Mum's Tiered Birthday Cake

I decided to try and do a tiered birthday cake for my Mum this year rather than a normal single layered. I thought a tiered would be best as my mum (apparently) was the only one who likes carrot cake so I did a 4 inch on for her, my sister and I are on a diet so I did a 6 inch low fat ginger cake for us and everyone else eats chocolate so I did an 8 inch chocolate cake. I have decided I need more than one day to do a tiered cake as I only finished the cake 10 minutes before my mum actually turned up. Nothing like cutting it close!!!
I used my new Square Cake Pan from Lakeland and I have to say I LOVE it sooooooo much. I was recommended this cake pan by @nixabix on her blog Nom! The Indulgent Baking Blog and I am so grateful to her for it. I am thinking of getting more dividers those.
There isn't really much more to say so here is the pictures.

Just a quick note. I did the Happy Birthday on the Cricut Cake =) I do love that machine. It is a lovely BEAUTIFUL machine!!! I'll get a picture and post it one day =)

Grandma Birthday Cake

I received a phone call from my mum about a week before my Grandmas birthday saying she had bought herself a Giant Cupcake Mould and decided she wanted to make one for my Grandmas birthday. We made a lovely chocolate sponge which we filled the centre with chopped fresh pineapple. I thought it was a lovely idea but have decided for future cakes the pineapple needs to be a bit smaller and more of it.

The topping was plain buttercream with fondant icing decorations cut out using the Cricut Cake Mini.

The cake went down well so all was good. =)

Cupcake Machine

My mother decided to invest in a cupcake machine so she can make cupcakes with my nephew safely and easily. The have a chocolate topping with chocolate beans for decoration. These were lovely to do and very easy to make. I've listed the ingredients below in case you feel like making them yourselves.
I do suggest investing in one of the cupcake machines. You can find the here 

Cupcakes
100g Unsalted Butter, Softened
100g Caster Sugar
2 Med Eggs, Beaten
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
100g Self-raising Flour, Sifted
Topping
100g Milk Choc, Melted
40g Unsalted Butter, Softened
75g Icing Sugar, Sifted
2 tbsp Water

Fairy Castle

My fiancée's sister turned 13 in August. 3 weeks after her birthday we finally got around visiting her. I had made her brother a cake for his birthday so I thought, I need to do one for her as well. She LOVES disney so I thought I would do her a princess castle cake.

It was done using Ann Pickards technique (Fantasy Castle Project). I only came across a few problems and I know how to fix them (This fantastic little thing called pastillage)

The cake was a chocolate cake with chocolate butter icing. It was RATHER yummy! =) She loved the idea of the castle which was a bonus as well!