I have been lucky enough to be commissioned to make a series
of cakes for the docrafts Bake magazine which was on sale with the newsstand September
issue of the docrafts Creativity magazine! One of my briefs was to create a
celebration cupcake design using the Little Venice Cake Company products. I am always looking for ways to challenge myself, so I decided it would be a good idea to
push the boundaries of gravity! Here’s the finished result.....
There were about 45 cupcakes in total, both large and small,
and it was a challenge to figure out how to assemble them into a tower! The theory
was a type of helter-skelter, with bands of chocolate, violet and lavender cakes
tumbling down the sides.
After much experimenting, I decided upon creating a tower of
polystyrene rings, secured together with glue. I covered them with two sheets
of pale lavender and silver tissue paper, securing into position with pins,
then stuck the whole creation to my cake board with butter cream.
Then for the
fun bit! To determine how many cupcakes I needed to make, I attached cupcake
cases to the tower with cocktail sticks, then played with colours by adding stickers/felt
pens to the cases to get a feel for the design.
Full steps and instructions can be found in the September docrafts
Bake magazine.
Have fun and thank you for looking!
Jill x
