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You can get a smaller - three tiered - stand for cup cakes!

 

I make fairy cakes with three different colour icings, all using fresh fruit - I think the idea was a Jamie O one......

 

I use a little mashed strawberry for one third....

 

Mashed raspberry for another third

 

and mashed blueberry, with a little raspberry, for the last third.

 

They look fantastic on a plate 8) - lots of pink iced cakes..... and no colourings!

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That site is gorgeous, some really lovely looking cupcakes there :drool:

 

I actually spotted some very pretty looking cupcakes in our local Waitrose yesterday..............maybe cupcakes are becoming fashionable 8)

 

I'm inspired to try and create a cupcake stand and make a cupcake display for Immi's birthday cake this year :?

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That site is gorgeous, some really lovely looking cupcakes there :drool:

 

I actually spotted some very pretty looking cupcakes in our local Waitrose yesterday..............maybe cupcakes are becoming fashionable 8)

 

I'm inspired to try and create a cupcake stand and make a cupcake display for Immi's birthday cake this year :?

 

Try the Ebay cake decorating shops Kate.

 

I've got a cardboard, slot together, stand for small cakes ........ and I know you can get the one with wire rings that the cakes drop into.......

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The lady who runs cakeadoodledoo is called Kate Shirazi and shes written a book 'cupcake magic' which you can buy for £2.99 from the book people if you fancy baking your own! I may be wrong but am sure i read somewhere that each book bought gives a donation to the BHWT as well...

 

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_127716_100_500020__category_

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I'm inspired to try and create a cupcake stand and make a cupcake display for Immi's birthday cake this year :?

 

I have made quite a few cupcake spires using oasis from hobby craft covered in foil as the base and the cakes held on through the base by a piece of cocktail stick and tightly spiralling them round :D

 

I did it with petit four (sp?) cases too and it took almost 120 cakes :lol: they are so small they disappear very quickly :wink: White icing and silver balls look very 8) and white and pink alternating look funky too.

 

I'll try to dig out a photo as my explanation isn't very good :oops:

 

Karen x

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Isn't "cupcake" the American term for "fairy cake"? Which do people here prefer/use?

 

To me, a fairy cake denotes something tiny, exquisite and magical. I will be hosting a local LETS meeting in July, so perhaps that's the time to try my own hand at making some. I love the idea of using crushed fruit to colour the icing! :clap:

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We had some cupcakes to form part of our wedding buffet in the evening and they had our initials on them E & M as well as wedding bells, hourseshoes, gold rings etc

 

A friend of ours just thought they contained my name, EM, and asked where the 'Moz' (the OHs nickname) cakes were :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

For my OHs 40th birthday i had some Moz cupcakes made especially for her! :lol::lol::lol:

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I'm inspired to try and create a cupcake stand and make a cupcake display for Immi's birthday cake this year :?

 

I make wedding towers like those :D

A tip for you....buy three ordinary round cake boards, a big one a middle one and a little one.

You will also need seven* champagne flutes (plastic ones are fine, esp if there will be kids about :wink: )

put four champagne flutes upside down on the biggest board about two inches in from the edge, then fill the board with cakes.

Balance the middle board on top and place three champagne flutes again, fill with cakes and finally add the final tier and put your very prettiest cakes on the top.

 

*if you have a tiny vase or an eighth flute, you can put some real rose buds in to make it extra special. Tie ribbons round the stem and let them cascade down all three tiers and if you really want to impress, sprinkle rose petals from above to adorn the tower and the table it's sitting on. :D

 

I wish I knew how to post a picture on here so I could show you what I mean :roll:

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