And my girth has expanded in tandem. But oooh...how can one say no to all of these?

Display at Wimbly Lu, a darling little place near my parent's home

Eclairs and Rocky Road

 Their chocolate molten lava cake

Cupcakes! From Plain Vanilla bakery

A whoopie pie from Pique Nique...'twas delicious!

 

A cake pop made by my husban's cousin for her own 21st birthday.

How talented is she?! 

Now...to bribe her for creative license...

And now, on to ASIAN DESSERTS!!

 My ALL-TIME fav (especially because we can't get it in Australia),

the DURIAN

 

 At a little Asian eatery on Leong Siak St.

Clockwise from top left: 

Mango Sago Pomelo dessert with mango ice-cream,

Boiled black glutinous rice (pulut hitam) with almond slices and ice-cream,

Mango Sago Pomelo dessert with DURIAN,

Warm almond pudding.

 At the Old Airport Road hawker centre

A custard egg tart with a biscuit instead of pastry base

and Taiwan-style sweetened silky soya beancurd (Lao Ban)

Just yesterday we celebrated my sister-in-law's birthday at House @ Dempsey with a Vintage Tea Party buffet they put on every Thursday and Friday.

 Vintage table settings, complete with bunting!

And mismatched plates!

Sweet treats of different sorts. I die!!

Miniature cupcakes, similar to the Vintage Rose ones I've made

 

Mini skinny pizzas. The truffled mushrooms...OHHH the truffled mushrooms. 

Mushgasm in yer mouth!

 Piping hot tea in an old school thermos flask.

Serving tea that smelt of cocoa, and sweet ginger tea!

WELL! My little getaway abroad has finally come to an end...time to head home, for some new and exciting baking thingamajiggys! Next up will be the North Melbourne Market's special event as part of the L'Oreal Fashion Festival, and my lil' ol' cake pop class at Thread Den!

Hope to see you there!

 

xoxo,

Sarah

Happy New Year!

Here's a look at what I've been up to til the end of 2011...

 

 

Another cupcake tower with a brown and cream theme...

 

The wedding was held in the Yarra Valley...just gorgeous!!

And of course there was all the Christmas baking...

 

Chrissy cake pops!

Made some cookies for our friends - 

gingerbread and dark chocolate!

And what's a party without a Christmas log?

This one's an oldie but a goodie - chocolate ripple cake!

With summer berries and a lil' dusting of cocoa to bring some yuletide cheer!

Another dessert I've been wanting to try out, the Brownie-cheesecake trifle, 

or what I call "Your Daily Calorie Intake in a Cup"

It features layers of:

Triple-chocolate brownies

Cheesecake mix

Summer berries

Whipped cream

Oreo cookies

It's based on this one from Lauren's Kitchen

The last year has been an amazing journey, an amazing start! Looking forward to the new one ahead. Happy 2012 everyone!!

 

PS. Buttercup Bakeshoppe will be taking a well-deserved break (VACAAYYYYTION HERE I COME!!!) until late February. But I'll be posting up my food adventures abroad here, so stay tuned. And I've got some exciting news for March to announce too!

June Market

Had yet another fun market day with Peek! Sweets on Sunday at the North Melbourne market, as well as Pleasure, Little Treasure, and the darling Odd One Out.

One of the great things that have come up from doing these markets are the friendships I've made that have been slowly growing over the last couple months. These market girls are such a riot, and it really makes the time speed past when you're oohing and aahing over each other's wares, or cracking jokes. Such a fun bunch!

Anyhoos, here're a couple pictures from the market...enjoy!

My Vintage Vanilla cupcakes - how pretty and ladylike are they?!

 Gorgeous Anne from Pleasure, Little Treasure showing off my Missy Mao Mao apron.

 Our little setup - 'twas rather squishy since we had a smaller table this time

 SO...we've got: 

Cake pops (red velvet, chocolate fudge, peanut)

Babycups

Buttercups

Apple bikkies

Gingerbread people

Buttercups 

(red velvet, vintage vanilla & vintage chocolate, carrot cake)

  Babycups! 

(chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter, cookies n' cream)

 Apple bikkies with an attitude.

(I infused apple tisane and cinnamon into the batter and icing - YUMMO!)

 We also sold babycup samplers, which really takes the guesswork out of choosing :)

 Peek-a-licious! Don't you just love those rainbow colours?!

A very satisfied customer

Don't forget, our next market's on July 10, at the Southside Handmade and Vintage Market,

Urban Hotel 35-37 Fitzroy St., St Kilda. See you there!