We've had a very busy Christmas baking, making merry and battling through the weather. Now we're looking forward to 2011 which will hopefully bring lots of wonderful weddings, plenty more chances to create some super-exciting cupcakes and meet lovely new friends.
We'll be at the Brooks Centre in Winchester this Saturday from ten o'clock, selling cupcakes and serving mini cupcake tasters to try. We'll be showcasing some of our Christmas designs too which we're taking orders for now so maybe we'll see you there.
We've been working for a while on the packaging for our 'Cupcakes by Post' with the help of the lovely Laurel from am associates. We're really excited to say that now we have an excellent new box to package up our cupcakes which is much more beautiful, much more environmentally friendly and much more effective at keeping our cakes in tip top condition until they reach your door.
We can't wait for Halloween... we've already sharpened our knives for some pumpkin carving, dug out our black and green stripey tights and started on some ideas for Halloween cupcakes. Here are a few of our favourites... and we're always open to other spooky ideas too. They'd certainly make a tasty addition to a Halloweentastic party or as a nice surprise for visiting trick-or-treaters...
Ahoy there. We've been inspired by the sunshine and gorgeous blue sky for these seaside themed cakes...
We're looking forward to taking part in the Wiltshire wedding show on the 10th October. It's at Salisbury town hall and promises to have exhibitors to suit every style of wedding and every budding brides requirements. We'll have plenty of mini cupcakes to try too so you can keep your energy levels up - hopefully we'll see you there.
...well, the theatre bar at any rate. On Monday 27th September we'll be sampling and selling cupcakes at the gorgeous Eastleigh Point as part of their new menu launch. It'll be just like a mini food festival with plenty to eat and drink as well as being a good opportunity to have a nose around the beautiful building and get up to speed with all the fab stuff that happens there.
We've been a bit unimpressed with the lack of summer lately but these cupcakes cheered us up a lot. Plenty of delicious chocolateyness and some gorgeously summery flowers, butterflies and bees... perfect even if you have to eat them indoors in your cardie with a nice hot cuppa...
We've been following the gossip about what's new in the world of cake since we set up Cupcake Dolly and seen the rise and rise of cupcakes, the rise and fall of macaroons and now it seems Whoopie pies are all the rage. We've sampled a good few Whoopie pies (for research purposes of course) but have been a little bit disappointed so we've invented our own version. Just as cute and much more yummy (we think anyway)... we present delicious Dolly's Shortcakes, available to order for parties and presents now.
One of our favourites was the giraffe themed wedding at Marwell, with scrummy chocolate and fudge cupcakes...
...and a fabulous giraffe print topper for the cupcake tower with a lovely chocolatey ribbon.
We've done 'pretty in pink...
...for a special day at Portsmouth Football club.
We've made cats and cars and lovely lilac hearts for a gorgous wedding in Wickham.
...And we've helped a few hen doos to go with a swing along the way.
We'll be at the fabulous Cam's Hall in Fareham this weekend for a special wedding Fair so if you're planning your big day and fancy sampling a cupcake or two, or feel in need of some ideas, why not pop along?
Last week our friends at 'The Other Duckling' made the most of the sunshiny weather and stepped outside to photograph some of their lovely springy products. Our cupcakes starred in their shoot, beautifully co-ordinating with some cute flamingo napkins and a gorgeous tea cosy. We love the cakestand too.
Our cupcake tower attracted a lot of interest...
We had a snazzy pinboard to show what we can do...
...and the cupcakes looked (and tasted) yummy...
All in all a wonderful day was had by all.
We'll be at the Hampshire Wedding Fair again this year (can't wait!). It's at Swanmore Church in the middle of Swanmore, and we'll have an ace cupcake tower and plenty of yummy tasters. We'd love to see you there... (it's this Saturday 17th April between 11am and 4pm)
We've had a lovely little blurb in Hampshire Brides magazine and Jo & Richard's wedding cupcakes featured in prime position... thanks very much Sally x
This week we made some special cakes for our new friends at Little Media who make the gorgeously glossy Baby Hampshire, Baby Surrey and Baby London magazines. They've got a stand at the big Baby Show at the Excell Centre in London this weekend, and they'll be handing out 400 of our mini samples to prospective magazine readers throughout the 3 day event. Hopefully our special themed stand will add that extra something to their display.
To saying 'Thanks' to a group of nurses...
...and we can be pretty speedy about it too!
We've been on the lookout for a cute little cakestand to show off a small selection of our cakes for some time, and we've finally found this little beauty. It's available from www.theotherduckling.co.uk for a mere £8.00. Beautiful and a bargain.
