Your June Newsletter has arrived from CAKECRAFTWORLD!

JUNE NEWSLETTER

HALL OF FAME

Truly amazing giraffe

by Katie Harflett

Nikki Do created this monster!

Very relevant football cake by Alison Jones!

I love this baby shower/christening cake by Cara Smith

Rachael Fairbairn in Scotland used our ivy leaf cutter to create this beauty

Now this cake made by Belinda Brown has real grapes overflowing in the chalice!

Michele May must be so proud of this spectacular mad hatter party cake!

Kate Young's Roast Dinner cake......yummy!

I have a feeling this could have been for a 3 year old little girl Carly Poyser?!

Stunning 7 tiered wedding cake by Sharon Forbes

Beautiful Betty Boop cake by an unknown reader. Please make yourself known to me!

Lovely wedding cupcake tower using our cupcake wrappers by Teresa Gold

Loving this penguin Adele Gore!

Gorgeous little baby shower cupcakes from Clare Hall

A special mention to John Dickson who I met in our Sevenoaks warehouse one day and he was having a go at making a 3 tier wedding cake for his Brother's wedding and this is the result! I'm sure you will agree that it is absolutely fab and you have every reason to be very proud of it John. Keep up the good work!

I thought I would put 2 of my own cakes in this month! Above is a cake for a client who's Husband was celebrating his 40th and a complete Star Wars fanatic!

Below is the cake featured in OK! magazine and on the tv series 4 Celebrity Weddings. It was a 200 cupcake tower for David van Day and his Wife Sue Moxley

SPECIAL OFFERS

Each month a discount will be offered on a featured piece of equipment so that you can add to your tools. This month are the foam flower making pads. These washable, non stick foam pads help shape flower petals and foliage easily. The white pad shapes and softens the petals while the blue pad can be used for making flowers using the popular Mexican hat technique. Further instructions are included in the pack.

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It's time to test out your cupcake piping skills with our No. 1M piping tube as it is ideal for piping buttercream and other toppings on to cupcakes and gateaux. It creates a lovely swirl but can also be used to pipe large stars on or fill whoopies.

Was £2.22 Now £1.90

Dear Readers

Welcome to Summer! June is here and the sun is shining (well for today anyway) and if you have not been in hibernation for the past couple of weeks you will be aware that a World Cup is taking place! I have put together some fun ideas for you to wow your party guests with and also some delightful little ideas for cupcakes in my '5 ways with a cupcake' special. With a cupcake, it's not just the taste (although that is very important) but it is the whole experience of receiving one and unwrapping it and relishing every mouthful. That's why I have put together some fancy packaging for you to try out.

We also have some great cupcake holders to show you that are new in. Please order them quickly though as they seem to be flying off the shelves here at Cake Craft World. You are doing so well at sending in your photographs and next month will see the launch of our Hall of Fame with all your works of art on show for the world to see!

Just a small note to you though, please could you send me your photographs in 'jpeg' format otherwise we have to spend lots of time converting it over when we should really be making scrummy cakes! Thank you again for another month of lovely comments and praise for this newsletter. It's really lovely to know that you all read it and most importantly, LEARN something from it.

A special thanks to Danielle Chrystal who emailed me to say "Amazing. I've just placed an order (happily received) and this is the first newsletter I've had. I've followed the links for the cupcake cases and small decorations; been visiting the forum topics; and checking out the range of equipment. It seems to be a one-stop-shop. Very well done, I think you've just gained a regular customer!"

Keep all your photos, ideas and stories (even disasters) coming in to louise@cakecraftworld.com and I will do all I can to reply to you as soon as possible.

Happy Baking Readers

WORLD CUPCAKE FEVER!

If you are a business or a home cake baker/decorator, everyone has the need for a World Cup Cake! I have tried to come up with some new and inspiring ideas for you as I know that sometimes it gets very boring when all the supermarkets are selling the same designs and you just want something a little bit different. I have used our Gingerbread Man Cake Tin to make the little sponge players and the Soccer Ball pan to make the football. The cake is finished off with one of our splendid handmade icing shooting stars spray ..... in red and white of course! I made the little football kits with red and white sugarpaste and our little people cutters.

We have so many wonderful football decorations for cute little World Cupcakes and here are just a few ideas to get you started. All of the decorations can be found here.

football cupcakes

I thought it was a good time to introduce you to some whoopie pies! Have you heard of these? They are the latest phenomenon to come out of the USA and are officially delicious. I used our muffin mix and dropped a dessert spoon amount onto a baking sheet, baked in the oven for 8 minutes and when cooled, sandwiched together with some buttercream. You can be very creative with the flavours too, as with cupcakes. What do you think of my little beauties? I especially love the England ribbon!

5 WAYS WITH A CUPCAKE

So many people ask me where do I get my inspiration from and the answer to that is EVERYWHERE! Only the other day I was in Laura Ashley buying a tablecloth and was completely inspired by their stunning range of wallpapers. So much so that I came home and created some little gems which I then photographed in front of....... yes you've guessed it, some Laura Ashley wallpaper! Try photographing your cakes with a themed background for some really professional results.

A cute little blossom cupcake all dressed up in our new gingham cupcake box and topped with a gingham ribbon!

football cupcakes

Whoopie pies aren't the prettiest of things but you can't say I haven't tried with this little treasure! Here is a chocolate whoopie pie made with our delicious chocolate muffin mix, filled with pink coloured buttercream and all trussed up with a pink satin bow and sprinkled with sparkle. Perfect!

Here is one of our whoopie pies filled with pink buttercream and left standing around long enough for a delicate sugar butterfly to come and settle on it! The butterfly is made from our cutter and edged with silver.

blue gingham set

These new pink and white striped muffin wraps make a welcome change to the normal white or brown ones. Plus, if you are greedy like me, they will suit you as you can fit much more muffin mix into them! Topped with a whip of buttercream using a 1M tube, a pink flower and to finish, a big fuchsia bow!

The girls (and boys) at Cake Craft World are constantly bringing in to me new ideas they have created from home and this one below is one of our faves. It is a buttercream with fresh blueberries added to give that true 'fruits of the forest' look and taste. Absolutely stunning, especially when baked in our fuchsia cupcake cases..... try them at home!

blueberry

Introducing....

This amazing new cupcake holder has landed at Cake Craft World and we are in love with it. It perfectly holds one cupcake and is fantastic value. While the rigid dome protects the topping and decoration from getting damaged, the base is flexible which allows you easily to push the cupcake up and out. The case is not only made from a food-grade recycled material but can also be recycled again after use.

case

They are available in a pack of 10 (19p each), a pack of 100 (15.8p each) and a pack of 1050 (12.6p each). If you require a larger quantity, please contact our sales team on 01732 463 573. Next month I shall be showing you ways to present them as gifts.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CUPCAKES

The month of June welcomes First Holy Communion season and at Cake Craft World, we have put together some great ideas for you to try out on your little 'angels'! All of these decorations and cutters can be found on our website.

This great little daisy effect rolling pin has been used on the sugarpaste icing on the cupcake below to give a flowery feel to the communion day!

If you are thinking of giving these as a gift to someone, maybe you should think about packaging them in one of our white cupcake boxes and securing with a special communion ribbon?

Nothing is prettier than a little girl in her communion dress. Here I have added our small kneeling communion girl to an already delightful cupcake adorned with one of our famous wrappers. This would work equally well with our small kneeling communion boy.

blue gingham set

If you are looking for an original way to display your cupcakes, someone in the office came up with this great idea of using our acetate boxes and stacking them to create the look of a tiered cake!

blue gingham set

Well that's all for communions this year but for more decorations and ideas, please click here.

Next month....

Fun with Colour! There will be a riot of colour as I test out how vibrant we can really get those cakes!

Independence Day - I will be showing you some cool stars and stripes ideas

Wedding Mayhem - Unusual and quirky ways to display your wedding cakes....

We will also be launching our new competition so watch out for more news on that!

....and lots, lots more.

Until then readers...Happy Baking and let me have your feedback on this month's Newsletter at louise@cakecraftworld.com.

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