Caramel Cupcakes

Carmel cupcakes were the order of the day for today....how delicious do they look!  I could barely contain myself when I was icing them yesterday....they smell divine, and those little caramel treats on top just make them irresistible!

Happy Birthday to Kev....hope you enjoyed them dude! :)

Officially a real Chef

I'm sure you have noticed (over the last little while) that there have been a couple of non cupcakes things creeping into my blog.  For those of you who don't know, that is because I have (since July) been doing a Patisserie Chef's course - which ended last night when I did my final prac exam.  The pics below show what was on the menu...it consisted of the following (starting on the left):

Creme Caramel with Spun Sugar

Lemon Tart with Fresh Strawberries

Vanilla Panacotta with Chocolate Runouts, Berry Compote and Fresh Cream

Bread Rolls

It has been a long time since I had to do a prac exam for something, and let me tell you, 4 hours absolutely flies by!  I'm too stoked to be complete with the course and even more stoked that I passed!!!  If you want to check out more of the goodies that I baked during the course - you can click here.

I am now proudly going by the name Chef Niki...the name has quite a nice ring to it doesn't it! :)

Baker Shakers Birthday Cakes

It seems that after allowing one friend to review her cupcakes - others are starting to follow suit...

Ok so this is what you say on your blog babe:

Baker is such a cool chick. I love her so that I made her these very special cupcakes for her birthday.

Did I mention baker was a cool chick? Everyone in the office wanted a cupcake but only the selected few managed to get a taste of the greatest cakes in the world! Caramel - YUM!

Baker is my idol. We went out for a delicious lunch to celebrate the day she was born, I am so grateful for that day in 1985.

Baker I love you.

See easy as pie, now just copy and paste the above

So the post is not quite a review of the cakes (as was planned) - but it made me smile, so it can stay...love you Bakes x