Sweet Sassy cakes is now on Facebook.

Hey everyone,

Firstly i would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

This is just a quick post to let you all know that i have now set up a Facebook page for Sweet Sassy Cakes. So if you like following my cake adventures please feel free to stop by, say hi and like my Facebook page. There are quite a few cakes on my page that i haven’t had chance to update and add on here yet. I have been so crazy busy lately i haven’t really had a lot of time to blog recently. I promise i will update this blog with all of my latest creations real soon. Thanks guys x

2012 in review

Once again i would like to say a huge thank you to all of my lovely followers x

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 34,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 8 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

Amazing Pumpkins!

Well it’s getting to that time of year again when the pumpkin carving kit comes out. As i am still trying to decide what to carve this year i have been searching the internet for ideas. Last year i did this spongebob pumpkin that won me a huge bag of Halloween goodies courtesy of Asda as previously shown here in last years Halloween antics post. This year i am just so undecided on what to do so if anyone has any ideas of what i should attempt to carve on my pumpkin this year please feel free to leave me a comment below.

Anyway before i get side tracked and start babbling on even more, i will get back on track now, where was i…oh yes that’s right. I was searching the internet for ideas when i came across some of the most amazing pumpkin carving i have even seen in my life. So although this post is not cake related i thought i would share with you all anyway so you can appreciate the amazing skills of this very talented artist.

Master Pumpkin Carver Ray Villafane brings his skills to The New York Botanical Gardens, October 21, 2012.

Food Network Challenge winner Zombie pumpkin carving by Ray Villafane

Here are a few more of my favourite pumpkin carvings by Ray Villafane.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/5122573290/

If you would like to see more out of this world and truly amazing pumpkin carving designs from the brilliantly talented Ray Villafane

Check out the gallery on his website villafanestudios.com

Just be prepared to be amazed!!

An ATM with a difference!

Well here it is, drum roll please!

This ATM is not just any ATM, there is something very different about it. Yes i know it is pink and no that is not what makes it so different. Well it does…but…erm no that’s not it anyway. Swiftly moving on…… This ATM machine is actually the world’s 1st 24 hour cupcake dispensing machine, yes you heard me right, cupcakes! You will not find any money been dispensed from this machine but on the other hand if you are looking for instant sugary goodness, then this machine is for you.

This 1st of its kind ATM is located at Sprinkles cupcakes in Beverly Hills.

 LAist got the official word from a spokesperson for Sprinkles: This automatic cupcake machine dispenses freshly baked cupcakes, cupcake mixes, apparel and even cupcakes for Fido! In the heart of Beverly Hills nestled between Sprinkles Cupcakes and the brand new Sprinkles Ice Cream, 24 Hour Sprinkles will be continuously restocked day and night with a variety of freshly baked cupcake flavors.

Here’s the report from CBS News:

Sprinkles Cupcake ATM

24 hour sprinkles even has its own Facebook page.

I wonder how long it will be until this idea catches on here in the U.K

Is this a good idea or not? Tell me what do you think.

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Thank you followers.

I would just like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to my followers and visitors to this blog. Your support is very much appreciated and i am planning lots of interesting posts, recipes, tutorials and competitions to share with you all this year. I hope you will continue to follow my baking adventures throughout 2012 aswell. Wishing you all A Happy New Year.

My cupcakes on Halo Waypoint.

Remember the Halo themed cupcakes i did a while back….well……..I am very excited to tell you all that my cupcakes got a mention on the Halo Waypoint website.

Read the article here for yourself  Halo Waypoint News.

 

2010 in review

Thankyou to everyone who has followed my blog in 2010 and i hope you will continue to follow my baking adventures in 2011 too. I have lots of exciting things coming up this year which i will be revealing in the not too distant future. I am more than happy with these stats (considering i only started this WordPress blog a little over 6 months ago in June) and for that reason i would like to share them with my readers. Thanks once again everyone x

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2010. That’s about 9 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 42 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 281 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 228mb. That’s about 5 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was November 20th with 115 views. The most popular post that day was Children in need 2010.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, en.wordpress.com, twitter.com, sweetsassycakes.blogspot.com, and foodnetworkuk.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for cinderella cakes, cinderella cake, hello kitty cake, cherry and coconut loaf, and Halloween dinner.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Children in need 2010 November 2010
4 comments

2

Cinderella Carriage cake June 2010
4 comments

3

Jack Daniels bottle cake. August 2010

4

Cherry and Coconut loaf cake. June 2010
2 comments

5

Cocktail theme cake. August 2010

Look what I found in Morrisons.

Well I couldn’t believe my luck last week when I visited my local Morrisons supermarket. I headed straight to the baking aisle just like I always do. I like to check out if there are any new products available or anything that I haven’t already got. So as you can imagine I really couldn’t believe my eyes when I noticed Morrisons new range of fashionable cupcake accessories.

First I noticed the new cupcake cases.

There are 2 different designs for the cupcake cases, spotty and animal print. Both designs have 100 cupcake cases and are a steal at £0.99 per pack.

Then the cupcake boxes.

Pop up easy assemble cupcake boxes with an insert to hold your fabulous cupcake creations in place, perfect for gifts. These are a pack of 2 boxes and each box holds 6 cupcakes. I didn’t think these were too badly priced at £2.25 per pack but to be honest I just fell in love with the cute cupcake design.

Lastly and in my opinion I do believe I saved the best until last……fabulous cupcake wrappers.

These gorgeous cupcake wraps are available in 2 different stylish designs, star and swirl and in 3 different colours, cream, pink and brown. Each pack contains 6 cupcake wraps and are priced at £1.99 per pack.

So well done Morrisons for keeping up with the well-loved trend of cupcakes and lets hope other supermarkets follow suit.

National Cupcake week.

Well today is the Final day of  judging for the national cupcake week competition and will be taking place in London, where the 7 finalists will be picked.

National Cupcake Week is organised by British Baker magazine to celebrate the nation’s fanaticism with this glorious sweet bakery product. The aim of the week,to be held from September 13-19 2010, is to celebrate the many wonderful recipes and exotic flavours available from bakeries, shops, supermarkets and cafes across the UK and to drive customers into their local bakeries and cafes to buy and sample them.
It gives these retail outlets and cafes the opportunity to market themselves and flag up these fashionable food items.

Very very exciting, I can’t wait to see who wins this year.

Last year the winner was a Black Forest Cupcake baked by Kevin Sibley of Mama’s Cupcakes in Herts for more information and recipes please visit

National_Cupcake_Week

Update 13th August.

The result is in!

and this years winner, cupcake champion of Britain 2010 is……….

drum roll please…………..

David Bennett of the Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.

Bennett set up the business only six months ago, having worked in Michelin-starred restaurants for 17 years, five of which were under Marco Pierre White. He switched from chef to baker and has quickly found success with his winning Banana & Mango recipe, tweaked from a Passionfruit & Mango recipe that sells in his shop for £1.50. He beat over 60 professional cupcake bakers to the title.

For a more information and the list of the other finalists please visit

Bakeryinfo.co.uk