I'd like to live here!

The gingerbread house almost finished just a few extra details to add.

Gingerbread Houses

With only 30 days until christmas and two market stalls in between it's time to break out the chrissy cookie cutters and moulds and get into the christmas spirit starting with gingerbread houses. This one is still in the making but will be on display at my market stall on sunday. Once decorated each house will come individually wrapped and will make a great gift or centre piece for christmas day. Filled with gingerbread christmas cookies and chocolates, $20 each, orders can be placed on Sunday and picked up at the markets on Sunday 14th december.

Pig in Mud Cupcakes

raspberry filling



pig tail frosting

mmmmmmm....the inside

Now I know I said I was going to make these tomorrow but I really couldn't wait that long so I whipped up a batch tonight.

Interesting Fact #20

The average smell weighs 760 nanograms!

Yum Yum Pigs Bum!

Delicious ruby red raspberry sauce to fill my new "Pig in Mud" cupcakes. Chocolate mud cupcakes with raspberry filling topped with choc ganache and raspberry buttercream. Will post pics when I make them tomorrow.

Cupcakes for the market

Clockwise from left: Choc Mud, Caramel Sin, Vanilla, Jam Donut, Choc Mint, Choc Orange, Lemon and Caramel Dream all housed perfectly in the cupcake couriers.

mmmmmm......cupcakes!

Choc Mint Mud


Caramel Sin


Choc mud with mocha buttercream

Cupcakes and Christmas

Combining two of my favourite things, cupcakes and christmas, I couldn't go past these cupcake christmas decorations.

Caramel Dream Cupcake

Vanilla cupcake with caramel buttercream and gooey caramel inside.

Vanilla Duo, Lemon and Caramel Dream

These cupcakes were made for a morning tea. 6 Vanilla duo, 6 Lemon and 6 Caramel Dream.

A few piccies from the market today

Boxed cupcakes


White choc lamingtons

Cookie Pops

Kids Cupcake Station

Macaroons and Flower Sugar Cookies

Lemon and Pistachio Biscotti

Baking again for the market this weekend, first off the rank Lemon and Pistachio Biscotti.

Interesting Fact #19

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels

What a weekend

The Geham craft market over the weekend was a huge success. I sold all but two boxes of cupcakes from a total of 38. I had made 26 boxes originally but with the threat of a sellout by 1pm saturday it was a mad dash after I got home from work to make some more and thankyou to Lynette for your comments I am glad you enjoyed them. Now to do it all again this weekend for the Cabarlah Markets and then definitely a few days relaxation up the coast are in order.

Flavours

Clockwise from top left - Choc Mud, Classic Vanilla, Jaffa, Lemon, Choc Mint and Gingerbread

Packed and ready to go

All 156 of them

Spring in the Park

Remember Winter in the Park? Well those photos were taken just over 3 months ago, now the beds are blooming and the bees are buzzing.

Spring has Sprung

The Spring in the Country craft market is this weekend and I have finally decided on what cupcakes to make. They will be available in assorted boxes of 6 for $12.






Classic vanilla with two tone vanilla buttercream dotted with musk flavoured fondant flowers

Classic Vanilla with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream

Gingerbread with cream cheese frosting drizzled with maple syrup

Choc mud dipped in choc ganache

Choc mud dipped in choc ganache then swirled mint buttercream topped with a mint chocolate

Jaffa choc mud cake dipped in choc ganache then swirled orange buttercream topped with crushed jaffas.

All boxes tied with bright spring time ribbons.

What the?

Food Proof's 100 things to eat before you die #26

Roadkill

Busy Bees

I was lucky to walk away from the little photo shoot bee sting free

Purple Passion

As I was pottering around the yard today, actually I was chasing chickens but that's a whole other story, I noticed that we have an abundance of purple at the moment which inspired me to make a new cupcake. Purple passion is a lavender scented vanilla cupcake with purple buttercream.



The lavender at the bottom of the front steps

The purple sprinkler head

The purple waste water hose

Purple Wysteria

Purple Passion cupcake

Geham Craft Market

With the Carnival of Flowers here in Toowoomba just over two weeks away, it is time to start getting organised for the Geham Craft Market that same weekend where I will be selling my cupcakes and cupcake aprons. Cupcakes will be sold in boxes of six assorted flavours, each wrapped tightly with ribbons. Still deciding on what flavours to make but I'll keep you posted.

Interesting Fact #18

A baby oyster is called a spat!

Gingerbread Cupcakes

Topped with cream cheese frosting and drizzled with golden syrup

Why?

Because he can!

Chocolate anyone?

While shopping for dad's fathers day pressie today I quickly hopped into Canterbury Lace to have a look and found the gorgeous flip recipe book combining two of my favourite things, chocolate and cooking. I think the mud pie is first on my list to make.

Pink Macaroons

Filled with white chocolate ganache (I had to fight off the crazy quilters so I could get a photo before they were all gone).

Cupcake Aprons

How cute are these. They have been in the making for a couple of weeks now but are finally finished (thanks mum). I sold the pink stripey one at the market on Sunday but there are plenty more where these came from in various colours and styles.