Sweet Heart Cake Pops

The iconic symbol of romantic love ..... on a cake pop!
It's the little things that mean the most ... a sweet way to say 'I ♥ YOU'

Glitter Bug Cake Pops

The first day of Spring on March 20th wasn't so sunny in my hometown of Cookham, Berkshire ..... so I put Spring on a stick instead!


These cute glitter ladybirds adorned lemon flavoured cake pops. Handmade from Sugar Paste and decorated with piped royal icing and edible glitter they tasted as sweet as they looked too!
I think they would also look very handsome on a stacked tiered wedding cake that is dripping in sugar daisies ..... mmm, now there's a thought!

Style Me Happy with Red Velvet!

Do you remember Carrie and Miranda sitting on a bench eating pretty pink cup cakes, whilst Carrie chirped away about her new crush Aiden? This episode of Sex and The City helped make the Magnolia Bakery, a small bakery selling cup cakes on a quiet corner in the heart of New York City's Greenwich village, world famous!

So, I thought it would be fitting to use a Magnolia Bakery recipe for the cup cakes Sweet Marie's donated to the 3 Colours Rule 'Style Me Happy' Fashion Show .... If Magnolia's cup cakes are good enough for the fashion loving girls of NYC, then they would sure be good enough for the fashionistas of Shoreditch, East London!

The 3 Colours Rule style consultancy held a fashion show like no other fashion show. On Saturday 29th January at The Gallery, London E2, men and women gathered to honour exceptional women who have faced difficult situations and who have managed to come out stronger, more positive and inspirational. Their strength and determination is a good example for us all.  


The evening of fun and fashion (held also in aid of the NSPCC) was highly entertaining, the catwalk show rocked with music from Kele Le Roc and Ashleigh Ashley and the 200 strong crowd were treated to  champagne, canapes, Sweet Marie's cup cakes and a goody bag stuffed with amazing products! 

Ashleigh Ashley sang a great acoustic set as the catwalk show got into full swing

The cash raised on the night was donated to the NSPCC, a children's charity which relies on public donations to run services such as Childline and Helpline. There was a male dating auction, where 5 HOT men donated themselves for a romantic night to the highest bidders and a luxury raffle, which had prizes from Vivienne Westwood, La Senza and Swarovski. 

The cup cakes Sweet Marie's donated were baked using the 'Red Velvet' recipe from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, named red velvet because of the bright red colour that is beautifully contrasted against a creamy vanilla frosting! A rich and delicious cake, or 200 of them in this instance!

A blend of organic butter, flour, eggs, full fat milk and buttermilk, unsweetened cocoa, caster sugar and organic cider vinegar with a pinch of salt and bicarbonate of soda and not forgetting the red food colouring make up the red velvet mix!!

The 'Red Velvet' mix almost matches the colour of the KitchenAid! 8 Batches were mixed up to make enough for 200 'Muffin' sized cup cakes.

The cakes were decorated with swirls of creamy vanilla butter icing and 'hot red lips' and 'sweet heart' sprinkles

 and individually presented in Sweet Marie's boxes!

Sweet Marie's Supports

Sweet Marie's would like to Thank Okito Gonzales Photography for the photos!

50's Funk Cake Pops

This weekend I created cake pops for my lovely friend Marijana, Maidenhead's equivalent to Madonna and talented hair scultptress. It's her funky hubbies 50th birthday and to help with the celebrations she asked me to create 50 cake pops! His favourite colours are blue, orange and brown - very stylish combination and so I dipped the balls of rich chocolate cake and orange zest sponge cake into luscious melted candy, inked with his fave colours. Paul is a massive music lover and so the cake pops were decorated with sugar vinyl flecks and vinyl records, painted with hologram glitter. DJ cake pop also featured ... to play the funky pop of course. Sweet! 


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