Chickens all want to stay in the doorway!

[Guest]

lovely Pam!

 

did i mention it was my birthday in 2 weeks?

[chickencam]

That's fantastic, where did the stand come from. It looks so special and the colours are lovely.

 

I love the idea of crushed fruit in icing, do you need any other liquid too and what quantities do you use?

[Egluntyne]

Wow Pam, that looks amazing.

 

Where did you get the stand from?

[The Dogmother]

That's gorgeous Pamster

 

PS, Phil has found the fudge

[Guest]

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!

 

I like the sound and feel of the word cupcake in my mouth. Must be the alliteration I also agree with you about the term fairy cake.

 

I think we should call them fairy cupcakes!

[Lesley]

Fairy Cupcakes sounds brilliant!

 

You don't need extra liquid with crushed fruit - you have to be careful how much fruit you add - especially if you're a bit short of icing sugar!

[Laura007]

Don't you just love this wedding cake?

 

 

i did something similar for my brotherin law's wedding. 150 cup cakes with pink and brown icing, all with 2 little golden hearts on the top. the pink were normal sponge and the brown icing was chocolate.

they were presented on a tier with pink and brown feathers strewn all over them. it lookes quite good, even if i do say so myself.

[hillfamily]

Only just caught up with this thread again (don't know what happened to my email reply notifications )

 

The stand came from here - http://www.urchin.co.uk/products/4431-filigree-cake-stand - bit pricey but I bought mine 3 years ago and it used loads

[Cinnamon]

Waitrose always have divine girly cupcakes in their bakery bit

I usually end up getting tempted

[bronze]

Spotted them in homefarmer

[Abbey Road Girl]

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!

 

I like the sound and feel of the word cupcake in my mouth. Must be the alliteration I also agree with you about the term fairy cake.

 

I think we should call them fairy cupcakes!

 

YES, fairy cupcakes is the best of both worlds, Poet!

[Janty]

I'm a soppy old bag. The heart ones brought a tear to my eye.

[Ziggy]

Oh wow.... Just read this thread (a bit slow, I know), as I was looking for fairy cakes ideas for a charity sale at school tomorrow (a bit late, I know), and wow.... they are sooooo beautiful... Hillfamily, that cupcake cake is absolutely lovely...

I wish I'd known of that site a few weeks ago... a friend of mine had her sixth baby, and a box of those with some balloons would have made a lovely presents for her and her family...

Such a sweet (no pun intended) idea for a present...