My first competition.

Hi everyone!

Well it's been a little busy here at HC over the last few weeks and it's only going to get bigger with some amazing cakes that I'm yet to create! A few weeks ago I was told about a baking show that was happening here in Townsville by the National Baking Industry Australia. I was a little hesitant about entering, it's like anything, fear of the unknown. In the end I decided to enter a cake and being my first ever comp I wanted to sort of stick within my comfort zone a little, it wasn't like I was already stressing out, so I didn't want to add to it! I love my critters and feel I do them quite well, so I decided on an enchanted wood theme for my cake. The bottom tier is an 8" and the top is a double extended 6". Total height of the cake was 14 or so inches. If I was to do it again I'd make the top two tiers 5", only to get more definition between the tiers. The figurine is based on Dot's fairies, for those that know her work, you'll notice this (hopefully). She's fabulous. I then combined my Teddy Bear & Frogs Picnic cake to come up with this. See easy hehehehehe.

It was a great experience and I learnt a lot and met some wonderful people. And to top the whole experience off, I got first place!!! Yay, so excited. I've set the bar for myself now. I wonder what the next competition will bring......

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

Zahra's Christening Cake.

Now here's a very pretty christening cake (well I think so!). I made this for Pamela who's christening her little one today. This was a very last minute order, luckily for Pamela someone had cancelled. See miracles can happen hehehehe. I really love the end look of this cake. I hope you have a lovely day with your family & friends Zahra.

If you go into the woods today......

Sitting on my workbench this week just waiting to be transformed was this ordinary boring green cake!Well here it is all finished and looking pretty. Not quite so boring now I think!! I made this cake for Violet who celebrated her 3rd birthday on the weekend with a teddy bears picnic themed party. Mum Megan has gone to so much effort to recreate this child like theme with so many different elements. I'm dying to see the photos. Megans favourite cake of mine is the Frogs Picnic, so I tried to recreate that feel as much as possible. Happy birthday Violet, hope you liked your cake ;-)

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

My favourite little customer.

For my favourite littlest customer Madi, this cake is just for you!! Mum Stacey always sends me a detailed e-mail explaining favourite things and likes. I think Stacey started the whole favourite things cakes and this one is no different. The main cake design is from a bag that Madi was getting for her birthday, her favourite colours are blue, pink, purple & red, she loves hearts, flowers, butterflies, fireworks (glitter hearts!!), loves puppies and has a thing for the Wonka golden ticket!! Oh and the owl, well that's just a ring in to please Mum who has an owl fetish hehehehe. Gotta give the mums something, we always miss out hehehe. Happy birthday Madi ;-)

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

Britney turns 7!

A very fluttery cake for a little girl who turned 7. Such simple cake made pretty with plenty of butterflies cascading up the cake. Happy birthday Britney!!

The Engagement Cupcake......

So here's the very "special" cake I was talking about!! There's a story though, I received a phone call last week from Ben (I now call him Ben The Ring Man!!) asking me to make 1 cupcake (as he's saying this I'm going dude, I don't make just one cupcake!!) he goes on to say it's his girlfriends birthday on Tuesday and he wants to surprise her with a very special cupcake!! I'm thinking, poor girlfriend, 1 cupcake, she totally got wripped off!! He goes on to say he wants to put a ring in it & wrap it like a present in a gift box. Ahhh penny drops, he's going to propose, Ben The Ring Man has redeemed himself now in my mind!! Of course I was going to make him just 1 very "special" cupcake!! Check it out.P.S And yes she said yes!!

A very butterfly christening.

I've made this cake before, however this is slightly varied. Customer requested butterflies instead of booties. I love the little butterflies, even though they're a pain to make!! This cake had to travel a little way to it's final destination, Ingham, hopefully it arrived safe n sound. Raspberry white chocolate mud cake.This was Mr Happy Cakes favourite photo from the shoot, so I thought I'd share it with you!!

Cake for 2!!

I made these cakes recently for Melissa & Lily who had a joint birthday party. Lily turned 1 and Melissa turned 30, both milestone birthdays to be celebrated ;-) I thought it would be a nice idea to do 2 smaller cakes to celebrate each individual rather than 1. Happy birthday to you both, I hope you enjoyed the cakes!!

Some very pretty cupcakes.

Mum Marissa ordered these cakes for her daughter Brooke who turned 8. She wanted to incorporate all things that Brooke loves such as soccer, strawberries and butterflies. Marissa choose all the designs herself and all I had to do was make them!!

Bella-rina's Garden.

Bella-rina's Garden Cupcakes!! This is what mum Cassandra told me to think about when it came time to making her daughters christening cakes. There had to be lots of flowers, butterflies, crowns & ballet shoes, not to mention lots of pink and purple!!

Ashley's 18th.

Now I know I've made this cake before, but I don't think any two cakes that I make are ever the same. It gets boring otherwise!! Even it's as simple as placing a flower in a different spot. Mum Cherie asked me to make this cake for her daughter after seeing the red, white & purple version. She wanted some matching cupcakes as well with her daughers age, initial, some butterflies, flowers, with one on some and two on others.... I was a little nervous about this colour combination, but I think this could become a new favourite. I'm loving it sick!! And those cupcakes, they're so cute, I'm lovin them too, I just hope I get some for my birthday!!

These just make me smile....

There are some orders I do and think I'm glad it's over, I never want to do that again!! Then there are some I just want to do all the time, like the Bella Bug range. These are just too cute and if they don't bring a little happiness to you, well I don't know what will!! With a little variation to the original range, these little cuppies will always be cakes for my happy!!

Happy 21st Corinne.

A big happy birthday to Corinne who turned 21 over the weekend. Sister Nadine ordered these for her sister, who apparently couldn't make up her mind!!