Busy, Busy, Busy!

Apologies for my lack of blogging. Since I wrote my first blog I have moved back home from Spain (tear) and I have been so busy! Firstly obviously unpacking, secondly I have bought a flat, I have also gone back to work part time, I help with my brothers dialysis and finally I have been putting every minute of the (little) spare time I have into coming up with new ideas for my cupcakes and getting my business of the ground.


I couldn't wait to get back from Spain and back into the kitchen to make more cupcakes. The first cupcakes I made were for my Mum's office. A very last minute order but as always I got them done on time.

They were quite simple but I think they turned out well :)


The next cupcakes I made were to hand round to shops in the local area as a sample so they could recommend me to their customers and display my business cards in their shops. 

I was so pleased the way these turned out. I had never tried the rose swirl before and I made the little roses and butterflies myself. The roses were a bit of a nightmare at the beginning but once I got into the swing of it they became much easier. The next photo is of the same cake but in a cute little cupcake holder I bought from Amazon and it was a bargain at £4!

I got really good feedback from all of these cakes so hopefully I will get a few orders out of it!


Next, it was Fathers Day. I'm in the bad books with my Dad for not making him any cupcakes but he was away in Portugal so I have made some for him tonight. My best friend Hollie text me the day before Fathers Day so I came to her rescue and made her these cupcakes. 

I have decided to call these Retro Cupcakes. I love the giant jazzie on top and added a little popping candy as a wee bit extra. I'm always worried that the cupcakes I made are very girly but I think these ones are perfect for Dads or even a wee boys birthday party. 


The next cupcakes I made were possibly my favourite yet. They were for a Strawberry Tea and I loved making the cute little strawberries for the toppers. 

When I delivered them and set them up on the stand people were taking photos of them which is always a good sign! 


And finally............ I have an order from a friend for some formula one cupcakes. At first I was thinking of making chequered flags but then I decided I would have a go at making some cars from fondant. They turned out much better than I thought although it did take me a whole hour to make just 3 cars but the end result was well worth it.

I can't wait to get these onto the cupcakes on Saturday! 


I think that is enough for tonight, I hope you have enjoyed reading about and looking at all my new creations. 


Lynsey x

My First Blog :)

Okay I'll be the first to admit that I'm no use at writing, I'm useless at spelling and after living in Spain for the past year I can hardly even speak in plain English. So why am I writing a blog? I have 2 more weeks left in Spain and when I come home I will be starting my own business making beautiful hand-decorated cupcakes for all to enjoy. So basically my blog is to keep you all up to date on how my business is going and to show you all my creations. 


The last time I was home for a wee holiday I was asked to make cupcakes for Kirkhill Primary School's summer fayre. I was really excited and happy that I had been asked because being in Spain I hadn't baked cupcakes for a lonnnnng time (I have no oven) so I was missing that and also it was a great opportunity for me to get my name out there and show off my skills.... and hopefully get a few orders! It was a very last minute thing... I came home from Spain on a Thursday and by the Saturday morning I had to have 96 cupcakes all ready to go. It was stressful and it was the first time I had ever done something like that, there were a lot of "hiccups" ....... business cards not being delivered on time, running out of icing sugar running out of oreos but all in all it was a great day and all my cupcakes were sold out! Here is a picture of the final result which I was pretty pleased with :) On the bottom tier are oreo cupcakes, the next tier are cookie cupcakes, the next are vanilla cupcakes and the next two tiers are "99" Cupcakes.

I came back to Spain the next day on a high after getting so much good feedback from everyone who had one of my cupcakes and the next week I got a message from one of my Mum's friends, Alison, saying she had an order for me! Not just any order .... an order for around 60 cupcakes for a charity event with a blood/red theme. So here I am trying to think of as many ideas as possible for this and so far I have a few things in mind. I don't want to make any kind of gory cupcakes so I think what I'm going to do is a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting decorated with lots of red hearts, roses and daisies. I hope the end result will fit in with the event and look classy as this is my first paying order I want to get it exactly right. The event is on the 12th of June so I have quite a bit more time to get my thinking cap on and see what else I can come up with but I will keep you posted! Hope you enjoyed reading my first blog and a bit about what I'm doing at the moment.

Lynsey x