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Daimien’s 30th Birthday Cake
May 19, 2012 | 
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My family had a gathering this weekend in order to celebrate having five generations together and photograph such a memorable occasion. We also incorporated my brother’s 30th and niece’s 21st both of which will occur over the next two weeks. Of course I made a cake for each of them 
My brother is a bit of a fitness freak so thought that something to do with weight lifting was the go for his cake. I went with a square white chocolate and raspberry swirl cake covered with white chocolate ganache and white fondant. I decorated the cake with blue and black stars and 30′s. The cake topper was hand modelled (I’m still learning to model people so he is a little dodgy hehe) replica of my brother (including receding hairline lol) checking out his muscles and a couple of hand weights.
Happy 30th Daimo!
Tags: I’ve Joined the Cake Pop Craze!
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s right, I’ve been biten by the cake pop bug and I think I love them! Cake pops are awesome! At Christmas time my niece and I had a go at some Christmas truffle pops which is basically the same thing but using a truffle recipe instead of cake.
Coming up to Easter and having just done Tahnee’s cake, I had the tops of the cakes left over and some ganache so thought…..why not try some cake pops? Man, I’m glad I did! I originally thought they would be sickly sweet and honestly I wouldn’t want to eat more than one but they are definately worth it!
Using the tops of the cakes I already had, I made boysenberry & peppermint cake pops. The process was easy. Crumble up the cake, mix with some ganache (a little at a time so you don’t add too much). Once the mixture holds together nicely, roll into desired shapes, place on a board and refrigerate. I left mine in the fridge for a few hours so they were nice and firm. I then melted white chocolate for the boysenberry ones and dark chocolate for the peppermint ones. I placed a lolly pop stick into the ball of cake pop (using a little melted chocolate on the end to hold the stick in place), covered the ball in melted chocolate and covered with desired decorations. I used every sprinkle I had in my house (which is a little exciting because I can now go and buy some more for next time around 
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As I already mentioned, the end result, delicious! There are plenty ( and I mean plenty!) of tutorials on the web for step by step instructions. These things are only limited to your imagination, so many designs and shapes that can be created. They look great and taste even better! Give them a go! Happy cake popping
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Spongebob Square Pants Cake
Last weekend my niece celebrated her 13th Birthday and her most favourite thing in the world is Spongebob Square Pants. She absolutely adores him! With a Spongebob themed birthday party, there was no question about what cake she wanted. I used a 28cm rectangle tin and baked a milk chocolate mud cake. I filled the cake with a chocolate mousse and strawberry oreo filling (a bit of an experiment which paid off) I cut out some sponge holes and covered the entire cake with milk chocolate ganache. The cake was then covered in coloured fondant to look like Spongebob. The entire cake was edible including his legs and arms. My niece was very happy with her cake as where her friends! Hope you had a great party Alysia xx
Gulgong High School Reunion
Last weekend I celebrated my 15 year school reunion with 50 odd past school mates and their partners. It was so great to catch up with everyone again!!
I made a caramello mud cake for the occasion. Covered with a Cadbury Milk chocolate ganache, yum!! The most time consuming was the school emblem. I hand made this emblem from fondant, piping the detail with royal icing. The lettering was also made from fondant.
I hope that everyone else enjoyed the night as much as I did
Happy New Year!
I would like to thank all my customers and fans for their patronage and encouragement during 2010. It’s been a great year, I’ve learnt alot and made many lovely cakes. I wish you all a very Happy New Year and look forward to your continued support in 2011. Remember, Christee-Lee Cakes for that special celebration, or just because they’re yummy! Happy New Year!!
Some of this year’s favourite cakes……
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A week of cakes :)
This has been a very busy week with two Christmas Cakes, a birthday cake and multiple mini Christmas cakes made. The mini cakes are all fruit cake with white chocolate pieces, made for my work mates. I will post of pic of these later. A white chocolate mud cake with white chocolate ganache and dark chocolate ganache decorations for the birthday cake and two white chocolate mud cakes decorated as a gift and my personal favourite, Santa stuck in the chimney! I’ve always loved singing that “Santa got stuck in the chimney” song with my boys and love this cake just as much. So it has been busy but also fun! I hope that everyone enjoys their cakes and has a wonderful Christmas!
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Christmas Cupcakes
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It’s Christmas time and the Christmas cards with candy cane gifts started rolling in from all the little ones at pre-school. A great little gift for the little ones. My son decided he would like to give every child in his pre-school class a cupcake for Christmas. He obviously shares his mother’s love of cakes Read the rest of this entry » |
