Peover Plant Sale

Wedding cakes

and the final few birthday cakes!

A few more birthday cakes...

A few birthday cakes...

Hello!

Hello All,

Sorry we've been away from the blog for a while. We've been rather busy with quite a lot of stalls and markets and haven't had any time to post at all!

We have however been keeping a facebook fanpage which can be found here. Why not come and have a look, we do lots of competitions and it's nice and easy to see where we are going to be in the coming months!

In other news, we are FINALLY getting this website sorted! It feels like there needs to be 30 hours in every day at the moment, but it's getting there!

Stay tuned, we'll be back soon!

Love

Annie

A thousand apologies!

Small cake or really large hands? you decide.

Hello all,

I'm sooooo sorry I've not been about for a while, it's been a little hectic here at cake towers. I shall try to summerise the past few weeks in one (incredibly long) blog post...

(As a slight aside, it's not all cake related but it does get there in the end)

Start of the month saw me and the Husband going 'darn sarf' to the 24th Annual Squires Kitchen Cake decorating exhibition. It was in Farnham and we decided to make a bit of a weekend of it, travelling down on the Friday and staying here for 2 nights. We were both in need of a bit of relaxation and after a looooooong drive (Via Bicester - don't worry! I was good, no purchases!), we kicked back with possibly the nicest pint of Fullers London Pride I have ever had...

...and then a couple more for good measure, just to make sure they were as nice as the first ones! ;-)

Saturday was the cake exhibition, which was AMAZING (but very serious). I got loads of new ideas and hope to try them out soon. One thing I would like to try, but thing I would be useless at, is proper sugarcraft flowers. They are unbelievable. Some of them were completely undistinguisable from real flowers, absolutely amazing!

Saturday night we had planned to live it up in full with a bottle of prosecco procured from Sainos prior to the trip accompanied by some chips and dips. This went by the wayside however when we got back to the hotel at 8pm and were only fit for a cup of tea and then sleep. Rock and Roll, you understand. This cake business is tiring!

Sunday saw us go to relatives for dinner in Kent and then home. (Sorry, thats a bit short and non descriptive isn't it?). It was brilliant, and we only got lost once!

I (stupidly) took hardly any photos of this entire weekend, but to be honest I did spend a large proportion of it either in jamas or on the motorway. Not at the same time you understand, but it was one or the other for the most part.

I do feel that I need to mention this though. It was a room devoted to a chap called Ildo Nicolello and he blew Sugar. I was absolutely mesmerised for about an hour and a half. He was both hilariously batty and talented. I'm quite tempted to go on a sugar blowing course but I can only see it ending in danger, and a trip to A&E.

Now, I know I said this was going to be one post but I'm going to split it down into a few as this really is quite long...

The Kirsty Club

Sorry for the late posting of last weekend folks, it's been a bit of a busy one!

Thursday night saw us attending (and making cakes for) a brilliant charity. You may have heard of Kirsty Howard (thekirstyclub.com), she is a remarkable little lady who raises money for Francis House, a Childrens Hospice in Manchester. It was a lovely evening, held at Henri Lloyd in Wilmslow and a lot of money was raised by the kind (and generous) people of Wilmslow. We provided cupcakes for the giftbags and from what I've been told, the feedback was brilliant!

I'll update on the rest of the weekend tmw, I've got research to do for a cake order thats come in today...

Hollins Farmer Market

Okay so once again my photo skills have brought the team down, but I feel they will do for now...

Some cookie and cream cupcakes...

Some (exceedingly popular!) black forest cupcakes...

Some vanilla...

A few lemon meringue (with fresh cream!)...

And finally a collection of Rum and raisin...

And there you have a Farmer Market!

In short, a brilliant Farmers Market! I sold out by 2pm (I'll make more next time, Promise!) and hot footed it to Sheffield for Rachael's little Boy naming ceremony. Excellent weekend Indeed.

This week see us doing a very large corporate event, details to follow tomorrow, and a lovely weekend in Surrey.

Will update tomorrow when my eyes are no longer held open with matchsticks!

xx

Cake anyone?

Just finished the last of the cupcakes for the farmers market at the Hollins tmw (bit of a fib, I finished ages ago and I've had dinner and done a it of ironing aswell!) and thought I'd nip on here to let you all know about the cupcakes we've got on tomorrow...

• Vanilla
• Rum and Raisin
• Oreo cookie
• Lemon Meringue (ok, I'm having such a spelling freakout, It looks as though I'm spelling 'mer-ring? No?' Maybe I'm over tired)
• Black Forest - massive excitement about this. A friend has personally requested it. Choc sponge, cherry filling, whipped cream and a cherry brandy soaked cherry on top! Can this actually get anymore exciting? or indeed kitsch? (or should I say kirsch? hahaha!)

So, I'll see you all at the Hollins tomorrow then?

40th Birthday cakes

Just finished a batch of cakes for a 40th birthday party. I really enjoyed doing this order and I'm so so happy with how the cakes turned out, I even pushed the boat out and did some roses...

It would appear my photography skills are once again, all or nothing, the photo above looks really dark but it wasn't meant to!

Below is them all boxed up and ready to go, I almost wept as I was so happy with them...

and here they are sans box...

and thats all for now, but just to mention, don't forget the Hollin Farmers Market this weekend!

Cake pops

Oh my, a new obsession has been born...

http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-pops/

OMG.

So that's what I'll be doing this weekend then...

Hale Farmers Market

So, my first stall at Hale farmers Market was a bit of a mixed bag really. I woke up on Sunday morning completely prepared for all eventualities. Apart from Snow. Error. However, I got there despite having never driven in snow or driven on a motorway (I know, I know, I took a wrong turning alright!). Anyways, it went well, the cakes sold well, here: have some pictures...

Vanilla...

Chocolate with ganache topping...

Rum and Raisin...

and finally, Cookie and Cream (well, Oreo's)...

The Mill Launch 20th Feb 2010

Bonjour! Saturday saw us at the launch of The Mill on Sunderland Street in Macclesfield. We made 50 cakes, all vanilla with buttercream and topped with various flags from the countries that provide the languages that they teach at the mill...

Japanese...

German...

Italian...

Spanish...

and French...

We will be doing another batch of 50 for this weekend for the second launch, as featured in the Macc Express this Wednesday. Unfortunately there isn't an online version of the article, so why not bob down and see for yourself what the mill can offer!?! 10am until 2pm apparently.

New flavours this weekend

Just soaking some raisins in rum for our rum and raisin cupcakes! Never made them before so we'll have to see what they taste like but in all fairness what's not to love? rum? raisins? yes, yes, YES!

Also, gonna have a go at some Oreo cookies cakes, I'm thinking Vanilla with smashed Oreo's buttercream.

What else would you like to see? Email me at annie@teacupsandfairycakes.co.uk and let me know.

Posting flurry

It's just occured to me that I haven't put my logo on here yet, so here she is...

...Lovely, isn't it? I'm so happy with it! (the novelty still hasn't worn after after nearly 4 months)

The Hollins and Barnaby

The next Hollins Farmers Market is the 7th March, have a look here for details...

http://www.the-hollins.com/TheFarmersMarket.html

All readers of this blog who come to the market and say the magic word will receive 6 cakes for the price of 5! The magic word is Barnaby.

Speaking of which, has everyone seen how good this looks...

http://www.barnabyfestival.org.uk/

...I'm so up for this, it looks wicked!

Rum, Lime and Coconut treats

Hello all,

Have been pretty busy recently, and I've been making lots of fab cakes! Unfortunately I forgot my camera on 2 recent occasions so you will have to make do with my descriptions...

Lindsays birthday called for some boozy delights - Lime and coconut cakes with a rum buttercream, topped with coconut. Yummy!

And then to Valentines day... Nicki asked me to create some chocolate cake hearts with a ganache icing and covered in glitter. I think they went down well with her husband Chris!

This weeks see's us making the first of 2 batches of country themed cupcakes for www.themill-online.org.uk. They are having open days this weekend and next to mark the opening of their language school at Waters Green in Macclesfield. Come down and say hi!

Also this weekend we are at Hale farmers market and also (hopefully) The Governors House in Cheadle Hulme. Come down and say hi!

I think thats all for now, must go and sort this website...

Farmers Market at the Hollins

Here are a couple of pics from the Farmers market I did at the Hollins on Sunday. It was marvellous! Met loads of really nice market folk and sold out completely!

The Daily Hate!

Hmmmmm, it would appear that apart from hating every single group of people in the world, the Daily Mail also hate Cupcakes!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1247614/Cupcake-craze-What-wretched-multi-coloured-sugary-things.html

Washing machine woes

Typing on a laptop for a blog is quite infuriating. I've just written a MASSIVE post only for me to move my hand slightly and delete the entire thing. Very Annoying.

However, the reason for my post was this; this week I have had 2 frozen then burst washing machine pipes. My washing machine has got the hump and now only fills with filthy water then doesnt spin. Which is slightly irritating and has led me round to various friends houses cap in hand (or rather, laundry in basket). So, to thank them, I made treats.

Meet the girls that provide the eggs!