Saturday 7 December 2013

Busy weekend at Christmas fayres.

I'm at Busy Bees nursery today from 2pm -4pm and Dickens tomorrow from 10am-5pm

Visit me on my new Cupcakes 'n' Cards facebook page to see photos of the finished cakes

Any order enquiries please give me a call on 077823 775 298
or drop me an email on tania_young4 @msn.com

Thank you for dropping by

Tania x

Sunday 3 November 2013

Meopham Village Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday 9th November 11am-3pm

Hi 

I will be selling my cupcakes and cookies on Saturday 9th November at Meopham Village Hall in Kent.


My ordering and gift boxing service will also be available. Unfortunately, my greetings cards will not be available on this date.

A small example of the type of products that will be on sale can be viewed below...










I really hope to see you there, and bring a friend

Tania 
www.facebook.com/Tania's.cupcakes 
Hello spooksters

I am a bit late putting my Halloween treats on show as I have been really busy putting together a facebook business page. Please take a look and let me know what you think...www.facebook,com/Tania's.cupcakes




I have also begun my search for fabulous gift boxes for Christmas, ho ho ho. Check out below some of the special Christmas Cupcakes 'n' Cards sets to include gift box, cupcakes/cookies and a greetings card.


I hope to see you on facebook soon

Tania :-)

  

Thursday 3 October 2013

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to share a few of my new decorated cookies. These sugar cookies were made for a Macmillan fundraising coffee morning and sold for £1.00 each.




Now with Halloween approaching I feel some spooky cupcakes coming on. So watch this space!

Tania

Saturday 7 September 2013

Jumbo bug cupcake and awesome cupcake carriers!!!

Hi and welcome back to my Cupcakes 'n' Cards blog :)


I really hope you have been enjoying this beautiful summer sunshine, although it plays havoc with buttercream when you are transporting cakes in the car! W
hilst my yellow 'daisy bug' convertible is fabulous in the hot weather it is just not user friendly to have the roof down when you have a delicate cake in the car, although pedestrians may appreciate the flying decorations!


                                               

                                                             "THANK YOU"

I would like to say a huge thank you to Nicola and Cerys for asking me to make a giant cupcake recently. It was a bespoke gift cake and I had a lot of fun creating it.






I would also like to share an awesome purchase I made last week in Oxford, in Poundland. My amazing cupcake carriers, they hold 12 cupcakes perfectly and come in pink or white. I bought 2 of each! Oh and I discovered 2 more lovely gift boxes to add to my growing collection for those who choose to give my cupcakes as a special gift.



I am planning to experiment this week with flavours and designs and to extend my creativity to cookies, so watch this space!

Thank you for dropping by, have a great week and I'll be back soon


Tania :)

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Jumbo football cupcake and 50 cupcakes

Hi there,

I am ready to add my latest creation to my blog and it was a very exciting project to do...biggest one yet!

I was asked to make a jumbo cupcake and 50 cupcakes for my nephew's 21st birthday party, as a surprise. It needed to be a red and white theme for his favourite team Arsenal, although they lost on the day he still loved the cakes!

The design was my own and I hand crafted the toppers for the cupcakes. I left them to dry and harden for a couple of days before I used them. A tip to stop them drying out is to lay them underneath a piece of clingfilm wrap on a sheet of greaseproof paper, the shirts kept their colour beautifully too.

The cakes were vanilla sponge topped with vanilla swirls and red and white sugarpaste toppers. The jumbo cupcake has a buttercream filling and topping and a sugarpaste covered base and decorations.

The fun 21 decorations in the top of the jumbo cupcakes are sparklers! And not edible.


Thank you for taking a look at my blog and I hope you revisit me again soon. 

Tania

Sunday 11 August 2013

Tania's                   Gift boxed cupcakes 'n' cards

Turn your chosen cupcakes into a thoughtful gift for someone special by taking a look at my gift box selection. Complete your message by adding one of my hand crafted greetings cards.

A perfectly sweet gift idea


A  novel way to thank your guests when the party is over


 Just because you are special!



Tania's cupcake swirls

'99' cupcakes
          Vanilla sponge, topped with a choice of either chocolate, strawberry,          lemon or vanilla buttercream frosting, sprinkles and a flake.

Cup of sweeties
Vanilla sponge, topped with vanilla buttercream and old favourite sweets

Chocomallow   
        Chocolate sponge with a smooth chocolate centre, topped with chocolate buttercream frosting, squishy mini marshmallows and chocolate sauce.

   Chocolate and vanilla dream 
         Chocolate sponge with a smooth chocolate centre, topped with a 
vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate curls.    

       Rum 'n' chocolate 
             Rum and chocolate sponge with a smooth chocolate centre,                                              topped with a chocolate buttercream frosting
        
     Fruity fudge         
           Vanilla sponge with fudge and raisins, topped with a vanilla                                         buttercream frosting and caramel curls 

                                                Strawberry sensation  
        Strawberry sponge with a jammy centre, topped with a sweet               strawberry buttercream frosting and white chocolate curls
                                                  
                                                       Strawberry swirl             
             Strawberry sponge topped with a strawberry and vanilla                                                     ripple buttercream frosting frosting and candy hearts   


Lemon delight
            Lemon sponge with a mouthwatering lemon centre, topped                                                   with a lemon buttercream frosting and lemon crunch pieces

Luscious lime
           Chocolate sponge with a zesty lime centre, topped with a                                                          lime buttercream frosting and plain chocolate leaves


Orange twist
              Vanilla sponge with a tangy orange centre, topped with an                                                      orange buttercream frosting and chocolate chips

Spicy gingerbread
             Gingerbread cupcake, topped with a vanilla buttercream and a mini                       gingerbread man cookie

Orange and poppy seed
            Orange and poppy seed sponge, with a tangy orange centre, topped                          with a vanilla and poppy seed buttercream frosting


Jumbo cupcake:      
Prices start at £28.00. 

The final cost of the cupcake depends on the design requested. Please ask and a price will be given for the completed cake. The same applies to the cupcake sets below
Cupcake sets: 
Jumbo cupcake plus 12 cupcakes   
Jumbo cupcake plus 24 cupcakes    

Additional cupcakes can be purchased for the cupcake sets, please request amount when placing your order.

For all orders or enquiries please contact me by
 email tania_young4@msn.com or 
phone 01634 242234   mobile: 07823 775 298


Thank you for visiting me and I hope you tune in to my next post where I will be sharing my biggest project to date but remember, shhhhhh it's a secret at the moment!!

Tania :-)



















Monday 29 July 2013

Good morning,

Friday was an extremely hectic, but fun, day for testing my cupcake designing skills!!!!!!!

As promised here are pictures of the cupcakes created for the 2 birthday parties on Saturday 27th July.


Fairy dust cupcakes

 Friendly fairy gift boxed cupcakes plus hand crafted birthday card     
       


Single gift boxed Ben 10 cupcakes
Ben 10 cupcakes box of 6

Toppings on all cupcakes are edible.




I waited with baited breath to see what the 8 year old boys thought of my Ben 10 designs and sighed with relief when they loved them and said they tasted great too :-)
Designing cupcakes for a special little girl provided a balance to the boyishness of Ben 10 and I loved adding some edible glitter for that extra magic!  Her mum thought it was 'a lovely personalised gift'.

My gift boxed hand crafted cupcakes speak for themselves! 
However, put the icing on the cake by adding a handcrafted greetings card and together they can say  'Thank you' , 'I'm sorry',  'I love you'.  
Either way, they shout... 'You are special'. 


Please feel free to comment on any of my blogs, it would be great to know what you think of my ideas.


See you soon with that price list update and some lovely gift boxes to choose from!


Tania

Sunday 21 July 2013

Hi everyone, just a quickie!

Just wanted to share.........


                                          My busy beehive jumbo cupcake 




I had a lot of fun making it for my grandson to give to his nursery as a leaving gift. He's off to big school in September!

I am currently putting together a price list. It will include my cupcake range and current available gift boxes, along with offers for when you buy a cupcake/s and card set. So please take a look :)

Hope to see you again soon,

Tania

Saturday 20 July 2013

A very sunny hello to everybody reading this and welcome to my blog.

Since my adventure at the open day at Busy Bees nursery and my gift boxed Pirates and Princess cupcake order. I have had 2 more orders and I would love to share the pictures with you. 




Betty's afternoon tea cupcakes




A birthday gift of red velvet cupcakes from a mum to her daughter

A huge thank you to those who have invited me, so far, to share in their special moments with my cupcakes and cards. I am really enjoying taking part!

I will be sharing more pictures soon as I have an order for 12 Ben 10 cupcakes for an 8th birthday party, 6 in balloon design gift boxes. 
 I also have an order for 4  friendly fairy gift boxed cupcakes for a 4th birthday gift. 
However, my biggest project to date is a secret at the moment shhhh,  so I can not share the details, but I will be sharing pictures later on so watch this space.

Back to the sketch book now to plan for Ben 10 and the fairies, I love this part too :)

Thank you so much for tuning in, come back soon. Meanwhile enjoy the sunshine!

Tania 

Sunday 7 July 2013

Pirates and Princesses

Hello to the sunshine again, I hope you enjoy my post today as I certainly enjoyed creating the cupcakes for it!

My latest challenge was to design and create 23 single gift boxed cupcakes for my grandsons 4th birthday party. It was fantastic fun to do.

Using gift boxed cupcakes in this way says thank you to your guests for coming to your event. It is fun and different and can be used instead of or alongside your goody bags.

The children at Tristan's party were very excited to be taking home their pirates and princesses which made me very happy indeed!!!


Gift boxed Pirate and Princess cupcakes 


A little treat for for the party helpers


If you are interested in ordering gift boxed cupcakes please see my blog post dated Tuesday 28th May for further details.  

There is also an offer on the purchase of a complete Cupcakes 'n' Cards set which includes single or 4 gift boxed cupcake/s plus a hand crafted card.

Thank you so much for tuning in and enjoy this wonderful weather!

Tania :-) 






Monday 1 July 2013

Busy Bees open day adventure

 

Hello sunny people, what a glorious day for my first adventure with Cupcakes 'n' Cards at the Busy Bees Nursery open day. It was such a lot of fun and the whole day was a roaring success!!

All of my 55 cupcakes and my 24 bread rolls sold, plus several of my hand crafted cards. At one stage I even had a queue at my stall!!  I was given lots of positive feedback regarding the taste and look of my cupcakes and some business cards were taken away. I even had an enquiry regarding catering for children's parties. It was really encouraging to receive such interest so a huge thank you to everyone who supported me on the day!!!!

I am looking forward to doing many more events, so watch this space! 

These pictures were taken at 3am on Saturday morning following the baking and decorating, the reason being that we only arrived back from the Isle of Wight on the Friday afternoon. Phewy! 

Spot the busy bee!

Another busy bee!


Lemon curd cupcakes and mint crunch creme cupcakes

Farm animal cupcakes


Thank you so much for dropping in, have fun in the sun,
Tania

Friday 7 June 2013

Tristan's recipe for success



Good morning, 

I would like to introduce my grandson Tristan, he is the best little cupcake maker in the world!
Tristan's recipe for success


Just the right amount!

in it goes...

next is nanny's chickens eggs...                                                                      now let's mix it up...

  ready for the oven!!!

 
Now for the yummy cream...                                                                          and decorations!


Now for the serious bit...

the taste test...

and Tristan is happy!!!


Now we would like to share some pictures of our farm animal cupcakes with you...
Gift boxed cupcake and hand crafted card sets available




                                                   

                                                                                                               


Well, I really hope you enjoyed looking at our cupcakes as much as me and Tristan enjoyed making them. I know you would enjoy eating them so why not drop me an email or visit me at Busy Bees Open day on

Saturday 29th June at 10am till 2pm.

Busy Bees Nursery 
Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Kent

There will be lots of fun to be had on the day, real farm animals and a bouncy castle. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will be there too, so why not come along and join us!

I wish you a lovely weekend
Tania x