Popcorn anyone?

Curiously, when the movie themed cupcakes went up on the blog and at flickr, quite a few people emailed asking how they were made. The credit of course should go to the immensely talented Andrea of Andrea Sweetcakes, so I thought I'd post a few photos of how I translated her technique.

Equipment required
Ball tool, paintbrush, fondant, food colouring, deocrators alcohol (rose essense)

Add some CMC into the fondant to assist in hardening the fondant, knead well and roll into random sized balls (between pea sized and cherry sized as you prefer)

With the ball tool, on the foam pad....

... make little belly button shapes

Mix a few drops of food colouring with rose essense (to allow faster drying) and paint the inside of the button.

Working quickly bfore the fondant dries, shape the buttons into organic looking shapes to resemble the kernels.

Using a little water - or flower glue, attach the shaped pieces to another ball of fondant

You can attach more than one piece or none at all.

Viola! Makes me want to watch a movie!!

Breaking the drought

After the longest dry spell Perth has ever experienced, a monster of a storm rolled in late yesterday aftern0on. Bringing with it, hailstones the size of golf balls and a blanket of darkness that covered the whole city from 4:30PM in the afternoon. The torrential sheets of rain caused mudsides and widespread flooding and a trail of destruction throughout the city. It was pretty scary. I dont ever remember such a violent storm!


On a happier note, and what this blog is actually all about......

This weekend started off with a Green tearamisu cake for Tony's birthday.

It was a bad picture in a very dark room.....but at least the cake got an applause! Made with marsapone, white chocolate and honey, it was a light and an interesting deviation from a traditional tiramisu.

Also girly cupcakes were the order of the day for Janelle's 25th birthday.


And a lovely pair of tween twins had a movie themed birthday party and cupcakes to match the theme. It was so much fun to make the fondant popcorn.

Popcorn anyone?