Highbury Theatre Christmas Fayre - Sutton Coldfield

This past weekend i had an amazing time and met some lovely people whilst holding a stall at Highbury Theatre Centre in Sutton Coldfield.

I have new christmas treats ready to order and purchase too!

Chocolate Dinosaurs

Perfect Stocking Fillers!

£2.50 per bag - come in either Milk or white chocolate

Gooey Rolo Cookie Boxes

Make Great Gifts!

£4 per box - contains 5 large cookies

 

Don't miss me before Christmas!

Blondie's Vintage Events - Christmas Fair at Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton!

Christmas Fairs!

For the past few weeks i have been busy planning, making and baking as the Christmas Fairs are in full swing!

Last week it was lovely to be back in the village i grew up in with my parents doing a stall a small local christmas fair and seeing quite a few familiar faces

Vanilla

The fairs have been going well and..

I am now able to take Christmas Orders!

These include: Cupcakes (boxes in 6's or 12's), Nutella or Gooey Rolo Cookies, Gingerbread men in either packs or as Christmas Decorations and also stocking fillers of miniature white & milk choc Stars or Dinosaurs!

Christmas Cupcakes!

These cost £10 per box and you can choose your flavour from a very long list!

If you would like a flavour list then please contact me :)

All of the above can be made to order!

I find the little cupcake pods can be great and can be used as party favours with an added ribbon ! If interested in any of the above, please contact me :)

I hope you are all well!

I can't believe it's now less than 5 weeks until Christmas!

My remaining fairs are stated below if you like to come along!

30th November: Highbury Handmade Christmas Fayre, Sutton Coldfield

7th December: Blondie's Vintage Christmas - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

14th December: Brocton Christmas Craft Fair - Brocton Village Hall, Stafford

Hope to see some of you there!

Swizzells Matlow Xmas Hamper Giveaway!

The lovely people over at Swizzells Matlow were kind enough to send me some Halloween samples to me to try and now they are giving my readers the chance to win an even bigger bundle of sweeties and treats!

Swizzels Matlow are currently conducting some insights for Halloween next year (obviously now is a good time to do it!). An integral part of their research is collecting opinions of the public regarding Halloween (events, games, food, celebration etc.)

So they have made this survey to gather the public's opinions and there will be a prize up for grabs for one very lucky reader!

So for the chance to win this Xmas Hamper of Goodies:

Just click on the link and fill in the survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/angiecupcake1

Good Luck Everyone!

*Swizzells Matlow Halloween Range & My 'Trick or Treat' Cake!

So with Halloween looming and very soon to be upon us, i was asked by the lovely people at Swizzells Matlow if i would review some of their Halloween Range!

Swizzells Matlow kindly sent me these:

Chew Crew

Scary Mix

Trick or Treat Lolly Mix

They are all perfect for little Trick or Treaters on Halloween night and host a great variety of both the originals; Fizzers, Parma Violets, Love Hearts, etc and also new twists on the flavours! Such as: Double Lollies featuring monster pictures and Orange flavoured Drumsticks!

In my opinion, they are the perfect mix for Halloween and who can beat a family favourite?

"British Confectionary Giant, Swizzells Matlow, the king of the trick or treat season, is gearing uup for a sell out Halloween season with a horrific host of new products.

This Year's new ghoulish party delight is Trick or Sweet which includes a selection of Double Lollies, New Refresher bars, Parma Violets, Love Hearts, Fruity Pops, Fizzers and Drumstick Lollies.

Swizzells Matlow's other frightening fancies include Trick or Treat Lolly Mix - available at Morrisons which includes; Monster Double Lollies, orange & black Drumstick Lollies and pumpkin themed Fruity Pops.

Spooky Trick or Treat Mix tub available at Tesco is perfect for celebrations over the spooky season, it's stocked full of all your Swizzells Matlow favourites!

I decided to mix the Halloween theme of sweets and my business of cake to make a sweet-toothed treat for the kids on Halloween :)

So with this in mind, this is the Trick or Treat cake that i made:

It features the Trick: Coffee Flavoured sponge (which in general kids seem to Hate the thought of Coffee!)

and the Treat: the lashings of sweet icing and Swizzells Matlow sweets!

Swizzells Matlow are available at a host of National Supermarkets- be sure to go grab yours before it's too late!

*Swizzells Matlow compensated me for this post by sending me the above products to try, taste and test. However all above opinions are my own

Reese's White Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures!

Whilst doing the weekly food shop in ASDA this morning i thought i might just pop into the sweets/chocolate aisle to browse.. (as you do!)

I always like to take a look as sometimes it gives me inspiration for my cupcakes and i was so excited when i came across these!

I love Reese's products and as you can probably guess i'm a peanut butter lover!

I had never tried the miniatures before but just couldn't resist the white chocolate ones as i'd never even heard of them before - they're on sale in ASDA for only £1 right now too so i'd grab them whilst you can!

The inside of the re-sealable pouch looks so inviting.. they're like mini wrapped presents!

I think they'd be just perfect in a christmas stocking!

What i especially love about them is that when you undo the foil wrapped, they actually look like tiny cupcakes too!

I will say when tasting one, they are a lot richer because of the white chocolate and even though i have a sweet-tooth, i can't eat more than 1 or 2 at a time so it's a good job the packet is re-sealable! They are delicious for a little treat though!

They still have quite a thick layer of Peanut Butter in the centre which makes them so soft and delicious! The white chocolate forms a crisp outside shell which provides a fresh and sweet contrast.

They are So delicious in-fact that i thought i might make a New Cupcake with them!

I'm thinking either:

White chocolate sponge with Peanut Butter flavoured butter-icing topped with a White Chocolate Reese's peanut butter cup miniature

OR

Vanilla sponge with a Peanut Butter-filled centre topped with White Chocolate butter-icing and a Reese's peanut butter cup miniature

What do you think? Might be a brand new flavour before Christmas!!

30th Birthday Arsenal Cake

So the surprise that i couldn't mention a few days ago can finally be revealed..

This Arsenal cake was my big brother's 30th Birthday Present and although it took a lot of planning, time and precision it was definitely worth it!

The sponge was a plain vanilla made up with 5 eggs and it rose to around 10cm in the oven before being levelled-off. It is the highest risen cake i have made and am so glad it rose as much as it did!

The centre was filled with a layer of strawberry jam and plain buttercream and the entire cake covered with a layer of buttercream before being chilled for 2 hours and covered and smoothed with green fondant.

The next morning i printed an Arsenal badge picture from the internet and traced the separate shapes of the shield, cannon and letters onto greaseproof paper, this enable me to cut the icing in the correct shapes with a guide.

These were then layered onto the cake to create the main badge, i used white fondant to create the look of a 3-0 score in place of the number '30' and finished the design by piping green butter-icing around the bottom of the cake with a large star nozzle.

My brother was so surprised and loved the cake i am so happy to say!

They all say it tasted scrummy too!

Busy week planning.. watch this space!

So i have been extra busy this week Planning.. and more Planning!

I have a special cake to make very soon and unfortunately i can't put the details on here yet as the person may see them!

But i can confirm it is a celebration cake, covered with fondant and with matching cupcakes so watch this space and the details of all of this will be able to be seen on Monday!

I'm so excited about this cake and cupcakes!

I will also be putting a list of fairs i am attending in November up next week so if anyone wants to pop along and try some cupcakes then please do!

These are my practice batches..

Watch this Space!