Disney Princess Cupcakes

*Blowing off the cobwebs* 

Hi all! Whether anyone still reads this or not I have no idea but I am back and am going to share some Disney Princess cupcake designs with you all. 

Long story short...I used to work for Pandora ( the charms and bracelet jewelers) and we were each given a Disney Princess name for our weekly incentives. I left Pandora and my manager then departed shortly after to a new store and decided she wanted to give the girls some Disney related cupcakes. 

I had seen these all over Pinterest, the little sugar paper Princess toppers with a quick buttercream swirl that would be used to represent the dress. I took my time experimenting and finally came up with this design that uses a tiny replica of the Wilton 1M to create miniature roses that in my opinion give extra life to the dress. 

These are a quick snippet of my favourites :) Hope you like them as much as I liked making them. x

Lots of love, Kathryn xox 

Pretty and Pink Birthday Cupcakes

Good evening lovelies. 

I've been perfecting my design's lately so that I have boxes suitable for different events with key icing skills and toppers handcrafted! 

These are what I like to call my Girly Birthday Batch, consisting of 12 Vanilla Cupcakes with pretty pink swirls and complementary yellow roses. 

What do you think? :)

Biscoff Cupcakes

If you didn't know me by now, I am all about the flavours! Chocolate...Oreos...Pink Lemonade... Chocolate Orange... Kinder Bueno...Reeses cupcakes etc. (you get the picture), whichever is the new yummy flavour out there I will always try to replicate that into a cupcake. 

Let's just admire this for a second: BISCOFF. Firstly, you need to get your hands on the Lotus spread if you are yet to try it because it is heavenly/ mightly sickly but works perfectly to make Cookie Butter Cupcakes. And better still it is 100% dairy free!!! Yay!

As previously mentioned I have now found my signature style, the lovely swirl and 3 separate designs on a cupcake and think it works perfectly on these Biscoff cupcakes, simply topped with a Lotus biscuit. 

The sponge themselves are moist and biscuit and contain both the Lotus spread along with biscuit shavings, then topped off with a cookie butter frosting with biscuit chunks, sprinkled with more biscuit! Sound good? They tasted even better!! 

Nom nom nomm,

Kathryn x

Spring Cupcake Designs & Mother's Day

Happy Good Friday to you all!

After looking through my Instagram photos I remembered I forgot to upload some photos of the Mother's Day orders I created. It was my first time doing a bouquet style order and although I enjoyed it, it certainly isn't as easy as it looks. Thank you so much to Laura who ordered the beautiful cupcakes for her Mother, I hope she enjoyed them as much as I loved decorating them.

You can now also PIN my images to Pinterest if you feel inspired by some of my designs :)!

Have a lovely Easter weekend!

Kathryn's Cupcakes Easter Designs 2016 - Cute Chic

Hello lovely cupcake lovers,

I've had what I like to think of as an exciting and successful week that I hope will bring lots of positive projects in the future. My website is now completely finished and I finally got round to buying my own domain name! YAY! No longer am I ... *insert name here*.com/kathryncupcakes, you can now officially find me and my cupcakes at http://www.kathrynscupcakes.co.uk 

Now onto the yummy, scrummy chocolate Easter cupcakes for 2016!

These Easter cupcake chick designs are so cute and fun to make. I used my dairy free chocolate sponge recipe along with a dairy free chocolate buttercream of course and decorated the rest with some sprinkles.

Another reason I am excited is that I have finally found my signature cupcake design, yup the simple swirl and sprinkles along with some fondant to bring character to the cupcakes.

Have a lovely weekend and Easter!

Kathryn x

Baby Shower Cupcakes

 Hello lovelies! 

Last week I was asked to bake some cute little baby shower cupcakes, not knowing if they were having a boy or girl. I had a few ideas but one special baby shower design is these adorable faces with a beanie hat, I promise you these are so simple to do and I bet you'll agree when I say they are the sweetest ickle faces you've ever seen on a cupcake. 

The customer was extremely pleased and hopefully a few more orders will be on the way. 

Congratulations!!  

Kathryn x

Coffee and Walnut Cupcakes

Coffee and Walnut is such a classic combination. I'am currently in the process of developing new and exciting recipes so I can soon have a lovely cupcake menu by (fingers cross) 2016!

Currently I am happy with my Vanilla, Carrot Cake, Coffee and Walnut, Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Lemon, Churros & Rocky Road recipes.

I am hoping to develop a moist Oreo cupcake and some coconut ones too! :)

Kathryn x

Kinder Bueno Cupcakes

Afternoon lovelies! 

I had a request to bake some Kinder Bueno cupcakes today, after searching and searching for a decent recipe I decided I would just make my own. Now I won't be stating the recipe mainly because I have no idea what they are going to taste like and it was all a bit of a mishap. 

I can tell you what they include though and how I will probably be ill later tonight ha :( tmi. So... these Kinder Bueno cupcakes consist of a chocolate sponge filled with melted duo chocolate spread (white chocolate and milk chocolate with hazelnut). To decorate I made a buttercream mixed with some of this chocolate spread. The reason I am scared I'll be ill tonight is this spread contains dairy which I can't actually eat but I reallyyy had to try the icing to see if it needed more sugar :( uh-oh. 

I finished with some gold glitter sparkles topped with a kinder bueno :)! 

Let's hope they taste good eh and are worth the tummy upset haha. 

Kathryn x

It's my birthday!

Without getting the lyrics into your head, I did indeed turn 22 last week! I don't want to think about it too much because I still have no clue what I want in life, career wise that is, but I had a fabulous birthday and was truly spoilt by my loved ones. 

My dream certainly came true this year when I recieved a beautiful baby pink Kitchen Aid mixer, a bakers dream. I am so excited to use it and was actually too scared to use it so just whisked up these cupcakes using my hand mixer ha. 

Lots and lots of love,

Kathryn x 

American Cupcakes

Good evening lovely lot! 

I had an order for some cupcakes this weekend with an American theme as a leaving gift. After googling and googling for ideas I was very uninspired and very stuck on what I could do, I'm not a fan of over 2 different icing colours so that main idea was out. In the end I chose a three coloured sponge consisting of red, white and blue with vanilla buttercream and decorated with some red and white sprinkles, I think it did the job well! 

 Signed, Kathryn x 

Rainbow Wedding Cupcakes

Good morning everyone :)!

This week has been full of excitement. On Monday I had a big task of baking over 100 cupcakes ready for my cousins wedding on Tuesday and was extremely pleased with how they turned out that I thought it'd be nice to share them with you today. Colour coded of course, the yellow are lemon, orange are orange infused and the rest are yummy buttercream. The wedding took place on the East Coast which is full of lively coloure beach huts, hence the inspiration for multi coloured cupcakes. 

Signed, Kathryn x

Back on the blogging wagon.

It's been a while hasn't it? Looking back, my last post wasn't thattttt long ago.. think we are talking April some time, which isn't all that bad (making myself feel better). 

So what brings me back to this blog then? Baking. I have decide to scrap job applications and work on my passion therefore every day I have off work, I bake and develop new recipes and creations.

Here are my most recent bakes :) I promise to get back onto the scene soon. 

Strawberry & Vanilla Cupcakes 

Cookie Dough Cupcakes 

Homemade Jammy Dodgers

Pretty Spring Cupcakes

Hello beauties :) 

I received my first proper cupcake order this week and have just delivered the batch so I hope the birthday girl loves them. It was for an 18th birthday but due to the rush and bad timing I didn't have time to get any number cutters, never mind I still think they look uber pretty! 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Signed, Kathryn x

Mothers Day Cupcake Bouquet

In case you didn't know it is in fact the wonderful Mothers Day here in the UK, the day we can spoil our mums and show them that we do appreciate every little thing they do for us, even if it doesn't seem it sometimes.

It would have been very rude for me not to bake cakes for the special day but considering my family receive two different batches of cupcakes a week I felt like I ought to of upped my game in the cake decorating department so voila, here is a peach rose cupcake bouquet! 

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend and had a lovely day with your mumma's.

Signed, Kathryn x

Dairy Free Rocky Road Cupcakes

"If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it." Drew Barrymore

Rocky Road cupcakes are one of the easiest yet most rewarding cupcake topping going, you can simply edit this basic recipe to your desire. If you aren't raisins why not replace them with walnut pieces? Not into marshmallows? Try fudge instead!

These dairy free Rocky Road cupcakes have a chocolate sponge with dark chocolate chips with a tasty chocolate buttercream topped with glace cherries, digestive biscuits, raisins, chocolate chips and marshmallows.

Chocolate Chip Sponge
What you will need:

• 3 Eggs
• 180 g of Caster Sugar 
• 180 g Pure Margarine 
• 150 g of Self Raising Flour
• 30 g of Cocoa Powder
• 100 g Dark Chocolate Chips
• Dash of Vanilla Essence

1. Pre Heat oven at 180 degrees and line 12 cupcakes 
2. Cream in the margarine and sugar until smooth
3. Once well mixed add an egg one by one and whisk, add drops vanilla essence
4. Sift in the flour & cocoa powder and beat with a wooden until smooth
5. Add the chocolate chips and gently mix
6. Place in cupcake cases 
7. Cook for 20-22 minutes or until the top is spongy or golden brown & leave to cool

Chocolate Buttercream

What you will need:

• 200g Stork Butter Block
• 250 g Icing Sugar 
• 30 g of Cocoa Powder
• Few drops Vanilla
• Handful of Marshmallows/Biscuits/Raisins/Glace Cherries/Chocolate Chips
• Pipping Bags
• Piping nozzle

1. To decorate, cut the butter into small cubes and whisk until soft and pale. Gradually beat in the icing sugar and cocoa powder using a wooden spoon until creamy and soft.
2. Add vanilla essence
3. Fill a pipping bag with a 1M Wilton tip (or whichever you wish to use) and pipe a rose or swirl.
4. Decorate!

P.s This song will get you in the decorating mood! 

    Signed, Kathryn x