Sugar Cookies :-)

My first attempt at sugar cookies wasnt too bad! I was expecting worse, although the recipe I used produced a very very sticky dough which I had to add more flour to.
The cookies only take ten minutes to bake and I did a batch of eight to start with. The cookies come out a lovely pale golden colour and dont rise which gave a perfect base to ice :-)

I used royal icing to a piping consistency to pipe the outline onto the cookies and then flooded the cookies with a thinner pourable icing.

I finally finished the eight cookies and decided that with a ton of cookie dough left over to make the final batches of cookies, thirty eight in total!!

I used the same method with outlining the cookie and flooding with icing and adding final details when the icing had set

 

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Parisian Macarons :-)

Parisian Macarons ........ Well where do I start? Notoriously difficult to make, beautiful to look at and a true delight on the palate.

I have tried them before, much to my mouths delight but not a delight to the eye I can assure you, however, this time, I used a different recipe and kept the oven door open a jar and it worked a treat.

I chose pastel pink for the body of the macaron and a lovely hot pink for the peanut buttercream filling. Each and every macaron looks like perfection and the pictures do them every justice!

I truly believe I have mastered the art of the Parisian Macaron and couldn't be happier! They have turned out beautifully and melt in the mouth!

En Francais :-)

I intend to spend some time working on perfecting the French Macaron and also to work on the whoopie pies! I seem to have more time on my hands recently and seem to be looking more and more at the recipe books I was so delighted with at Christmas. I have tried French Macarons previously and although successful, they were not something Mary Berry would have been proud to look at!

I love the look of the French Macaron and the possibilities are endless. Light, delicate flavours paired with flawless pastel colours.

I will keep you updated with plenty of pictures - especially now they look so professional! Please note that the amazing photo above is not mine! However, it wont be long until mine are perfection like those beauties!

Check Me Out :-)

I decided it would be a grand idea to use facebook as a tool to show people what I can do, you can check me out on www.facebook.com/pinkyspatisserie

This has been a success so far and I've had a couple of orders so far including a wedding cake in September! 

Meanwhile, I have been practicing the old photography skills to get the best photos I can, this included an amazing gift of a mini portrait photo booth! The photographs are looking brilliant and I couldn't be happier!

Cupcakes of all Shapes and Sizes :-)

The day came where cupcakes needed to be made. Lots of cupcakes. Lots of different cupcakes. Lots of yummy, sparkly cupcakes. Mmmmmm cupcakes!!! They make my world go around ....... well partly anyway, gigantic beautiful cakes do the other part!!!

So, ginger cupcakes and lemon buttercream, lightly spiced, lightly flavoured and wonderful for these chilly winter nights for a bit of heat :-)

Yummy!!! I love cupcakes and today was no exception! A couple of hours of complete cakiness heaven!!

Waybuloo :-)

So I was asked to do a Waybuloo cake for my friends little girls 1st birthday! Ive never done anything like this before so I decided a simple vanilla cake and vanilla buttercream, four layers and plenty of stickiness!!!

I started off with using a cake pop stick as the support for the Waybuloo decoration and half a cake pop stick as the support for the arms. I coloured the icing using gel colours and set on to making Waybuloo.

I then sat and painstakingly made sugarpaste flowers, leaves and decorations for the final touches.

The finished result, how yummy does that look! I might have to make one for myself (and keep it to myself!)

Christmas pt 2 :-)

So, December 25th, the most exciting time of the year! The one day of the year that I am proudly tired through lack of sleep due to excitement the night before! I am a huge child when it comes to Christmas and I live throughout the year for the excitement of Christmas, from putting up the tree, to Christmas shopping and the big day and seeing the look on peoples faces when they open their gifts!!

I love it, nothing can put me off excitement and this year was no different! I awoke early on and woke up the entire household to open prezzies! Slippers and dressing gown, kettle on the go and excitedly rustling under the tree!!

I was a very lucky girl this year and Santa let me know I had behaved by gifting me with a beautiful Kitchenaid Mixer!!!

I was also gifted with a collection of cakey books, whoopie pie books, cupcake books and an adorable mini-cupcake maker. I spent Boxing Day making cake and using my new toys!!